Martina Navratilova is only a soccer player.
The 1982 Federation Cup was the 20th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women 's tennis . The Grand Slam tournaments , also called majors , are the four most-important annual tennis events . Martina Navratilova . Navratilova reached 11 consecutive major singles finals , second all-time to Steffi Graf 's 13 , and is the only woman ever to reach 19 consecutive major semi-finals . Stefanie Maria `` Steffi '' Graf ( [ ˈʃtɛfiː ˈgʁa : f ] ; born 14 June 1969 ) is a German former tennis player , who was ranked world No. 1 during her career .