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Chris Evert

American former tennis player (born 1954)

This article is about the tennis player. For the horse, see Chris Evert (horse).

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Part of Evert's charm was her tenaciousness -- she never conceded a point. Part of it was that two-handed backhand that spawned a craze among young girls for years to come. Part of it was -- and there's no getting around it -- she was feminine in a time when the stereotype of the woman tennis player was more masculine.

It was this blend of grit, grace and glamour that stole our hearts. And while the grace and glamour were nice to the eye, it was the grit that made her a champion.

"Losing hurts me," Evert said. "I was determined to be the best."

She didn't have a great serve, and she went to the net only to shake hands. But Evert used her relentless baseline game and strength of character to win 18 Grand Slam singles titles -- six U.S. Opens, three Wimbledons, seven French Opens and two Australian Opens. Most impressively, she won at least one Grand Slam tournament for 13 consecutive years (1974-86). She reached at least the semifinals in 52 of her 56 Slam events, including her first 34.

Four times Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year.

With no grunts or groans -- a

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Chris “Chrissie” Evert won the first of her 18 Grand Slam titles in 1974 on the way to becoming one of the most decorated female athletes in history. With a game born on the courts of Fort Lauderdale’s Holiday Park and honed by her father, the late Jimmy Evert, she would go on to win at least one Grand Slam title over the next 13 years, piling up 157 Tour titles.

In any tennis discussion, Chris Evert is one of the greatest players of all time. She won 90 percent of her matches (1,209-146), a feat that has never been equaled by any player—male or female. Evert reached the finals in 76 percent of the tournaments in which she played and the semifinals or better in 52 of her 56 Grand Slam singles appearances. She advanced to the semifinals or better in her first 34 Grand Slam tournaments.

In 1976, Sports Illustrated named her “Sportswoman of the Year” and in 1999, she was named by ESPN as one of the “Top 50 North American Athletes of the Century.

In 1995, Chris received tennis’ highest honor as the sole inductee into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, becoming only

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Evert in the 1980s^[1]
Full name	Christine Marie Evert
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Born	(1954-12-21) December 21, 1954 (age 70) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Turned pro	1972
Retired	1989
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Jimmy Evert Dennis Ralston^[2]
Prize money	$8,895,195
Int. Tennis HoF	1995 (member page)
Career record	1309–146 (90%)
Career titles	157
Highest ranking	No. 1 (November 3, 1975)
Australian Open	W (1982, 1984)
French Open	W (1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986)
Wimbledon	W (1974, 1976, 1981)
US Open	W (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982)
Tour Finals	W (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977)
Olympic Games	3R (1988)
Career record	117–39