Steffi Graf made her professional debut at the age of 13 in Filderstadt on 19th October 1982. In her first match she was drawn against Tracy Austin who was ranked in the world's top 5. Austin won 6-4 6-0.
After the match the German media wanted to know what Tracy thought of their new star and Austin replied
"There are hundreds like her back home in the States."
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