Awards and Recognitions

1986:

• WTA "Most Improved Player" award.
• 'German sports woman of the year'

1987:

• WTA 'Player of the year',
• ITF 'World Champion' ,
• United Press International athlete of the year.

1988:

• BBC 'Sports personality of the year',
• WTA 'Player of the year',
• ITF 'World Champion',
• United Press International athlete of the year.

1989:

• AP 'Female athlete of the year',
• WTA 'Player of the year',
• ITF 'World Champion',
• United Press International athlete of the year.

1990:

• WTA 'Player of the year',
• ITF World champion.

1993:

• WTA 'Player of the year',
• ITF World champion.

1994:

• WTA 'Player of the year',

1995:

• WTA 'Player of the year',
• ITF World champion.

1996:

• WTA 'Player of the year',
• ITF World champion.
• WTA 'Most exciting player'

1998:

• WTA 'Most Exciting player'

1999:

• 'Prince of Asturias' award,one of the most importnat awards from Spain.
• 'Athlete of the Century' for the category "Female Athlete in Ballsports" by a panel of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• "The Greatest Female Tennis Player of the 20th century", by a panel of tennis experts assembled by the Associated Press
• 'Female athlete for last decade' by ESPY
• German TV award,for her outstanding performance in tennis and her importance to German public.
• 'Olympic Order' ,the highest honor from International Olympic Comittie(IOC)
• Germany's female athlete of century by German press.
• Female athlete of the year,by German ARD channel.
• WTA Most exciting player of the year

2000:

• Sony ericsson Hall of Fame achievement

2002:

• "Medal of Honor", bestowed by the prime minister of Graf's home state Baden-Württemberg, Erwin Teufel

• Godmother of the Navigator of The Seas (Royal Caribbean Cruiselines)

2004:

• ITF (International Tennis Federation) Hall of Fame achievement,
• TIME's Euro Hero 
• Voted  as 'Germans greatest rolemodel',by the survey of TV14 magazine. 

2005:

• TIME's Euro Hero for 2nd time. 
• US Open Hall of Fame achivement,
• Voted 'Most admiral German woman' by the survey of Amica magazine.

2007:

• German media award along with her husband,former no.1 Andre Agassi.

2008:

• Cross of the Order of Merit, the highest individual tribute, awarded to her by German Federal President Horst Köhler
• Chosen by World Economic Forum As Young Global Leader for 2008 
• Stefanie Graf was awarded with the Golden Sports Pyramid, the highest distinction of the German Sports Fund in Herzogenaurach by the Adidas chairman Herbert Hainer on June 24, 2008. 
• Inducted to the German Sport Hall of Fame

2009:

• Received "Cross of the order of merit" ,(the highest individual honor of Germany ) award in march.
• Wilson award for public service,along with Andre Agassi.

2010:

• Voted 'The Best Rolemodel in Sports' by the Barclay's world wide survey.

2012:

• Placed at 3rd (in combined list of both, male or female) and 1st in ladies section on Tennis Channel's  list of "100 Greatest Tennis Players of All Time".