Chris Evert

Chris Evert
Evert 1990 at Camp David playing with George HW Bush
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	December 21, 1954
Size:	168 cm
1st professional season:	1972
Resignation:	1989
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 8,896,144
singles
Career record:	1304: 144
Career title:	154 WTA , 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	1 (June 10 1985)
Weeks as No. 1:	260
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	117: 39
Career title:	18 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking:	13 (September 12 1988)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Christine "Chris" Marie Evert , 1979–1987 Evert-Lloyd (born December 21, 1954 in Fort Lauderdale , Florida ) is a former American tennis player . The long-standing world number one is one of the most successful players in the history of this sport. She was one of the first players to play the backhand with both hands. The duels between the baseline player and clay court specialist and Martina Navrátilová , the other great player of the 1970s and 1980s, are unforgettable . In 1989 Evert ended her career as a professional tennis player.

Life

The beginnings

At the age of five, Chris Evert came into contact with tennis . Father Jimmy Evert (1924-2015), himself a tennis professional and 1947 winner of the Canadian Championships , promoted his daughter. Too weak to hold the racket on the backhand side and take a hit, she was the first player ever to develop a two-handed backhand strike. This would later become their dreaded and often copied trademark.

In 1969 Evert was listed as the best U14 player in the USA . The student made headlines a year later when she defeated the French world-class player Françoise Dürr and then the world number one and tennis legend Margaret Smith Court 7: 6, 7: 6 in a small clay court tournament in North Carolina . Court had won the Grand Slam the year before as only the second player ever .

The following year, Evert continued her rise. As the winner of the US Youth Championships, she accepted an invitation from the national association and made her Grand Slam debut at the US Open in Forrest Hills. The 16-year-old student defeated Edda Buding , Mary-Ann Eisel , the number 5 French Françoise Dürr and her compatriot Lesley Hunt one after the other and only failed in the semifinals to Billie Jean King . At 16 years, 8 months and 20 days, Evert was the youngest player to make it to the US Open semi-finals. In doing so, she revealed those strengths that developed into her trademarks in the following years. Evert's game was characterized by a hitherto unknown hardness and precision in the baseline strokes. In addition, she impressed with strong nerves, which soon earned her the nickname Ice Maiden in the press . Unusually often she managed to turn games she thought had been lost. Against the American Eisel, Evert fended off six match points with a score of 5: 6 and 0:40 in the second set before she won the last round 6: 1.

Despite the early success, her father relied on a careful development. In 1972 Evert renounced the Australian Open and the French Open, but reached the semifinals in Wimbledon and Forrest Hills . In 1973, the 18-year-old reached the finals in Paris and Wimbledon, moved into the semi-finals of the US Open for the third time in a row and again did without the Australian Open at the end of the year.

1974–1978: years of dominance

The following year marked her final breakthrough. Apart from a short break in 1976, it remained at the top of the world rankings until 1978.

As a 19-year-old, she won the French Open and Wimbledon in 1974, reached the final in Australia, made it to the semi-finals again at the US Open and took over the top of the world rankings. When she won her first major title in Paris, a unique series of Grand Slam title wins began, which would last until 1986 and in which the American won a total of 18 major titles. Another record series began as early as 1973. Despite her successes on all types of flooring, the clay court game clearly remained her greatest domain. Between 1973 and 1979, Evert was victorious on clay 125 times in a row - a record that has never been achieved today.

In 1975 she won two majors again. She repeated her victory at the French Open last year, was in the Wimbledon semifinals and won her first US Open title against Evonne Goolagong , which she defended three times in a row. With brief interruptions, Evert topped the world rankings for the next five years.

In 1976 Evert won the Wimbledon crown again with a close three-set success. The opponent was again the Australian Goolagong, who by the mid-1970s developed more and more to her most stubborn rival. Evert won the first round 6: 3, lost the second 4: 6 and was 0: 2 behind in the third round before she could turn the match around and finally triumphed 8: 6. The two met a total of 33 times. Evert remained the clearly dominant player in world tennis with a total of 21 wins.

The following two years were less successful. After renouncing the Australian and French Open, Evert was only in the Wimbledon semi-finals in 1977 and defended her US Open title. In the years 1976 to 1978 she did without the French Open in order, like the other top players, to take part in the world team tennis event organized by Billy Jean King. In 1978 Evert only played two Masters, was in the final on Church Road and again won the American Open Championships.

1978: Beginning of the duel with Martina Navrátilová

In the late 1970s, the era of Evert's unrestricted rule ended. With Martina Navrátilová , a new rival stepped into the limelight, which should end Evert's dominance and initiate a second period in her career. The duel between the two players, which was bitter from a sporting point of view, shaped the next decade in women's tennis, drove tennis to a new level of professionalism and is considered one of the most impressive rivalries in sports history. In a total of 80 clashes, Navrátilová won 43 matches. Both players ended their careers with 18 individual Grand Slam titles each.

In 1973, when Evert and Navrátilová first met, Evert ruled the Czechoslovaks. Even at the end of 1977, the American still had 22 wins in a total of 26 matches. That changed in 1978 when Navrátilová won the Wimbledon preparatory tournament in Eastbourne and then the Wimbledon title, which she defended the following year.

Evert also won a Grand Slam title in 1978 and 1979. While she won the US Open 1978 and French Open 1979, Navratilova triumphed in both years at Wimbledon.

1979–1981: duels with Tracy Austin

In 1977, a young American from Rolling Hills, California entered the international tennis scene and prepared to be Chris Evert's successor. Tracy Austin, who played her first international tournament at the age of 14 and won straight away, turned into something of a nightmare for Evert. Austin also played from the baseline with two-handed backhands, and the consistency and precision of her strokes were in no way inferior to Everts. In 1979 Tracy Austin was the youngest ever to win the US Open - 6: 4, 6: 3 against the great opponent from Florida. Austin won 5 times in a row against Evert and in 1980 was the youngest number one in the world rankings. For her part, Chris Evert took a break of several months and, newly married, was close to the end of her career. The changing of the guard seemed sealed. But as early as 1981 injuries in the back area forced the young star to take longer breaks from play and ultimately to the end of his career in 1984. Chris Evert, for his part, regained the tennis throne after winning the US Open in 1980.,

1986: Last victory in Paris and return to the top of the world rankings

Evert won her last two Grand Slam titles on the red ashes of Roland Garros , where she faced her long-term rival again. In 1985, when she won 6: 3, 6: 7 and 7: 5 in a close match of three sets, she climbed to the top of the world rankings for the fifth and final time. Also in 1986, her opponent was Navrátilová and Evert recorded her last Grand Slam triumph with 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3. In 1988, now at the age of 34, she was able to move into the final of one of the most important tournaments. In the final of the Australian Open, she was defeated by the almost 19-year-old later Grand Slam winner Steffi Graf in two sets. Evert was also nominated for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , but there she was eliminated in the round of 16 against the Italian Raffaella Reggi .

WTA presidency and end of career

Evert ended her career in 1989 after she was eliminated from the US Open in the quarter-finals against Zina Garrison .

As in 1975 and 1976, she took over the presidency of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) again in 1983 , which she chaired until 1991.

In 1995 Chris Evert was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Tennis .

Personal

In the early 1970s, Evert was in a relationship with world number one Jimmy Connors . In 1979 she married the British tennis player John Lloyd and went by the double name Evert-Lloyd. After the divorce in 1987, she married former ski racer Andy Mill in 1988 , with whom she has three children. By mutual agreement, they filed for divorce on October 20, 2006 after 18 years of marriage. On June 28, 2008, she married Australian golf star Greg Norman in the Bahamas , but the couple announced the separation in early October 2009.

Her younger sister Jeanne was also a professional tennis player.

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	title
Australian Open	-	-	-	F.	-	-	-	-	-	-	F.	S.	-	S.	F.	-	-	F.	-	2
French Open	-	-	F.	S.	S.	-	-	-	S.	S.	HF	HF	S.	F.	S.	S.	HF	3R	-	7th
Wimbledon	-	HF	F.	S.	HF	S.	HF	F.	F.	F.	S.	F.	3R	F.	F.	HF	HF	HF	HF	3
US Open	HF	HF	HF	HF	S.	S.	S.	S.	F.	S.	HF	S.	F.	F.	HF	HF	VF	HF	VF	6th

successes

Record- world number one in women's singles

rank	Tennis player	Weeks
1.	Steffi Graf	377
2.	Martina Navratilova	332
3.	Serena Williams	319
4th	Chris Evert	260
5.	Martina Hingis	209
6th	/ / Monica Seles	178
7th	Justine Henin	117
As of October 9, 2017

Chris Evert was the first professional player to score 1,000 individual wins. With a career record of a total of 1,309 wins, 146 defeats and a success rate of 90%, Evert is still the most successful single player. She was at the top of the tennis world rankings a total of five times . She won 18 Grand Slam titles in singles and was only surpassed by Margaret Smith Court (24), Serena Williams (23), Steffi Graf (22) and Helen Wills Moody (19). With a total of seven successes in women's singles, Evert is still the record holder at the French Open . Her 157 individual titles at WTA and Grand Slam tournaments mean second place behind Martina Navrátilová , who won 167 tournaments.

In 1974 Evert won 56 games in a row and between 1974 and 1986 she won at least one Grand Slam title every year. Between 1973 and 1979 she was victorious on clay 125 times in a row (record) and reached at least the semifinals (record) in 52 of 56 Grand Slam tournaments in which she participated. Evert has won the WTA Tour Championships four times and is an eight-time Fed Cup winner with the USA team.

Record Grand Slam winners in women's singles

rank	Tennis player	title
1.	Margaret Court	24
2.	Serena Williams	23
3.	Steffi Graf	22nd
4th	Helen Wills Moody	19th
5.	Chris Evert	18th
	/ Martina Navratilova
7th	Suzanne Lenglen	12
	Billie Jean King
As of January 28, 2017

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 1971	Saint Petersburg	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	sand	Julie Heldman	6: 1, 6: 2
2.	April 1971	Charlotte	WTA non-tour event	sand	Laura DuPont	6: 2, 6: 0
3.	May 1971	Tulsa	WTA non-tour event	sand	Mary-Ann Eisel	6: 0, 6: 3
4th	August 1971	South Orange	WTA ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix	race	Helen Gourlay	6: 4, 6: 0
5.	February 1972	Fort Lauderdale	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	sand	Billie Jean King	6: 1, 6: 0
6th	June 1972	London	WTA non-tour event	race	Karen Krantzcke	6: 4, 6: 0
7th	August 1972	Indianapolis	WTA Commercial Union Grand Prix	sand	Evonne Goolagong	7: 6, 6: 1
8th.	October 1972	Boca Raton	WTA Tour Championships	sand	Kerry Melville	7: 5, 6: 4
9.	March 1973	Fort Lauderdale	WTA Commercial Union Grand Prix	sand	Virginia Wade	6: 1, 6: 2
10.	March 1973	Akron	WTA Commercial Union Grand Prix	Carpet (hall)	Olga Morosova	6: 3, 6: 4
11.	March 1973	New York City	WTA Commercial Union Grand Prix	Carpet (hall)	Katja Ebbinghaus	6-0, 6-4
12.	April 1973	Sarasota	WTA Commercial Union Grand Prix	sand	Evonne Goolagong	6: 3, 6: 2
13.	April 1973	Miami	WTA Commercial Union Grand Prix	sand	Evonne Goolagong	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
14th	April 1973	Saint Petersburg	WTA Commercial Union Grand Prix	sand	Evonne Goolagong	6: 2, 0: 6, 6: 4
15th	July 1973	Cleveland	WTA Commercial Union Grand Prix	Hard court	Linda Tuero	6-0, 6-0
16.	August 1973	Atlantic City	WTA Commercial Union Grand Prix		Marita Redondo	6: 2, 7: 5
17th	August 1973	Indianapolis	WTA Commercial Union Grand Prix	sand	Veronica Burton	6: 4, 6: 3
18th	September 1973	Columbus	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Hard court	Margaret Court	without a fight
19th	October 1973	Boca Raton	WTA Tour Championships	sand	Nancy Gunter	6: 3, 6: 3
20th	November 1973	Johannesburg	WTA Commercial Union Grand Prix	Hard court	Evonne Goolagong	6: 3, 6: 3
21st	January 1974	Mission Viejo	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Hard court	Billie Jean King	6: 3, 6: 1
22nd	February 1974	Fort Lauderdale	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	sand	Kerry Melville	without a fight
23.	March 1974	Dallas	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Carpet (hall)	Virginia Wade	7: 5, 6: 2
24.	April 1974	Sarasote	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	sand	Evonne Goolagong	6: 4, 6: 0
25th	April 1974	Saint Petersburg	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	sand	Kerry Melville	6-0, 6-1
26th	May 1974	Hilton Head Island	WTA Women's International Grand Prix	sand	Kerry Melville	6: 1, 6: 3
27.	June 1974	Rome	WTA Women's International Grand Prix	sand	Martina Navrátilová	6: 3, 6: 3
28.	June 1974	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Olga Morosova	6: 1, 6: 2
29	June 1974	Eastbourne	WTA non-tour event	race	Virginia Wade	7: 5, 6: 4
30th	July 1974	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Olga Morosova	6-0, 6-4
31.	August 1974	Indianapolis	WTA Women's International Grand Prix	sand	Gail Chanfreau	6-0, 6-0
32.	August 1974	Toronto	WTA Women's International Grand Prix	sand	Julie Heldman	6: 3, 6: 1
33.	August 1974	Newport	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	race	Betsy Nagelsen	6: 4, 6: 3
34.	October 1974	Houston	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Hard court	Virginia Wade	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 1
35.	October 1974	Hilton Head Island	WTA non-tour event	Hard court	Virgina Wade	6: 3, 6: 4
36.	December 1974	Tokyo	WTA non-tour event	Carpet (hall)	Rosie Casals	6-0, 6-2
37.	January 11, 1975	San Francisco	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Carpet (hall)	Billie Jean King	6: 1, 6: 1
38.	February 1975	Akron	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Carpet (hall)	Margaret Court	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
39.	March 1975	Houston	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Carpet (hall)	Margaret Court	6: 3, 6: 2
40.	April 1975	los Angeles	WTA Tour Championships	Carpet (hall)	Martina Navrátilová	6: 4, 6: 2
41.	April 1975	Austin	WTA non-tour event	Hard court	Billie Jean King	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
42.	April 1975	Amelia Island	WTA Women's International Grand Prix	sand	Martina Navrátilová	7: 5, 6: 4
43.	June 1975	Rome	WTA Women's International Grand Prix	sand	Martina Navrátilová	6: 1, 6: 0
44.	June 1975	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Martina Navrátilová	2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
45.	August 1975	Indianapolis	WTA Women's International Grand Prix	sand	Dianne Balestrat	6: 3, 6: 4
46.	August 1975	Harrison	WTA Women's International Grand Prix	Hard court	Virginia Wade	6-0, 6-1
47.	September 1975	US Open	Grand Slam	sand	Evonne Cawley	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 2
48.	September 1975	Hilton Head Island	WTA non-tour event	Hard court	Evonne Cawley	6: 1, 6: 1
49.	September 1975	Atlanta	WTA Women's International Grand Prix	Carpet (hall)	Martina Navratilova	2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 0
50.	October 1975	Mission Viejo	WTA Women's International Grand Prix	Hard court	Cynthia Seiler	6: 1, 6: 3
51.	October 1975	Orlando	WTA Women's International Grand Prix	sand	Martina Navratilova	without a fight
52.	November 1975	Osaka	WTA non-tour event	Carpet (hall)	Françoise Dürr	6: 2, 6: 4
53.	January 1976	Austin	WTA Non_Tour Event	Hard court	Evonne Cawley	6: 3, 7: 6
54.	January 1976	Washington, DC	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Carpet (hall)	Virginia Wade	6: 2, 6: 1
55.	February 1976	Detroit	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Carpet (hall)	Rosie Casals	6: 4, 6: 2
56.	February 1976	Sarasota	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Carpet (hall)	Evonne Cawley	6: 3, 6: 0
57.	March 1976	San Francisco	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Carpet (hall)	Evonne Cawley	7: 5, 7: 6
58.	May 1976	Amelia Island	WTA Women's International Grand Prix	sand	Kerry Reid	6: 2, 6: 2
59.	June 1976	Eastbourne	WTA Women's International Grand Prix	race	Virginia Wade	8: 6, 6: 3
60.	July 1976	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Evonne Cawley	6: 3, 4: 6, 8: 6
61.	September 1976	US Open	Grand Slam	sand	Evonne Cawley	6: 3, 6: 0
62.	October 1976	Phoenix	WTA Women's International Grand Prix	Hard court	Dianne Fromholtz	6: 1, 7: 5
63.	October 1976	Palm Springs	WTA Colgate Series	Hard court	Françoise Durr	6: 1, 6: 2
64.	November 1976	Tokyo	WTA non-tour event	Carpet (hall)	Sue Barker	6: 2, 7: 6
65.	January 1977	Hollywood	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Carpet (hall)	Margaret Court	6: 3, 6: 4
66.	February 1977	Seattle	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Carpet (hall)	Martina Navratilova	6: 2, 6: 4
67.	February 1977	Chicago	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Carpet (hall)	Margaret Court	6: 1, 6: 3
68.	February 1977	los Angeles	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Hard court (hall)	Martina Navratilova	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 1
69.	March 1977	Philadelphia	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Hard court (hall)	Martina Navratilova	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
70.	March 1977	New York City	WTA Tour Championships	Carpet (hall)	Sue Barker	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1
71.	April 1977	Hilton Head Island	WTA Colgate Series	sand	Billie Jean King	6-0, 6-1
72.	April 1977	Tucson	WTA non-tour event	Hard court	Martina Navratilova	6: 3, 7: 6
73.	September 1977	US Open	Grand Slam	sand	Wendy Turnbull	7: 6, 6: 2
74.	October 1977	Atlanta	WTA Colgate Series	Carpet (hall)	Dianne Fromholtz	6: 3, 6: 2
75.	November 1977	Palm Springs	WTA Series Championships	Hard court	Billie Jean King	6: 2, 6: 2
76.	March 1978	Philadelphia	WTA Virginia Slims Circuit	Hard court	Billie Jean King	6-0, 6-4
77.	April 1978	Hilton Head Island	WTA Colgate Series	sand	Kerry Reid	6: 2, 6: 0
78.	September 1978	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Pam Shriver	7: 6, 6: 4
79.	October 1978	Atlanta	WTA Colgate Series	Carpet (hall)	Martina Navratilova	7: 6, 0: 6, 6: 3
80.	October 1978	Bloomington	WTA Colgate Series	Carpet (hall)	Virginia Wade	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4
81.	November 1978	Palm Springs	WTA Series Championships	Hard court	Martina Navratilova	6: 3, 6: 3
82.	December 1978	Tokyo	WTA non-tour event	Hard court	Martina Navratilova	7: 5, 6: 2
83.	February 1979	Seattle	WTA Avon Championships Circuit	Carpet (hall)	Renée Richards	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 3
84.	February 1979	los Angeles	WTA Avon Championships Circuit	Carpet (hall)	Martina Navratilova	6: 3, 6: 4
85.	April 1979	Carlsbad	WTA non-tour event	Hard court	Dianne Fromholtz	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
86.	May 1979	Vienna	WTA Colgate Series	sand	Caroline Stoll	6: 1, 6: 1
87.	June 1979	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Wendy Turnbull	6: 2, 6: 0
88	June 1979	Eastbourne	WTA Colgate Series	race	Martina Navratilova	7: 5, 5.7, 13:11
89.	August 1979	Indianapolis	WTA Colgate Series	sand	Evonne Cawley	6: 4, 6: 3
90.	August 1979	Mahwah	WTA Colgate Series	Hard court	Tracy Austin	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 1
91.	May 1980	Perugia	WTA Colgate Series	sand	Virginia Ruzici	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 2
92.	June 1980	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Virginia Ruzici	6: 0, 6: 3
93.	June 1980	Chichester	WTA Colgate Series	race	Evonne Cawley	6: 3, 6: 7, 7: 5
94.	August 1980	Indianapolis	WTA Colgate Series	sand	Andrea Jaeger	6: 4, 6: 3
95.	August 1980	Toronto	WTA Colgate Series	Hard court	Virginia Ruzici	6: 3, 6: 1
96.	September 1980	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Hana Mandlíková	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 1
97.	October 1980	Deerfield Beach	WTA Colgate Series	Hard court	Andrea Jaeger	6: 4, 6: 1
98	October 1980	Brighton	WTA Colgate Series	Carpet (hall)	Martina Navratilova	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 3
99	March 1981	Boston	WTA Avon Championships Circuit	Carpet (hall)	Mima Jaušovec	6: 4, 6: 4
100.	April 1981	Carlsbad	WTA non-tour event	Hard court	Hana Mandlíková	6: 4, 6: 3
101.	April 1981	Hilton Head Island	WTA Toyota Series	sand	Pam Shriver	6: 3, 6: 2
102.	April 1981	Amelia Island	WTA Toyota Series	sand	Martina Navratilova	6-0, 6-0
103.	May 1981	Perugia	WTA Toyota Series	sand	Virginia Ruzici	6: 1, 6: 2
104.	May 1981	Lugano	WTA Toyota Series	sand	Virginia Ruzici	6: 1, 6: 1
105.	July 1981	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Hana Mandlíková	6: 2, 6: 2
106.	October 1981	Deerfield Beach	WTA Toyota Series	Hard court	Andrea Jaeger	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 0
107.	November 1981	Sydney	WTA Toyota Series	race	Martina Navratilova	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 1
108.	April 1982	Palm Beach Gardens	WTA non-tour event	sand	Andrea Jaeger	6: 1, 7: 5
109.	April 1982	Amelia Island	WTA Toyota Series	sand	Andrea Jaeger	6: 3, 6: 1
110.	May 1982	Perugia	WTA Toyota Series	sand	Hana Mandlíková	6-0, 6-2
111.	May 1982	Lugano	WTA Toyota Series	sand	Andrea Temesvári	6: 0, 6: 3
112.	August 1982	Atlanta	WTA Toyota Series	Hard court	Susan Mascarin	6: 3, 6: 1
113.	September 1982	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Hana Mandlíková	6: 3, 6: 1
114.	October 1982	Deerfield Beach	WTA Toyota Series	Hard court	Andrea Jaeger	6: 1, 6: 1
115.	October 1982	Tampa	WTA Toyota Series	Hard court	Andrea Jaeger	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
116.	November 1982	Tokyo	WTA non-tour event	Carpet (hall)	Andrea Jaeger	6: 3, 6: 2
117.	December 1982	Australian Open	Grand Slam	race	Martina Navratilova	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 3
118.	February 1983	Palm Beach Gardens	WTA	sand	Andrea Jaeger	6: 3, 6: 3
119.	April 1983	Amelia Island	WTA	sand	Carling Bassett	6: 3, 2: 6, 7: 5
120.	May 1983	Berlin (West)	WTA	sand	Kathleen Horvath	6: 4, 7: 6
121.	June 1983	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Mima Jaušovec	6: 1, 6: 2
122.	October 1983	Brighton	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Jo Durie	6: 1, 6: 1
123.	November 1983	Deerfield Beach	WTA	Hard court	Bonnie Gadusek	6-0, 6-4
124.	March 1984	Palm Beach Gardens	WTA	sand	Bonnie Gadusek	6-0, 6-1
125.	April 1984	Hilton Head Island	WTA	sand	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6: 2, 6: 3
126.	May 1984	Johannesburg	WTA	Hard court	Andrea Jaeger	6: 3, 6: 0
127.	August 1984	Montreal	WTA	Hard court	Alycia Moulton	6: 2, 7: 6
128.	October 1984	Manhattan Beach	WTA	Hard court	Wendy Turnbull	6: 2, 6: 3
129.	December 1984	Australian Open	Grand Slam	race	Helena Suková	6: 7, 6: 1, 6: 3
130.	January 1985	Key Biscayne	WTA	Hard court	Martina Navratilova	6: 2, 6: 4
131.	April 1985	Palm Beach Gardens	WTA	sand	Hana Mandlíková	6: 3, 6: 3
132.	April 1985	Hilton Head Island	WTA	sand	Gabriela Sabatini	6: 4, 6: 0
133.	May 1985	Berlin (West)	WTA	sand	Steffi Graf	6: 4, 7: 5
134.	June 1985	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Martina Navratilova	6: 3, 6: 7, 7: 5
135.	July 1985	Newport	WTA	race	Pam Shriver	6: 4, 6: 1
136.	August 1985	Toronto	WTA	Hard court	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6: 2, 6: 4
137.	September 1985	New Orleans	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Pam Shriver	6: 4, 7: 5
138.	October 1985	Brighton	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Manuela Maleewa	7: 5, 6: 3
139.	November 1985	Tokyo	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Manuela Maleewa	7: 5, 6: 0
140	February 1986	Key Biscayne	WTA	Hard court	Steffi Graf	6: 3, 6: 1
141.	February 1986	Boca Raton	WTA	Hard court	Steffi Graf	6: 4, 6: 2
142.	February 1986	Oakland	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Kathy Jordan	6: 2, 6: 4
143.	March 1986	Marco Island	WTA	sand	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6: 2, 6: 4
144.	May 1986	Houston	WTA	sand	Kathy Rinaldi	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4
145.	June 1986	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Martina Navratilova	2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
146.	March 1987	Dallas	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Pam Shriver	6: 1, 6: 3
147.	April 1987	Houston	WTA	sand	Martina Navratilova	3: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6
148.	May 1987	Tampa	WTA	sand	Kate Gompert	6: 3, 6: 2
149.	May 1987	Geneva	WTA	sand	Manuela Maleewa	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 2
150.	October 1987	New Orleans	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Lori McNeil	6: 3, 7: 5
151	April 1988	Tampa	WTA Tier IV	sand	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7: 6, 6: 4
152.	April 1988	Houston	WTA Tier III	sand	Martina Navratilova	6-0, 6-4
153.	August 1988	Manhattan Beach	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Gabriela Sabatini	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1
154.	October 1988	New Orleans	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Anne Smith	6: 4, 6: 1

Records

• Win rate 90.0% (1,309 wins, 146 defeats), best value ahead of Steffi Graf (88.9%)
• Winning at least one Grand Slam title per year over 13 years (1974 to 1986)
• 34 Grand Slam Finals reached
• in 52 of 56 Grand Slam tournaments played in the semifinals
• 34 semi-finals in a row (US Open 1971 to French Open 1983)
• 125 wins on clay in a row (1973–1979)
• seven-time winner of the French Open in women's singles
• at the US Open she reached at least the semi-finals 16 times in a row (1971 to 1986)
• Victory rate of 94.6% (316-20) on clay
• Winning rate of 91.6% (478-44) on hard court

Honors

• Voted Sportswoman of the Year four times (by Associated Press )
• Athlete of the year 1976 , honored by Sports Illustrated magazine in recognition of her two Grand Slam titles
• Induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (1995)
• 4th place of the 40 Greatest Players in the TENNIS era in the selection of Tennis Magazine (2005)

Web links

Commons : Chris Evert  - Collection of Images

• WTA profile for Chris Evert (English)
• ITF profile for Chris Evert (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Chris Evert (English)
• Chris Evert in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Die Chronik IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 , pp. 200-201.