“I had no chance, I wasn’t myself… I wanted a better ending” – When Steffi Graf spoke about being denied a Golden Super Slam by Pam Shriver
Throughout her remarkable career, Steffi Graf, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, had a number of outstanding seasons. One of those was in 1988, when she completed the Career and Calendar Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slams and the Olympic gold in Seoul.
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In addition, the German nearly won the Golden Super Slam, which included winning the year-end championships and all of the previously stated trophies. As the top seed going into the Virginia Slims Championships (now the WTA Finals), she defeated seventh seed Manuela Maleeva and fellow countrywoman Claudia Kohde-Kilsch to secure her spot in the semi-finals.
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After defeating Chris Evert in the quarterfinals, Graf faced Pam Shriver, the fifth seed. Graf’s 46-match winning streak came to an end when Shriver defeated the German 6-3, 7-6, with an outstanding performance.
The final time Steffi Graf lost to Pam Shriver was in the 1988 Virginia Slims Championships semi-finals. After that, they engaged in combat twice more, with the German winning each time.
