All great players Connors, Borg, and McEnroe continued their successful play in the 1980s and other leading male players of this decade included Czech-born Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander and Stefan Edberg of Sweden and Boris Becker of Germany, who at the age of 17 became the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon in 1985.
One of the most successful female players ever was Czech-born Martina Navratilova, whose career spanned from the early 1970s to the mid-1990s. During her career, Navratilova won 167 singles titles, including nine Wimbledon titles in 1978, 1979, 1982-1987 and 1990. Another dominant female player was American Chris Evert during the 1970s and 1980s, winning seven French Opens in 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985 and in 1986. She also won Six U.S. Opens in 1975-1978, 1980 and in 1982. The rivalry between Navratilova and Evert was one of the most intense and long lasting in tennis history.
In Summer Olympics although only 11 of the world's Top 20 competed in the men's event at Seoul 1988, by the time Barcelona came round four years later, the Olympic appeal had really caught on. All of the world's Top 5 men, Jim Courier, Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Goran Ivanisevic and Pete Sampras took part.
In Summer Olympics although only 11 of the world's Top 20 competed in the men's event at Seoul 1988, by the time Barcelona came round four years later, the Olympic appeal had really caught on. All of the world's Top 5 men, Jim Courier, Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Goran Ivanisevic and Pete Sampras took part.
Yet at the end of a wonderful event, it was Switzerland's Marc Rosset who carried off the gold along the way he had beaten both Courier and Ivanisevic, the proud bearer of the Croatian flag during the opening ceremony. Ivanisevic won a bronze medal in singles and, with Goran Prpic, another bronze in doubles.
In doubles the Germany's Boris Becker and Michael Stich, who won the gold medal. With the King and Queen of Spain as ardent supporters, there was naturally considerable pressure on the Barcelona native Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario to win gold in the women's singles, but in the semifinals she was outlasted by an inspired Jennifer Capriati. Capriati went on to play one of her greatest matches to beat Graf from a set down in the final.
In 1988 Steffi Graf from Germany had an outstanding year, capturing the grand slam and the Olympic gold medal. Steffi Graf is the most successful tennis player of all time. Graf’s 22 Grand Slam wins seem to place her second to Margaret Courts, who has 24 wins. But Graf is the only player to have won all four tournaments at least four times. Other leading female players of the 1980s included American Tracy Austin and Czech Hana Mandilikova.
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