“I don’t want to get into my private life too much” – When Steffi Graf politely refused to answer questions about her then-boyfriend before marrying Andre Agassi
Steffi Graf is one of the best tennis players to step foot on the court. The 22-time Grand Slam champion from Germany established herself as an extraordinary player during her teenage achievement of Graf that no other player in the history of the sport has been able to repeat is winning the Golden Slam.
In 1988, at the age of 19, she won all four Grand Slam titles and the Olympic gold medal, making her the only player, male or female, to do so. Before marrying Andre Agassi in 2001, Graf dated German racing car driver Michael Bartels from 1992 to 1999. During an interview on one of Channel 9’s programs called ’60 Minutes’ in 1995, the interviewer asked the tennis star about her getting married to the racer.
In response, Graf respectfully asked him to avoid questions about her private life.
Interviewer: It’s going to be a pretty volatile marriage, a racing car driver and a tennis champ.
Graf: I guess, I wouldn’t mind if we kept the questions a little bit different. I don’t want to really get into my private life too much, if possible.
