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AI garment reconstruction: Steffi Graf, US Open 1988. Steffi Graf’s white adidas polo with blue and teal shooting-star graphics, paired with a short white skirt at the 1988 US Open.

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Steffi Graf · 1988

A star across the court

A shooting-star graphic from a season that changed the record books.

Tournament
US Open
Date
September 1988
Design
adidas
Tournament finish
WSingles

The story behind the look

A large outlined star streaks across this white adidas polo, surrounded by smaller stars and dotted sleeve details. Tucked into a short white skirt, the loose top turns a conventional tennis silhouette into a distinctly late-1980s graphic look.

Graf won the US Open that September to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam. Olympic gold in Seoul followed, completing her Golden Slam season. The source photograph records the star-patterned outfit in New York; its caption does not identify the round.