Chris Evert

Country	United States
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Date of birth	December 21, 1954 (1954-12-21) (age 52)
Place of birth	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight	125 lb (57 kg)
Turned Pro	1972
Retired	1989
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	US$8,895,195
Singles
Career record:	1309-146
Career titles:	157
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (November 3, 1975)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	W (82 • 84)
French Open	W (74–75 • 79–80 • 83 • 85–86)
Wimbledon	W (74 • 76 • 81)
U.S. Open	W (75–78 • 80 • 82)
Doubles
Career record:	117-39
Career titles:	8
Highest ranking:	?
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Christine Marie Evert (born December 21, 1954) is a former World No. 1 woman tennis player from the United States. During her career, she won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 7 at the French Open. She also won 3 Grand Slam doubles titles. Evert's career win-loss record in singles matches of 1,309-146 (.900) is the best of any professional player in tennis history. In tennis writer Steve Flink's book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, he named Evert as the third best female player of the 20th century, after Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova. Chris Evert has never lost in the 1st round of any grand slam, her earliest exits being the 3rd round. is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... In tennis, a singles player or doubles team that wins all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam. ... The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held over two weeks between mid May and early June in Paris, France, and is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar. ... The term doubles as used in sports like tennis and badminton refers to games with two players on each side. ... For the Austrian middle distance runner Steffi Graf, see Stephanie Graf. ... Martina Navratilova (born October 18, 1956, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former World No. ...

Tennis career

Evert began taking tennis lessons when she was five years old from her father, Jimmy Evert (a professional tennis coach who had won the men's singles title at the Canadian Championships in 1947). By 1969, she had become the No. 1 ranked 14-under girl in the United States. In 1970, she won the national sixteen-and-under championship and was invited to play in an eight player clay court tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 15 year-old Evert defeated Françoise Durr 6-1, 6-0 in the first round before defeating Margaret Smith Court 7-6, 7-6 in a semifinal. Court was the World No. 1 and had just won the Grand Slam in singles. These results led to Evert's selection for the U.S. Wightman Cup team, the youngest player ever in the competition.^[1] James Jimmy Evert is the father of tennis legend Chris Evert. ... The Canada Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. ... Charlotte (also known as candle stick) is a figure skating grace move - one of the spirals, where the skater is bended and glides on its one leg with the other one lifted to the air. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest City = Charlotte Largest city {{{LargestCity}}} Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... Françoise Dürr (b. ... Margaret Smith Court AO MBE (born 16 July 1942) is a retired former World No. ... In tennis, a singles player or doubles team that wins all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam. ... Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman wanted to generate international interest in womens tennis the way Davis Cup did for mens. ...

Evert made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 1971 U.S. Open, aged 16, receiving an invitation after winning the national sixteen-and-under championship. After an easy straight-sets win over Edda Buding in the first round, she faced the U.S. No. 4 Mary Ann Eisel in the second round. Evert saved six match points with Eisel serving at 6-4, 6-5 (40-0) in the second set before Evert went on to win 4-6, 7-6, 6-1. She made two further comebacks against Durr (2-6, 6-2, 6-3) and Lesley Hunt (4-6, 6-2, 6-3), both seasoned professionals, before losing to Billie Jean King in a semifinal. This defeat ended a 46-match winning streak built up through carefully selected participation in senior tour events over the year - an astonishing debut. For other uses, see U.S. Open. ... Billie Jean Moffitt King (born November 22, 1943 in Long Beach, California) is a retired tennis player from the United States. ...

Evert was the runner-up at the French Open and Wimbledon in 1973. A year later, she won both those events to claim her first Grand Slam singles titles and won 55 consecutive matches. Her fiancee at the time, Jimmy Connors, won the Wimbledon men's singles title that year and media attention surrounded the "Love Match" of tennis that summer (although the relationship proved to be short-lived). The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held over two weeks between mid May and early June in Paris, France, and is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar. ... Wimbledon logo The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as simply Wimbledon, is the oldest and arguably most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. ... James Scott (Jimmy) Connors (born September 2, 1952 in East St. ...

Connors and Evert were also finalists in mixed doubles at the 1974 U.S. Open, although Evert rarely played that event. As time went by, Evert played women's doubles less frequently, preferring to devote her energies to singles tournaments.

For the next five years, Evert was the World No. 1. In 1975, she won the French Open again and the first of four straight U.S. Open titles by defeating Evonne Goolagong Cawley in a three-set final. She also won Wimbledon again in 1976, again beating Goolagong in a thrilling three-set final. The rivalry between Evert and Goolagong was compelling during the mid-1970s. In all, Evert won 21 of their 33 matches. Evert's domination of the women's game and her calm, steely demeanor on court earned her the nickname of the "Ice Maiden" of tennis. Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, born July 31, 1951 at Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, was a professional tennis player. ...

A new rival to Evert's dominance emerged on the scene in the later part of the 1970s in the form of Navratilova. Though good friends off the court, their fierce on-court rivalry is remembered as one of the greatest in tennis history. Evert had the best of their earlier encounters, with Navratilova eventually gaining the upper hand during the 1980s.

Though successful on all surfaces, it was on clay courts where Evert was most dominant. Beginning in August 1973, she won 125 consecutive matches on the surface, with a loss of only 7 sets, a run which continues to stand as the record among both men and women players.^[2] The streak was broken on May 12, 1979, in a semifinal of the Italian Open, when Evert lost to Tracy Austin 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4) after Evert lost a game point to go up 5-2 in the third set. Evert said after the match, "Not having the record will take some pressure off me, but I am not glad to have lost it." Evert then won 72 consecutive matches on clay before losing in a semifinal of the 1981 French Open to Hana Mandlikova. Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling had a similar run of clay court dominance from 1935 through 1939, winning the French Championships three consecutive years (not playing there the other two years) and incurring only one loss on clay during that five year period. is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... The Rome Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. ... Tracy Ann Austin Holt (b. ... Hana Mandlíková, a professional tennis player, was born on February 19, 1962, in Prague, Czech Republic. ... Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (March 26, 1908) was a German female tennis player. ...

Evert won the French Open singles title a record seven times. Two of her best victories came in three-set finals against Navratilova in the mid-1980s. In 1985, Evert prevailed 6-3, 6-7, 7-5, a win that saw her capture the World No. 1 ranking for the fifth and final time. And, in 1986, the 31 year-old Evert won her last Grand Slam title by beating Navratilova 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Evert retired from the professional tour in 1989. During her career, she won 157 singles titles and 8 doubles titles. Her record in finals was 157-72 (.686). She reached the semifinals in 273 of the 303 tournaments she entered. Evert won the WTA Tour Championships 4 times and helped the United States win the Fed Cup 8 times. Evert's last match was a 6-3, 6-2 win over Conchita Martinez in the finals of the 1989 Fed Cup. The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Womens Tennis Association (WTA) tour. ... The Fed Cup (until 1995 Federation Cup) is the most important tennis tournament for female national teams, very similar to the mens Davis Cup. ... Conchita Mart nez (born April 16, 1972) is a Spanish professional tennis player. ...

Evert won at least one Grand Slam singles title each year for 13 consecutive years from 1974 through 1986. She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles during her career: 7 at the French Open, 6 at the U.S. Open (3 on clay and 3 on hard courts), 3 at Wimbledon, and 2 at the Australian Open (both on grass). She reached the finals in 34 and the semifinals in 52 of the 56 Grand Slams events she entered. Between September 1971 (her Grand Slam debut at the US Open) and June 1983 (her twelfth visit to Wimbledon), Evert never failed to reach at least the semi-finals of every one of the 34 Grand Slam singles events she participated in. This is an unparalleled record of consistency in the world's biggest tournaments. Moreover, it is a proud record that was ended prematurely, in the third round at Wimbledon 1983, owing to the intransigence of the All England club (which refused Evert's request of a delay in her match with Kathy Jordan to recover from a severe bout of food poisoning), a defeat which ended her Grand Slam aspirations on the final leg (Evert was then holder of the Australian, US and French titles). Evert's overall record in Grand Slam events was 297-38 .887 (72-6 at the French Open, 94-15 at Wimbledon, 101-13 at the US Open (most singles match wins in history), and 30-4 at the Australian Open). She reached the finals all 6 times she entered the Australian Open. Evert faced Navratilova in the final of 14 Grand Slam events, with Evert losing 10 of those encounters. (Navratilova defeated Evert at least once in the final of each of the four Grand Slam events, whereas three of Evert's four wins were at the French Open and the fourth was at the Australian Open). However, Evert defeated Navratilova in a number of Grand Slam semi-finals - the US Open (1975), Wimbledon (1976, 1980), and the Australian Open (1988).

During her career versus selected rivals, Evert was: 40-6 against Virginia Wade, 37-43 against Martina Navratilova, 26-13 against Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 24-0 against Virginia Ruzici, 23-1 against Sue Barker, 22-0 against Betty Stove, 22-1 against Rosie Casals, 21-7 against Hana Mandlikova, 20-1 against Wendy Turnbull, 19-7 against Billie Jean King (winning the last 11 matches with a loss of only 2 sets), 19-3 against Pam Shriver, 18-2 against Kerry Melville Reid, 17-2 against Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere, 17-2 against Helena Sukova, 17-3 against Andrea Jaeger, 16-3 against Diane Fromholtz Balestrat, 15-0 against Olga Morozova, 13-0 against Francoise Durr, 9-4 against Margaret Smith Court, 8-9 against Tracy Austin, 7-0 against Mary Joe Fernandez, 6-3 against Gabriela Sabatini, 6-5 against Nancy Richey Gunter (winning the last 6 matches), 6-8 against Steffi Graf (losing the last 8 matches), and 2-1 against Monica Seles. Virginia Ruzici (January 31, 1955) is a Romanian professional female tennis player. ... Sue Barker, MBE (born April 19, 1956, in Paignton, Devon, England) is a television presenter and former professional tennis player. ... Betty Stove was a professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. ... Rosemary Rosie Casals (September 16, 1948) was an American professional tennis player. ... Hana Mandlíková, a professional tennis player, was born on February 19, 1962, in Prague, Czech Republic. ... Wendy Turnbull (November 26, 1952) was an Australian professional female tennis player. ... Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby (born July 4, 1962, in Baltimore, Maryland), is a former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster from the United States. ... Kerry Reid is a former professional tennis player from Australia. ... Manuela Maleeva Manuela Maleeva (born February 14, 1967) is Bulgaria’s all time best female tennis player. ... Helena Sukova (b. ... Andrea Jaeger (born June 4, 1965, in Chicago, Illinois) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. ... Olga Morozova (Russian: Ольга Морозова; born February 22, 1949 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian professional tennis player. ... Mary Joe Fernández (born August 19, 1971) is a former Dominican Republic-born American professional tennis player. ... Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini (b. ... Nancy Richey Gunter (born August 23, 1942 in San Angelo, Texas, United States) is a former tennis player from the U.S. During her career, she won two Grand Slam singles titles (1967 Australian Championships and 1968 French Open) and four Grand Slam womens doubles titles (1965 U.S... Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is an American professional tennis player, who originally played for her native Yugoslavia. ...

Playing Style

Evert's game was based on excellent stroke production technique, good balance and footwork, superb anticipation, steely concentration, unflappable temperament and mental fortitude, and an astute tactical sense. Her playing style, with precise groundstrokes delivered from the back of the court, was best suited to playing on clay. But she quickly proved that her game could excel on all surfaces. This was because Evert was an offensive rather than defensive baseliner; her genius lay in her ability to combine consistency of shot-making with excellent command of line and length and angle from the backcourt. At the peak of her game, in the five consecutive years she was ranked as World No. 1 (between 1974 and 1978), Evert was undoubtedly the most relentlessly accurate baseline hitter since the days of Maureen Connolly in the 1950s. She was renowned for her ability to play long rallies at high pace and tempo, drilling her groundstrokes within centimetres of the lines, yet scarcely making an unforced error. When she first started playing as a youngster, she developed a two-handed backhand because she was too small and weak to hit backhand shots with one hand. This became a trademark of her game and inspired generations of future players to copy her. Evert's two-handed backhand revolutionized the women's game, because this allowed her to drive through with power on the backhand as well as forehand, and she was the first woman player of the Open era to be able to do this consistently. Without an Evert there could not have been a Monica Seles and the power baseline players which followed. Aside from consistency and accuracy off the ground, Evert possessed the best return-of-service of her generation (taken early and on the rise to deter the net-rusher or take command of a rally). Other hallmarks of her game included outstanding touch on the lob and drop-shot and the best passing shots in the history of the women's game (honed to perfection by the need to counter the greatest serve-and-volley players of the Open era - Court, King, Goolagong, and Navratilova). Evert had a sufficient serve herself but never an overpowering one like her contemporaries Court, King, Virginia Wade, Steffi Graf, and Martina Navratilova. A clay court in Hattori Ryokuchi Park, Osaka A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. ... Sarah Virginia Wade (born July 10, 1945, in Bournemouth, England) is a former tennis player from the United Kingdom. ... For the Austrian middle distance runner Steffi Graf, see Stephanie Graf. ... Martina Navratilova (born October 18, 1956, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former World No. ...

Evert's graceful appearance, conventional good looks, quiet demeanor, outward appearance of gracious sportsmanship, and carefully manipulated sex appeal and public image made her a favorite with the media and fans, although she was also considered the women's tour leader in dirty jokes.^[1]

The Greatest Ever?

Opinions are naturally divided on the status of Evert in the history of the women's game. Most commentators and sports writers rank her amongst the top six woman players of all time. Her record of consistency and volume of achievement in the game is undoubtedly sufficient for her to stake a legitimate claim to be considered as the greatest female player of the Open era. However, most experts place Evert behind Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf (who won 22 Grand Slams) in the all-time list of champions. Yet, in terms of accomplishment, Evert was the equal of Navratilova (with 18 Grand Slams apiece).

Evert's own claim to be considered as the best of the best is based on at least three sets of considerations. First, her career win-loss record (at 90 percent success rate) is the best of the Open era. For both men and women, only Navratilova has won more career tournaments than Evert (167 to 157), but Evert has won a greater proportion of the tournaments she has competed in than any other player (man or woman) of the Open period. Second, Evert's record of wins in Grand Slam tournaments (18) may be an underestimation of her dominance of the women's game in the 1970s and early 1980s. She did not compete at the Australian Open from 1975-80 or the [French Open]] 1976-8, owing both to a perceived decline in the fortunes of those events. During this period Evert enjoyed her best form so - if she had chosen to compete - it is possible she would have more grand slams wins. The Australian Open is held each January at Melbourne Park. ...

Second, with regard to the issue of whether Evert or Navratilova should be considered the greater player, the point could be made that Evert's 37-43 match deficit in their longstanding rivalry does not accurately reflect the real balance of power between the two players over the duration of their careers. Yet for many commentators this is singled out as demonstrating Navratilova's superiority. For a start, a far greater proportion of their matches were played on fast court surfaces (which favoured Navratilova's serve-and-volley game) than on slow or medium-paced surfaces (which favoured Evert's baseline style). They played each other rather more on grass and indoors (40 times) than on clay and shale (American Har-Tru clay) (13 times). Remarkably, they played more matches on grass (15) than on clay, despite the fact that for the greater duration of their rivalry far more major international tournaments and WTA tour events were played on the former than on the latter (including Italian Open, French Open, US Open, South African Open, WITA finals, Virginia Slims finals, US Clay Courts). (On grass courts, Navratilova held a 10-5 career record over Evert; on clay courts, Evert held a 10-3 career record over Navratillova). For a significant part of their rivalry, Navratilova preferred not to challenge Evert at all on clay. After two demoralising defeats to Evert in the finals of the 1975 Italian Open (6-1, 6-0) and French Open (2-6, 6-2, 6-1), for example, Navratilova did not challenge her American rival on European clay until her return to Paris in 1982. During this period Navratilova also avoided the North American clay court season (with the exception of Forest Hills, then home of the US Open). She did not challenge Evert again on American clay until her 6-0, 6-0 rout at the final of the Murjani WITA at Amelia Island in the spring of 1981. Conversely, Evert was never afraid to play Navratilova on any surface - clay, grass, hard courts, or indoors. With a more even distribution of matches across fast and slower surfaces, Evert could easily have maintained her head-to-head edge over Navratilova in their personal rivalry.

But a second point is relevant here to the issue of Navratilova-Evert world comparisons. In the mid-1970s, there was a split of Grand Slam events between slow and fast surfaces (Roland Garros and Forest Hills on clay, Wimbledon and Kooyong on grass). Then, from the late 1970s, there was a shift, with the US Open being played on medium-paced hard courts for a few years at its new Flushing Meadows home. During this period, Evert enjoyed her greatest success in Grand Slam tournaments, partly because more of these big events (50 percent) were played on surfaces especially compatible with her game. From the early 1980s, however, as Navratilova took over the mantle of world No. 1, the balance shifted inexorably in favour of fast court surfaces in Grand Slam events, with the Australian Open continuing alongside Wimbledon on grass for a few years, before switching over to fast hard courts, and with the court speed being steadily enhanced at the US Open. This shift towards faster courts (with only 25 percent of Grand Slams still being played on slower surfaces) undoubtedly assisted Navratilova in unseating Evert from the No. 1 ranking. If the old balance of court surfaces in Grand Slam events had been preserved, Navratilova would have found it a much harder job gaining the upper hand over her great American rival.

Leaving all this aside, what can be said with a measure of authority is that Evert was probably the greatest clay court woman player of all time, whereas Navratilova was probably the greatest woman player on grass courts.

Evert was voted the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year on four occasions and received Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportswoman of the Year" award in 1976.^[3][4] In April 1985, she was voted the "Greatest Woman Athlete of the Last 25 Years" by the Women's Sports Foundation. Evert served as President of the Women's Tennis Association from 1975-76, and from 1983 to 1991.^[5] In 1995, she was the fourth player ever to be unanimously elected into the International Tennis Hall of Fame following a worldwide ballot of 185 sports journalists whilst 1999 saw Evert rated No. 50 among North American athletes of the 20th century.^[6][7] In 2005, TENNIS Magazine named her fourth on its list of TENNIS Magazine's 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS Era.^[8] In 1931, the first and most prestigious Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press (AP). ... The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ... Since its inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated magazine has annually presented the Sportsman of the Year award to the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement. ... The Womens Tennis Association, formed in 1973, is the principal organizing body of womens professional tennis. ... The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit tennis hall of fame and museum at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. // The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit institution dedicated to preserving the history of tennis, inspiring and encouraging junior tennis development, enshrining... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

Personal life

Evert was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Colette Thompson and James A. Evert.^[9] Early in her career, before she won her first Grand Slam event, Chris Evert signed a contract with Puritan Fashions Corp. to endorse a line of sportswear. Company president Carl Rosen thought so highly of her that he named a yearling racehorse in her honor. The horse Chris Evert went on to win the 1974 U.S. Filly Triple Crown, be voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Filly and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Nickname: Coordinates: , Country State County Broward Established 27 March 1911 Government  - Type Commission-Manager  - Mayor Jim Naugle Area  - City  36. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sportswear is clothing, including footwear, worn for sport or exercise. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Chris Evert (1971-2001) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred filly racehorse. ... The Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, formerly known as the Filly Triple Crown, is a set of horse races in the United States which is open to three year old fillies. ... Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. ... The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ...

Evert's father, Jimmy Evert, was a professional tennis coach. Tennis was a way of life in his family: Chris and her sister Jeanne Evert became professional tennis players, and their brother Jack Evert attended Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama on a full athletic scholarship for intercollegiate tennis. Evert is a 1973 graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. James Jimmy Evert is the father of tennis legend Chris Evert. ... Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a state university located in Auburn, Alabama, USA. With more than 24,100 students and 1,200 faculty, it is the largest university in the state,[5] and according to U.S. News & World Report, has a selectivity rating of more selective. ... Nickname: Location in Lee County, Alabama Coordinates: , Country State County Lee County, Alabama Government  - Mayor Bill Ham, Jr. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... St. ... Fort Lauderdale, known as the Venice of America, is a city located in Broward County, Florida. ...

Evert's romance with the top men's player Jimmy Connors captured the public's imagination in the 1970s, particularly after they both claimed the singles titles at Wimbledon in 1974. Evert and Connors also occasionally played mixed doubles together. In 1974, they were runner-up at the U.S. Open. They became engaged, but the romance did not last. A wedding planned for November 8, 1974 was called off. James Scott (Jimmy) Connors (born September 2, 1952 in East St. ...

In the years that followed, Evert was romantically linked with several other high-profile men. She reportedly had affairs with, among others, actor Burt Reynolds, Geraldo Rivera, Adam Faith, Vitas Gerulaitis, Pat Boone, and John Gardner “Jack” Ford, son of U.S. President Gerald Ford). Burt Reynolds (born Burton Reynolds Jr. ... John Jack Gardner Ford (born March 16, 1952) is the second child and second son of U.S. President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford. ... For other persons named Gerald Ford, see Gerald Ford (disambiguation). ...

In 1979, Evert married the British tennis player John Lloyd and changed her name to Chris Evert-Lloyd. This marriage ended in divorce in 1987. John Lloyd (b. ...

In 1988, Evert married two-time Olympic downhill skier Andy Mill. They have three sons – Alexander James (born 1991), Nicholas Joseph (born 1994), and Colton Jack (born 1996). On November 13, 2006, Evert filed for divorce.^[10] The divorce was finalized on December 4, 2006, with Evert paying Mill a settlement of U.S. $7 million in cash and securities. ^[11] She is rumoured to be dating Australian golfer Greg Norman.^{[12] [13] [14]} In September 2007 Greg Norman announced his intention to marry Evert.^[15] The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Cross-country skiing (skating style) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. ... Andy Ray Mill (born November 2, 1953 in Aspen, Colorado) is a two-time Olympic downhill skier from the United States. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Personal Information Birth February 10, 1955 ) (age 52) Mount Isa, Queensland Nationality  Australia Wife Laura (1981 - present; filed for divorce) Children Morgan Leigh, and Gregory Residence Hobe Sound, Florida Career Turned Pro 1974 Current Tour PGA Tour Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 2 Masters 2nd/T2: 1986, 1987, 1996...

Evert is operating a tennis academy with Robert Seguso and his wife, Carling Bassett-Seguso.^[16] Robert Arthur Seguso (born May 1, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. ... Carling Kathrin Bassett-Seguso (born October 9, 1967 in Toronto, Canada) is a former professional tennis player from Canada. ...

Trivia

• Evert hosted the TV show Saturday Night Live on November 11, 1989 (Season 15, Episode 5). In that episode, Evert and Nora Dunn acted in a cold opening sketch in which no matter what Evert does or where she goes, Martina Navratilova is there and always outdoes her. The skit poked fun at the past on-the-court rivalry between the two players. Evert was the first tennis player and only female tennis player to host the show.

• Chris Evert's name is often remembered by sports commentators because of the infamous on-screen fight between ESPN's Jim Rome and former NFL quarterback Jim Everett. Rome had made a habit of calling Jim Everett "Chris Everett" (in reference to the tennis player) because of his seemingly fearful actions on the field. On Rome's show, Jim Everett had warned Rome not to use the nickname, but after repeated use on Rome's part, Everett tipped the table between them and attacked Rome.

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Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (18)

Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1974	French Open	Clay	Olga Morozova	6-1, 6-2
1974	Wimbledon	Grass	Olga Morozova	6-0, 6-4
1975	French Open (2)	Clay	Martina Navratilova	2-6, 6-2, 6-1
1975	U.S. Open	Hard	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	5-7, 6-4, 6-2
1976	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6-3, 4-6, 8-6
1976	U.S. Open (2)	Hard	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6-3, 6-0
1977	U.S. Open (3)	Hard	Wendy Turnbull	7-6, 6-2
1978	U.S. Open (4)	Hard	Pam Shriver	7-5, 6-4
1979	French Open (3)	Clay	Wendy Turnbull	6-2, 6-0
1980	French Open (4)	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	6-0, 6-3
1980	U.S. Open (5)	Hard	Hana Mandlíková	5-7, 6-1, 6-1
1981	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Hana Mandlíková	6-2, 6-2
1982	Australian Open	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6-3, 2-6, 6-3
1982	U.S. Open (6)	Hard	Hana Mandlíková	6-3, 6-1
1983	French Open (5)	Clay	Mima Jausovec	6-1, 6-2
1984	Australian Open (2)	Grass	Helena Sukova	6-7, 6-1, 6-3
1985	French Open (6)	Clay	Martina Navratilova	6-3, 6-7, 7-5
1986	French Open (7)	Clay	Martina Navratilova	2-6, 6-3, 6-3

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Runner-ups (16)

Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1973	French Open	Clay	Margaret Smith Court	6-7, 7-6, 6-4
1973	Wimbledon	Grass	Billie Jean King	6-0, 7-5
1974	Australian Open	Grass	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	7-6, 4-6, 6-0
1978	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Martina Navratilova	2-6, 6-4, 7-5
1979	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6-4, 6-4
1979	U.S. Open	Hard	Tracy Austin	6-4, 6-3
1980	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6-1, 7-6
1981	Australian Open (2)	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6-7, 6-4, 7-5
1982	Wimbledon (5)	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6-1, 3-6, 6-2
1983	U.S. Open (2)	Hard	Martina Navratilova	6-1, 6-3
1984	French Open (2)	Clay	Martina Navratilova	6-3, 6-1
1984	Wimbledon (6)	Grass	Martina Navratilova	7-6, 6-2
1984	U.S. Open (3)	Hard	Martina Navratilova	4-6, 6-4, 6-4
1985	Wimbledon (7)	Grass	Martina Navratilova	4-6, 6-3, 6-2
1985	Australian Open (3)	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6-2, 4-6, 6-2
1988	Australian Open (4)	Hard	Steffi Graf	6-1, 7-6

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Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

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Footnotes

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External links

• Chris Evert profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Fed Cup profile for Chris Evert
• Official Wimbledon website profile
• BBC profile