1996 FRENCH OPEN POSTER SIGNED BY S. GRAFF/ A. SANCHEZ / M.STICH / Y. KAFELNIKOV

Description

This Authentic 1996  French Open Roland Garros Tennis Poster personally signed by Michael Stich,Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Steffi Graff & Arantxa Sanchez Vicario  comes from a very large
Tennis & Sports Memorabilia Collection amassed by the famous Australian Tennis Hall of
Famer, **FRED STOLLE,
during his many years on the world Amateur & Professional Tennis Circuit, & later as a worldwide tennis commentator.
In his later years,he has travelled the world ( & still does ),as a commentator at all the major Slams--Australian, French, Wimbledon & US Opens,& in doing so,he was given all the necessary credential badges,(as per the players),to gain access to all the locker rooms, player's lounges, courts etc, interviewing & befriending many of the top tennis players along the way. At each of the majors he would personally take the particular poster for that Slam, at the venue where he was commentating, & have it signed, by the winners / finalists / semi-finalists,
personally witnessing
each & every Signature himself. As you can imagine Fred has amassed a very sizeable Collection of Tennis Posters  all authentically signed by the players themselves. Hence
he can guarantee 100%, that all of the signatures in his collection are completely genuine.
This particular Poster,by Lelong Meurice, is 23" x 30 1/2" & is in Excellent condition, having been kept in one of hundreds of sturdy cardboard tubes,in an air-conditioned storage facility, maintaining their original condition.
This poster is so very unique in that it is signed by all 4 1996 Finalists of the Mens & Ladies Singles.......ie. Steffi Graff  won the French Open Women's Singles Title beating Arantxa Sanchez Vicario  6-3, 6-7(4), 10-8 in the Final & Yevgeny Kafelnikov won the French Open Mens Singles Title beating Michael Stich,7-6(4),7-5,7-6(4)
The Poster will be shipped in a Mailing Tube, expertly packed, with Brown Paper Sheeting.
"GOOD ON" FRED STOLLE FOR TRACKING DOWN  THE LAST FOUR PLAYERS IN THE MEN'S / WOMEN'S SINGLES TOURNAMENT, & GETTING THEM TO SIGN THE POSTER...
.....
IT IS GREAT TO GET THE AUTOGRAPHS OF PRO TENNIS PLAYERS AT THE TOURNAMENTS, BUT TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE AUTOGRAPHS OF THE KEY PLAYERS WHO MADE IT TO THE FINAL ROUNDS
OF A MAJOR GRAND SLAM EVENT,
ON THE SAME MEDIA PRESENTATION, IS INCREDIBLY RARE!!!
**Former World #1 in Doubles in 1964, & Singles in 1966, playing on the Amateur & Professional Tennis Circuits from 1958 to 1976, winning 17 Grand Slam Doubles Titles 10 Mens/ 7 Mixed ), 2 Grand slam Singles Titles & helped Australia to 3 Davis Cup Titles.
After retirement he coached
Vitas Gerulaitis
from 1977 until 1983,
& embarked on a successful
TV Commentary Career for Companies in
America
&
Australia
. Currently  providing commentary on Grand Slam tennis tournaments for
Australia
's
Fox Sports
& for the
Hopman Cup
.
For his contribution to  tennis Fred Stolle was inducted into the International Hall of Fame
in 1985 & the
Sport Australia Hall of Fame
in 1988
.
In 2000, he received an
Australian Sports Medal
& was made an Officer of the
Order of
Australia
in 2005
.