By Nick Georgandis
June 14 - Steffi Graf, former No .1, 22-time Grand Slam winner and the only player to ever win the Golden Slam in a single season, turns 44. Graf's 22 Grand Slam singles titles are the most in the Open Era and second all-time. In 1988, she won all four major titles as well as the Olympic gold medal.
Graf also won the gold medal in women's singles in 1984, the silver in the 1992 Olympics and the bronze for women's doubles in 1988. Her first Grand Slam came at age 17 when she defeated Martina Navratilova to win the French Open in 1987.
Between 1988-1990, she won eight of the 12 total Slams, and won each of them at least four times - with seven wins at Wimbledon, six at Roland Garros, five at the US Open and four at the Australian Open. She won 107 titles overall, third-most in history, and had a career winning percentage of .887 with 902 wins against only 115 losses. When she retired in 1999, Graf was still ranked No. 3 in the world. Two years later, she married Andre Agassi and has had two children with him. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hal of Fame in 2004.
June 15 - Two-time Grand Slam finalist Cedric Pioline of France turns 44. Pioline climbed as high as No. 5 in the world and won five singles titles, including Monte Carlo in 2000. He reached the finals of the US Opn in 1993 and Wimbledon in 1997 but lost to American Pete Sampras both times. He is currently the tournament director of the ATP Masters in Paris.