 | Born: 21/12/54
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Wimbledon titles: 1974, 1976, 1981 Runner up: 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985 Grand Slam titles: 18 Prize money: $8,896,195 | Mild-mannered Chris Evert was always the darling of the Centre Court. But the American's game was more suited to the slow high-bouncing clay courts of Roland Garros, where she won the French Open seven times. Despite this, her game had enough class to excel on all surfaces; she won at least one Grand Slam singles title in every year from 1974 to 1986. At Wimbledon she was often overshadowed by Martina Navratilova, but still won three titles in 1974, 1976 and 1981. She was number one in the world from 1975 to 1982 and never lower than fourth until her retirement in 1989. Her double-handed backhand is one of the legendary shots of tennis, and when she and her then fiance Jimmy Connors both won Wimbledon with the shot in 1974, it set a fashion that became a trend around the world. Her greatest rivalry came with Navratilova, a woman who was different to Evert in almost every way, but the pair remain friends. There is no doubt Evert would have won many more Grand Slams had it not been for Navratilova. They played 80 times. Evert won 11 of the first 12, but Navratilova eventually overtook her and finished with a record of 43-37. They met in the Wimbledon final five times, Navratilova winning all of them. Evert finally got her revenge in the French Open final in 1985. Navratilova had won all of their previous 13 matches, but this time Evert came through 6-3, 6-7, 7-5. She said: "It was then I conquered the mental and psychological problems which I'd been having while playing her and also because it was such a see-saw match." In total Evert played 10 Wimbledon finals. She lost her first to Billie-Jean King in 1973 before winning the following year against Olga Morozova. In 1976 she beat Evonne Cawley, who she lost to in 1980 before lifting the Rosewater Dish for the third time a year later after getting the better of Hana Mandlikova. Summing up her career, she added: "I always played to win. Losing hurt me. I was always determined to be the best."
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| Born: 21 December 1954 Birthplace: Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Best Known As: 1970s tennis champ dubbed "The Ice Maiden"
Name at birth: Christine Marie Evert Chris Evert was a women's tennis champion between 1974 and 1986, famous for her poise on court and her powerful two-fisted backhand. Evert grew up playing tennis with her father in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. When she was 15 years old she landed in the spotlight with a win over the top-ranked woman in tennis, Margaret Court. The next year she made it to the semi-finals of the U.S. Open; she lost to Billie Jean King, but Chrissie's skill and maturity on the court made the tenacious teen a crowd favorite. Her cool demeanor on the court earned her the nicknames "Ice Princess" and "Ice Maiden," but her easy charm off the court made her famous beyond the sports pages. She had a two-year romance (1974-76) with tennis champ Jimmy Connors that only heightened her celebrity. Throughout the late '70s Evert was one of the sport's dominant players, and her charisma and a thrilling rivalry with Martina Navratilova helped popularize women's tennis (the two faced each other 80 times; Navratilova ended up with a 43-37 advantage). Retired since 1989, Evert occasionally does on-air commentary for NBC television. She holds 157 singles titles, 8 doubles titles and a career total of 18 Grand Slam singles titles. She won the French Open seven times, the US Open six times, Wimbledon three times and the Australian Open twice. Evert holds a record 125 consecutive wins on clay courts, a streak broken in 1979 by Tracy Austin. LINK TO THE EVERT MUSEUM of CHRIS EVERT .NET with various Evert-obilia "odds & ends" from throughout her career...as well as dazzling art galleries with classic pictures of Chrissie! :- |
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