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Steffi Graf reached a milestone by becoming the youngest woman to win 500 matches as a professional. Graf needed only 36 minutes to defeat Petra Langrova of Czechoslovakia, 6-0, 6-1, in a tournament at Leipzig, Germany.
Graf is 22 years 3 months old. Chris Evert, who held the record, was 22 years 9 months when she beat Nancy Richey in the 1977 U.S. Open for her 500th victory.
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