Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova 2011
Nation:	Czechoslovakia –1975 United States 1975–2006
Birthday:	October 18, 1956
Size:	173 cm
Weight:	65 kg
1st professional season:	1973
Resignation:	2006
Playing hand:	Left
Prize money:	$ 21,626,089
singles
Career record:	1442: 219
Career title:	167
Highest ranking:	1 (July 10 1978)
Weeks as No. 1:	332
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	747: 143
Career title:	177
Highest ranking:	1 (September 10 1984)
Weeks as No. 1:	237
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Martina Navratilova ( Czech Navratilova * 18 October 1956 as Martina Šubertová in Revnice , Czechoslovakia ) is a former tennis player . Born in Czechoslovakia, she became a US citizen upon completing her asylum procedure in the United States in 1981 . She has also been a Czech citizen since January 2008 . Navratilova is one of the most successful tennis players of all time.

successes

In her almost unprecedented career, Navratilova won a record number of 167 WTA tournaments in singles and 177 titles in doubles. Both are record values ​​for women and men. With a total of 18 individual titles in Grand Slam tournaments, it was only surpassed by Margaret Smith Court (24), Serena Williams (23), Steffi Graf (22) and Helen Wills Moody (19). Navratilova won nine individual titles at Wimbledon (record) and between 1982 and 1987 won six times in a row (record). Together with Billie Jean King, she also holds the record for the total number of wins in singles, doubles and mixed competitions (20). She also won four times at the US Open (1983, 1984, 1986 and 1987), twice at the French Open (1982 and 1984) and three times at the Australian Open (1981, 1983 and 1985). Navratilova won six consecutive Grand Slam tournaments (record) in singles and, together with her partner Pam Shriver, the Grand Slam in doubles. In the addition of all singles, doubles and mixed successes in all four Grand Slam tournaments, Navratilova comes to a total of 59 wins, in this ranking she was only surpassed by the Australian Margaret Smith Court. Navratilova was among the top five tennis players in the world rankings for almost 20 years . After a comeback in 2000 in doubles and mixed competitions, she ended her career in 2006 with a final mixed title at the US Open.

Career

1956–1971: Beginnings in Czechoslovakia

Born in 1956 as Martina Šubertová in Prague in what was then Czechoslovakia, she saw her parents divorce at the age of three. In 1962, mother Jana married Miroslav Navrátil and moved to Řevnice with her daughter . This was now called Martina Navratilova. Little Martina first came into contact with tennis through her stepfather, who also became her first coach. The talent ran in the family. Grandmother Agnes Semanská represented the colors of her country as a tennis player before 1945. Stepfather Miroslav urged the little girl not to wait and see, but to play aggressively and to go online as often as possible. As a great admirer of lawn tennis at Wimbledon , he aroused such a passion that would last through the player's entire career. In 1964 Navratilova played her first tournament and reached the semi-finals, followed by numerous victories in the junior women. In Prague she saw the two-time Grand Slam winner Rod Laver as a spectator . Navratilova made the decision to become a professional tennis player.

1972–1976: First successes and emigration

Navratilova became Czechoslovakian champion for the first time at the age of 15; She was able to repeat this success in the next two years. In 1973 she took first place in the national ranking. In the same year she reached the final of the junior tournament at Wimbledon . Navratilova became a professional player. She was particularly fond of the USA , which she visited for the first time that same year. Navratilova met US world number one Chris Evert for the first time in the fall of 1973 at a WTA tournament . Navratilova had no chance. The clash, however, marked the beginning of one of the most impressive rivalries in the history of the sport.

In 1975, at the height of the Cold War , she asked for political asylum in the United States. In the following years she tried to fight homesickness and loneliness with fast food - the result was weight problems. Sports journalist Bud Collins disrespectfully described Navratilova as "The Great Wide Hope" of women's tennis. Nevertheless, the tennis player's potential quickly caught the attention of the experts. The left-hander, whose trademark was a hard serve and a precise serve and volley game, impressed with an unusually aggressive style of play for the women's circuit. The year 1975 brought her the breakthrough in Grand Slam tournaments ; she reached the individual finals of the Australian Open and the French Open , but lost to Evonne Goolagong and Chris Evert. At Evert's side, Navratilova won the double finals of the French Open and thus the first of a total of 31 Grand Slam double titles. Evert was the dominant player in the mid and late 1970s. The two players then met a total of 80 times and their fight for the crown of women's tennis would shape the next 15 years.

In the semifinals of the US Open, Navratilova was again subject to the world's number one Evert. She applied for political asylum in the United States and received a green card .

In 1976 Navratilova won the double crown at Wimbledon alongside Chris Evert for the first time  - the prelude to a record collection of a total of 20 titles in the tennis “hall of fame”.

1978–1980: Years of orientation and first individual titles in Grand Slam tournaments

Navratilova won the first individual title at Wimbledon in 1978. In the final of the most important tennis tournament in the world, she defeated the world's number one, her doubles partner Chris Evert, in three sets. Not only did she win her first of a total of 18 individual titles in Grand Slam tournaments, she also took first place in the tennis world rankings for the first time, albeit for a short time . In 1979 she was able to repeat the triumph against Evert at Wimbledon.

1980–1981: The transition to a professional athlete

In 1980 Navratilova was unsuccessful in the major tennis tournaments. She came out as a lesbian that year after rumors of an affair with bestselling author Rita Mae Brown spread in the popular press. The following year, the 25-year-old Navratilova became a US citizen after waiting five years. In the final of the Australian Open , she secured her third Grand Slam individual title. She reached the final of the US Open for the first time , which she lost to Tracy Austin in the tie-break of the third set. Navratilova was the first player who, in addition to training on the pitch, recognized the immense importance of athletic fundamentals, i.e. how important fitness, strength, flexibility, running and sprint training are. To improve her fitness, she engaged her partner, the American basketball star Nancy Lieberman . The nutrition expert Robert Haas created a nutrition plan tailored to the needs of tennis. She also hired Renée Richards as a professional trainer who was available around the clock. This group of specialists came to be known as Team Navrátilová .

1982–1987: phase of dominance and permanent duel with Chris Evert

In December 1981 a phase began in which Navratilova dominated world tennis and which was mainly characterized by the duel with her compatriot Chris Evert. The two faced each other no less than ten times in the final of a Grand Slam tournament between 1982 and 1987, with Navratilova winning seven times. Up until Evert's resignation in 1989, the two had met 80 times (43:37 for Navratilova). In 61 months Navratilova won a total of 71 tournaments, 12 of 15 major titles, including six in a row. You get 432 wins in 446 games played - a win rate of 96.9 percent.

Navratilova's march began in 1982. After the Wimbledon victory in 1983, she parted ways with Renée Richards and signed Mike Estep as her new coach. She won no fewer than 15 WTA tournaments in singles and 14 in doubles. She won the title at the French Open for the first time, again at Wimbledon and in December at the Australian Open. Losing opponent in both finals was Chris Evert, who was ousted to second place in the world rankings by Navratilova.

1983 began a phase of almost unbroken dominance. After losing the round of 16 at the French Open, Navratilova won Wimbledon, New York and Melbourne (back then in December). She won a total of 15 tournaments in singles and 13 in doubles. By winning the title at the French Open in Paris, she became the first player in tennis history to complete an “irregular” Grand Slam . Between 1982 and 1983 she won all four titles in a row - but not within a calendar year. She then won again at Wimbledon and defended her title in New York. The success at the US Open 1984 was her sixth Grand Slam triumph in a row (another record). With the semi-final defeat against Helena Suková at the Australian Open of the same year, the longest winning streak ever in tennis ended after 74 individual victories in a row. Navratilova had missed the chance to win all four Grand Slam tournaments within one calendar year and thus complete a historic Grand Slam . With an annual record in 1983 of 86 victories with only one defeat, it nevertheless marked a record that still exists today (women and men).

Between 1982 and 1984 she only lost six singles. With her doubles partner Pam Shriver , she won the Grand Slam in doubles, between 1983 and 1985 they celebrated 109 victories. Navratilova was world number one in the doubles competition for over three years.

Grand Slam winner in tennis

year	Tennis player	competition
1938	Don Budge	Men's singles
1951	Ken McGregor Frank Sedgman	Men's doubles
1953	Maureen Connolly	Ladies singles
1960	Maria Bueno with various partners	Ladies doubles
1962	Rod Laver	Men's singles
1963	Margaret Smith Ken Fletcher	Mixed
1965	Margaret Smith with various partners	Mixed
1967	Owen Davidson with various partners	Mixed
1969	Rod Laver	Men's singles
1970	Margaret Court	Ladies singles
1984	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	Ladies doubles
1988	Steffi Graf	Ladies singles
1998	Martina Hingis with various partners	Ladies doubles
 with various partners   Golden Slam

Between 1985 and 1987, Navratilova reached the finals of all eleven Grand Slam tournaments in which she participated, and she won six of them.

1987–1989: Loss of world ranking to Steffi Graf

Between 1982 and 1987, Navratilova topped the world rankings for women for 331 weeks and 156 consecutive weeks . In 1985, 16-year-old Steffi Graf could not win any of the duels against her, but at the end of the year she moved up to 6th place in the world rankings. When asked, Navratilova never tired of emphasizing that her successor was to be admired in her. In May 1986, Count Navratilova finally defeated in the final of the German Open in Berlin . Also defeated in the final of the French Open, Navratilova managed to keep her opponent in check on the faster floors of Wimbledon and New York in the same year. But it became increasingly clear that the athletic German, with her fast baseline game, her forehand and her immense will to win, had the means to end Navratilova's supremacy. At the US Open, Navratilova had another success. As the third person in tennis history, she was able to win singles, doubles and mixed in a Grand Slam tournament.

In 1989 the two faced each other for the last time as number 1 and number 2 in Grand Slam finals. Graf won at Wimbledon and at the US Open in three sets.

1990–1994: records for the ages and resignation

Despite Graf's triumphant advance in previous years, Navratilova was convinced that he had the strength for another victory on Church Road. In 1990 the opportunity arose, defending champion Graf stumbled in the semi-finals and Navratilova seized the chance. She won again at Wimbledon, defeating Zina Garrison 6: 4 and 6: 1 and with nine wins she became the sole record holder at the most important tennis tournament in the world. It was her last individual title, she was able to move into a big final twice.

In 1991 Navratilova's autobiography was published with the title So am ich , in which she took an offensive position on her homosexuality.

At the US Open she was subject to the new world number one Monica Seles . Other records fell in 1992. With her 158th individual victory in a Grand Prix tournament, she exceeded the record of her old rival Chris Evert. In the final of the Paris Indoor Championships, she defeated world number one Monica Seles at the age of 36. Navratilova is the only player to have achieved such a success at this age. In 1994, the 37-year-old reached the final in England, where she had to admit defeat to the Spanish Conchita Martínez . Martina Navratilova announced her retirement from the professional tour in 1994. In 2000 she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .

2000–2006: Late comeback and new records

Navratilova 2006 at the WTA tournament in Prague

Navratilova 2010 at the US Open

Six years after her first resignation, Navratilova decided in 2000 to make a comeback in doubles and mixed . In 2002 she won the WTA tournament in Madrid together with Natalja Zwerewa , breaking the record of Billie Jean King as the oldest winner of a WTA tournament. At the WTA tournament in Eastbourne , 45-year-old Navratilova also started singles in 2002. She defeated Tatiana Panowa, who was almost 20 years younger and number 22 in the world rankings, in a 96-minute match of three sets. Navratilova did not interpret this appearance as a comeback in the individual, but as redeeming a lost bet with her trainer Giselle Tirado. Then she had to admit defeat to Daniela Hantuchová in three sets .

In 2003 she won with her victories in mixed with Leander Paes at the Australian Open and in Wimbledon as the oldest player ever a Grand Slam tournament. After winning the Australian Open in mixed for the first time, Navratilova was only the third player (women and men) to win titles in singles, doubles and mixed at all four Grand Slam tournaments. The 46-year-old was honored by the WTA for winning this “Super Slam” at the tournament in Amelia Island (Florida). Her mixed success at Wimbledon also brought her the setting of Billie Jean King's record, which, like Navratilova, has a total of 20 titles in all competitions. With a total of 58 Grand Slam titles, she is the second most successful player of all time behind Margaret Smith Court (64).

With her appearance at the Fed Cup in 2004, Navratilova was the oldest player ever to take part in this competition. In May she won her 171th double title in Vienna alongside Lisa Raymond . With this same partner, she also reached the semi-finals of the French Open. With her first round win against Catalina Castaño at Wimbledon (she swept the Colombian 6-0, 6-1 off the field), she achieved another record; at the age of 47 years and eight months she is the oldest victorious player in singles. In the second round she lost to Gisela Dulko after winning the first set . In doubles, she achieved the same result as in Paris. The renewed participation in the Fed Cup encounter against Austria (the USA lost the match) brought her to the side of Jill Craybas her first defeat in a Fed Cup game after 38 wins in a row. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens she reached the quarter-finals together with doubles partner Lisa Raymond.

Navratilova actually wanted to end her career with the Olympics, but in 2005 she also competed in doubles and mixed competitions. At the Australian Open, she reached the quarter-finals with Daniela Hantuchová, where she lost to the eventual winners Alicia Molik and Svetlana Kuznetsova . In mixed she reached the semi-finals together with Max Mirny . At the French Open she was only stopped with Leander Paes in the final. In Wimbledon and at the US Open, she reached the semifinals together with Anna-Lena Grönefeld , with whom she won her 172nd double title in Toronto.

After an appearance in her old home city of Prague, Navratilova won her 173rd double title in the final against Martina Müller and Andreea Vanc in Strasbourg in May 2006 alongside Liezel Huber . Navratilova had already announced in advance that she would end her active career after the US Open. After she was eliminated in doubles at Nadja Petrowa's side in the quarter-finals, she used the chance in the mixed final to win the very last Grand Slam title in her last match. At the side of Bob Bryan , she defeated Květa Peschke and Martin Damm . With her 59th Grand Slam title, she ended her career in second place in this ranking behind Margaret Smith Court (a total of 64 Grand Slam titles).

Activities after the end of an active career

In 2008, she took part in the eighth season of the British television show I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! part and reached second place.

On December 9, 2014, she announced another comeback via Twitter - this time as a trainer. She took over a post in the supervisory staff of Agnieszka Radwańska . In April 2015 they ended their collaboration.

Grand Slam record

Victories at Grand Slam tournaments in singles (18)

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

• Australian Open (3): 1981, 1983, 1985
• French Open (2): 1982, 1984
• Wimbledon (9): 1978, 1979, 1982-1987, 1990
• US Open (4): 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987

year	competition	Final opponent	Result
1978	Wimbledon	Chris Evert	2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
1979	Wimbledon	Chris Evert	6: 4, 6: 4
1981	Australian Open	Chris Evert	6: 7, 6: 4, 7: 5
1982	French Open	Andrea Jaeger	7: 6, 6: 1
1982	Wimbledon	Chris Evert	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 2
1983	Wimbledon	Andrea Jaeger	6: 0, 6: 3
1983	US Open	Chris Evert	6: 1, 6: 3
1983	Australian Open	Kathy Jordan	6: 2, 7: 6
1984	French Open	Chris Evert	6: 3, 6: 1
1984	Wimbledon	Chris Evert	7: 6, 6: 2
1984	US Open	Chris Evert	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
1985	Wimbledon	Chris Evert	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
1985	Australian Open	Chris Evert	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 2
1986	Wimbledon	Hana Mandliková	7: 6, 6: 3
1986	US Open	Helena Suková	6: 3, 6: 1
1987	Wimbledon	Steffi Graf	7: 5, 6: 3
1987	US Open	Steffi Graf	7: 6, 6: 1
1990	Wimbledon	Zina Garrison	6: 4, 6: 1

Finals in Grand Slam tournaments in individual (14)

year	competition	Tournament winner	Result
1975	Australian Open	Evonne Goolagong	3: 6, 2: 6
1975	French Open	Chris Evert	6: 2, 2: 6, 1: 6
1981	US Open	Tracy Austin	6: 1, 6: 7, 6: 7
1982	Australian Open	Chris Evert	3: 6, 6: 2, 3: 6
1985	French Open	Chris Evert	3: 6, 7: 6, 5: 7
1985	US Open	Hana Mandliková	6: 7, 6: 1, 6: 7
1986	French Open	Chris Evert	6: 2, 3: 6, 3: 6
1987	Australian Open	Hana Mandliková	5: 7, 6: 7
1987	French Open	Steffi Graf	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 8
1988	Wimbledon	Steffi Graf	7: 5, 2: 6, 1: 6
1989	Wimbledon	Steffi Graf	2: 6, 7: 6, 1: 6
1989	US Open	Steffi Graf	6: 3, 5: 7, 1: 6
1991	US Open	Monica Seles	6: 7, 1: 6
1994	Wimbledon	Conchita Martínez	4: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995-2003	2004	title
Australian Open	-	-	F.	-	-	-	-	HF	S.	F.	S.	HF	S.	-	F.	HF	VF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
French Open	VF	VF	F.	-	-	-	-	-	VF	S.	AF	S.	F.	F.	F.	AF	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2
Wimbledon	3	1	VF	HF	VF	S.	S.	HF	HF	S.	S.	S.	S.	S.	S.	F.	F.	S.	VF	HF	HF	F.	-	2	9
US Open	2	AF	HF	1	HF	HF	HF	AF	F.	VF	S.	S.	F.	S.	S.	VF	F.	AF	F.	2	AF	-	-	-	4th

Records

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

Record world number one in women's doubles

rank	Tennis player	Weeks
1.	Martina Navratilova	237
2.	Liezel Huber	199
3.	Cara Black	163
4th	Lisa Raymond	137
5.	Natallja Sverava	124
6th	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	111
7th	Roberta Vinci	110
As of October 9, 2017

• 167 wins at WTA and Grand Slam tournaments in singles
• 177 wins at WTA and Grand Slam tournaments in doubles
• 359 singles and doubles titles in total
• 239 finals reached
• 9 individual titles and 12 finals in Wimbledon
• 20 titles in Wimbledon in total (singles, doubles, mixed) - alongside Billie Jean King
• 6 straight Wimbledon titles (1982-1987)
• Reached 18 Grand Slam semi-finals in a row (1983–1988)
• 8 wins at the WTA Tour Championships (14 times in the finals, including 10 times in a row 1978–1986)
• longest winning streak in singles (74, 1983–1984)
• longest winning streak in doubles with Pam Shriver (109 wins, 1983–1985)
• Grand Slam in women's doubles with Pam Shriver
• 380 individual tournaments played (1,661 encounters, 1,442 wins)
• Reached 23 finals in a row (1983–1984)
• Best season record in individual with 86 wins and one defeat (98.9%, 1983)
• 12 titles and 14 finals in one tournament (Chicago)
• 18 victories against world number one
• Won at least one title for 21 years in a row (1975–1995)

Tournament victories

Single (167)

Detailed presentation of the tournament victories
No.	date	competition	Surface	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 22, 1974	Orlando		Julie Heldman	7: 6, 6: 4
2.	1st February 1975	Washington DC		Kerry Melville	6: 3, 6: 1
3.	March 8, 1975	Boston		Evonne Goolagong	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
4th	18th September 1975	Charlotte	Carpet (hall)	Evonne Cawley	4: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5
5.	September 28, 1975	Denver	Hard court	Carrie Meyer	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
6th	January 18, 1976	Houston	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert	6: 3, 6: 4
7th	December 11, 1976	Sydney	race	Betty Stöve	7: 5, 6: 2
8th.	January 9, 1977	Washington DC	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert	6: 2, 6: 3
9.	January 23, 1977	Houston	Carpet (hall)	Sue Barker	7: 6, 7: 5
10.	January 30, 1977	Minneapolis	Carpet (hall)	Sue Barker	6-0, 6-1
11.	February 27, 1977	Detroit	Carpet (hall)	Sue Barker	6: 4, 6: 4
12.	June 19, 1977	Edinburgh	race	Kristien Kemmer-Shaw	2: 6, 9: 8, 7: 5
13.	23rd August 1977	Charlotte	sand	Mima Jaušovec	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
14th	January 8, 1978	Washington DC	Carpet (hall)	Betty Stöve	7: 5, 6: 4
15th	January 22, 1978	Houston	Carpet (hall)	Billie Jean King	1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
16.	January 29, 1978	los Angeles	Hard court	Rosie Casals	6: 3, 6: 2
17th	5th February 1978	Chicago	Carpet (hall)	Evonne Cawley	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 2
18th	February 12, 1978	Seattle	Carpet (hall)	Betty Stöve	6: 1, 1: 6, 6: 2
19th	February 26, 1978	Detroit	Carpet (hall)	Dianne Fromholtz	6: 3, 6: 2
20th	March 5th 1978	Kansas City	Carpet (hall)	Billie Jean King	7: 5, 2: 6, 6: 3
21st	April 2, 1978	Oakland	Carpet (hall)	Evonne Cawley	7: 6, 6: 4
22nd	June 24, 1978	Eastbourne	race	Chris Evert	6: 4, 4: 6, 9: 7
23.	July 7, 1978	Wimbledon	race	Chris Evert	2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
24.	October 8, 1978	Phoenix	Hard court	Tracy Austin	6: 4, 6: 2
25th	January 14, 1979	Oakland	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert	7: 5, 7: 5
26th	January 21, 1979	Houston	Carpet (hall)	Virginia Wade	6: 3, 6: 2
27.	4th February 1979	Chicago	Carpet (hall)	Tracy Austin	6: 3, 6: 4
28.	March 4th 1979	Dallas	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert	6: 4, 6: 4
29	March 25, 1979	WTA Championships, New York	Carpet (hall)	Tracy Austin	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2
30th	5th July 1979	Wimbledon	race	Chris Evert	6: 4, 6: 4
31.	19th August 1979	Richmond, Virginia	Carpet (hall)	Kathy Jordan	6: 1, 6: 3
32.	29th September 1979	Atlanta	Carpet (hall)	Wendy Turnbull	7: 6, 6: 4
33.	October 14, 1979	Phoenix	Hard court	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 1, 6: 3
34.	November 25, 1979	Brighton	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 3, 6: 3
35.	January 7, 1980	Landover, Maryland	Carpet (hall)	Tracy Austin	6: 2, 6: 1
36.	20th January 1980	Kansas City	Carpet (hall)	Greer Stevens	6-0, 6-2
37.	January 27, 1980	Chicago	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 4, 6: 4
38.	February 10, 1980	los Angeles	Carpet (hall)	Tracy Austin	6: 2, 6: 0
39.	17th February 1980	Oakland	Carpet (hall)	Evonne Cawley	6: 1, 7: 6
40.	March 9, 1980	Dallas	Carpet (hall)	Evonne Cawley	6: 3, 6: 2
41.	April 20, 1980	Amelia Island	sand	Hana Mandliková	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 2
42.	May 4th 1980	Orlando	sand	Tracy Austin	6: 2, 6: 4
43.	July 20, 1980	Montreal	Hard court	Greer Stevens	6: 2, 6: 1
44.	June 27, 1980	Richmond, Virginia	Carpet (hall)	Mary-Lou Piatek	6: 3, 6: 0
45.	November 23, 1980	Tokyo	Carpet (hall)	Tracy Austin	6: 4, 6: 3
46.	January 25, 1981	Cincinnati	Carpet (hall)	Sylvia Hanika	6: 2, 6: 4
47.	1st February 1981	Chicago	Carpet (hall)	Hana Mandliková	6: 4, 6: 2
48.	March 8, 1981	los Angeles	Carpet (hall)	Andrea Jaeger	6: 4, 6: 0
49.	March 15, 1981	Dallas	Carpet (hall)	Pam Shriver	6: 2, 6: 4
50.	March 28, 1981	WTA Championships, New York	Carpet (hall)	Andrea Jaeger	6: 3, 7: 6
51.	May 3, 1981	Haines City, Florida	sand	Andrea Jaeger	7: 5, 6: 3
52.	4th October 1981	Minneapolis	Carpet (hall)	Tracy Austin	6-0, 6-2
53.	October 11, 1981	Tampa	Hard court	Bettina Bunge	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 0
54.	November 22, 1981	Tokyo	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 3, 6: 2
55.	December 10, 1981	Australian Open	race	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 7, 6: 4, 7: 5
56.	January 11, 1982	Washington DC	Carpet (hall)	Anne Smith	6: 2, 6: 3
57.	January 24, 1982	Seattle	Carpet (hall)	Andrea Jaeger	6: 2, 6: 0
58.	January 31, 1982	Chicago	Carpet (hall)	Wendy Turnbull	6: 4, 6: 1
59.	February 14, 1982	Kansas City	Carpet (hall)	Barbara Potter	6: 2, 6: 2
60.	March 14, 1982	Dallas	Carpet (hall)	Mima Jaušovec	6: 3, 6: 2
61.	April 11, 1982	Hilton Head Island	sand	Andrea Jaeger	6: 4, 6: 2
62.	May 2, 1982	Orlando	sand	Wendy Turnbull	6: 2, 7: 5
63.	5th June 1982	French Open	sand	Andrea Jaeger	7: 6, 6: 1
64.	June 20, 1982	Eastbourne	race	Hana Mandliková	6: 4, 6: 3
65.	3rd July 1982	Wimbledon	race	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 2
66.	22nd August 1982	Montreal	Hard court	Andrea Jaeger	6: 3, 7: 5
67.	October 24, 1982	Filderstadt	Carpet (hall)	Tracy Austin	6: 3, 6: 3
68.	November 1, 1982	Brighton	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 1, 6: 4
69.	November 28, 1982	Sydney	race	Evonne Cawley	6: 0, 3: 6, 6: 1
70.	December 19, 1982	East Rutherford	Hard court (hall)	Chris Evert-Lloyd	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
71.	January 10, 1983	Washington DC	Carpet (hall)	Sylvia Hanika	6: 1, 6: 1
72.	17th January 1983	Houston	Carpet (hall)	Sylvia Hanika	6: 3, 7: 6
73.	February 20, 1983	Chicago	Carpet (hall)	Andrea Jaeger	6: 3, 6: 2
74.	March 14, 1983	Dallas	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 4, 6: 0
75.	March 27, 1983	WTA Championships, New York	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 2, 6: 0
76.	April 10, 1983	Hilton Head Island	sand	Tracy Austin	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 0
77.	April 24, 1983	Orlando	sand	Andrea Jaeger	6: 1, 7: 5
78.	June 19, 1983	Eastbourne	race	Wendy Turnbull	6: 1, 6: 1
79.	July 2nd 1983	Wimbledon	race	Andrea Jaeger	6: 0, 6: 3
80.	August 14, 1983	los Angeles	Hard court	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 1, 6: 3
81.	August 21, 1983	Toronto	Hard court	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 1
82.	September 11, 1983	US Open	Hard court	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 1, 6: 3
83.	October 16, 1983	Tarpon Springs, Florida	Hard court	Pam Shriver	6: 3, 6: 2
84.	October 30, 1983	Filderstadt	Carpet (hall)	Catherine Tanvier	6: 1, 6: 2
85.	November 21, 1983	Tokyo	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 2, 6: 2
86.	December 11, 1983	Australian Open	race	Kathy Jordan	6: 2, 7: 6
87.	February 26, 1984	East Hanover, New Jersey	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 2, 7: 6
88	4th March 1984	WTA Championships, New York	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 3, 7: 5, 6: 1
89.	April 22, 1984	Amelia Island	sand	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 2, 6: 0
90.	April 29, 1984	Orlando	sand	Laura Arraya	6-0, 6-1
91.	June 9, 1984	French Open	sand	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 3, 6: 1
92.	June 23, 1984	Eastbourne	race	Kathy Jordan	6: 4, 6: 1
93.	7th July 1984	Wimbledon	race	Chris Evert-Lloyd	7: 6, 6: 2
94.	5th August 1984	Newport	race	Gigi Fernández	6: 3, 7: 6
95.	19th August 1984	Mahwah	Hard court	Pam Shriver	6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 5
96.	September 9, 1984	US Open	Hard court	Chris Evert-Lloyd	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
97.	September 23, 1984	Fort Lauderdale	Hard court	Michelle Torres	6: 1, 6: 0
98	September 30, 1984	New Orleans	Carpet (hall)	Zina Garrison	6: 4, 6: 3
99	November 25, 1984	Sydney	race	Ann Henricksson	6: 1, 6: 1
100.	January 14, 1985	Washington DC	Carpet (hall)	Manuela Maleewa	6: 3, 6: 2
101.	17th February 1985	Delray Beach	Hard court	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 2, 6: 4
102.	March 17, 1985	Dallas	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 3, 6: 4
103.	March 24, 1985	WTA Championships, New York	Carpet (hall)	Helena Suková	6: 3, 7: 5, 6: 4
104.	April 28, 1985	Orlando	sand	Katerina Maleewa	6: 1, 6: 0
105.	May 3, 1985	Houston	sand	Elise Burgin	6: 4, 6: 1
106.	June 23, 1985	Eastbourne	race	Helena Suková	6: 4, 6: 3
107.	July 6, 1985	Wimbledon	race	Chris Evert-Lloyd	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
108.	3rd October 1985	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Hard court	Steffi Graf	6: 3, 6: 1
109.	17th November 1985	Brisbane	race	Pam Shriver	6: 3, 7: 5
110.	November 24, 1985	Sydney	race	Hana Mandliková	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
111.	7th December 1985	Australian Open	race	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 2
112.	January 13, 1986	Washington DC	Carpet (hall)	Pam Shriver	6: 1, 6: 4
113.	January 20, 1986	Worcester, Massachusetts	Carpet (hall)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
114.	March 9, 1986	Princeton	Carpet (hall)	Helena Suková	3: 6, 6: 0, 7: 6
115.	March 16, 1986	Dallas	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 2, 6: 1
116.	March 23, 1986	WTA Championships, New York	Hard court (hall)	Hana Mandliková	6: 2, 6: 0, 3: 6, 6: 1
117.	June 21, 1986	Eastbourne	race	Helena Suková	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
118.	5th July 1986	Wimbledon	race	Hana Mandliková	7: 6, 6: 3
119.	17th August 1986	los Angeles	Hard court	Chris Evert-Lloyd	7: 6, 6: 3
120.	September 7, 1986	US Open	Hard court	Helena Suková	6: 3, 6: 2
121.	5th October 1986	New Orleans	Carpet (hall)	Pam Shriver	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 2
122.	October 19, 1986	Filderstadt	Hard court (hall)	Hana Mandliková	6: 2, 6: 3
123.	November 9, 1986	Worcester, Massachusetts	Hard court (hall)	Hana Mandliková	6: 2, 6: 2
124.	November 16, 1986	Chicago	Hard court (hall)	Hana Mandliková	7: 5, 7: 5
125.	November 23, 1986	WTA Championships, New York	Hard court (hall)	Steffi Graf	7: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
126.	4th July 1987	Wimbledon	race	Steffi Graf	7: 5, 6: 3
127.	September 13, 1987	US Open	Hard court	Steffi Graf	7: 6, 6: 1
128.	October 18, 1987	Filderstadt	Hard court (hall)	Chris Evert	7: 5, 6: 1
129.	November 15, 1987	Chicago	Hard court (hall)	Natallja Sverava	6: 1, 6: 2
130.	February 14, 1988	Dallas	Carpet (hall)	Pam Shriver	6: 0, 6: 3
131.	February 21, 1988	Oakland	Carpet (hall)	Laryssa Savchenko	6: 1, 6: 2
132.	February 28, 1988	Fairfax	Hard court (hall)	Pam Shriver	6-0, 6-2
133.	April 10, 1988	Hilton Head Island	sand	Gabriela Sabatini	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 4
134.	April 17, 1988	Amelia Island	sand	Gabriela Sabatini	6-0, 6-2
135.	June 19, 1988	Eastbourne	race	Natallja Sverava	6: 2, 6: 2
136.	October 16, 1988	Filderstadt	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert	6: 2, 6: 3
137.	November 6, 1988	Worcester, Massachusetts	Carpet (hall)	Natallja Sverava	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
138.	November 13, 1988	Chicago	Carpet (hall)	Chris Evert	6: 2, 6: 2
139.	January 15, 1989	Sydney	Hard court	Catarina Lindqvist	6: 2, 6: 4
140	February 6, 1989	Tokyo	Carpet (hall)	Lori McNeil	6: 7, 6: 3, 7: 6
141.	June 18, 1989	Birmingham	race	Zina Garrison	7: 6, 6: 3
142.	June 24, 1989	Eastbourne	race	Raffaella Reggi	7: 6, 6: 2
143.	August 13, 1989	Manhattan Beach	Hard court	Gabriela Sabatini	6-0, 6-2
144.	August 27, 1989	Toronto	Hard court	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	6: 2, 6: 2
145.	September 24, 1989	Dallas	Carpet (hall)	Monica Seles	7: 6, 6: 3
146.	5th November 1989	Worcester, Massachusetts	Carpet (hall)	Zina Garrison	6: 2, 6: 3
147.	February 18, 1990	Chicago	Carpet (hall)	Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	6: 2, 6: 3
148.	February 25, 1990	Washington DC	Carpet (hall)	Zina Garrison	6: 1, 6: 0
149.	March 4th 1990	Indian Wells	Hard court	Helena Suková	6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 1
150.	April 8, 1990	Hilton Head Island	sand	Jennifer Capriati	6: 2, 6: 4
151	June 24, 1990	Eastbourne	race	Gretchen Magers	6-0, 6-2
152.	July 7, 1990	Wimbledon	race	Zina Garrison	6: 4, 6: 1
153.	February 17, 1991	Chicago	Carpet (hall)	Zina Garrison	6: 1, 6: 2
154.	March 3, 1991	Palm Springs	Hard court	Monica Seles	6: 2, 7: 6
155.	June 16, 1991	Birmingham	race	Natallja Sverava	6: 4, 7: 6
156.	June 22, 1991	Eastbourne	race	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	6: 4, 6: 4
157.	November 10, 1991	Oakland	Carpet (hall)	Monica Seles	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
158.	February 16, 1992	Chicago	Carpet (hall)	Jana Novotná	7: 6, 4: 6, 7: 5
159.	March 29, 1992	San Antonio	Hard court	Nathalie Tauziat	6: 2, 6: 1
160.	August 16, 1992	Manhattan Beach	Hard court	Monica Seles	6: 4, 6: 2
161.	October 18, 1992	Filderstadt	Hard court (hall)	Gabriela Sabatini	7: 6, 6: 3
162.	February 7, 1993	Tokyo	Carpet (hall)	Larisa Neiland	6: 2, 6: 2
163.	February 21, 1993	Paris	Carpet (hall)	Monica Seles	6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 6
164.	June 20, 1993	Eastbourne	race	Miriam Oremans	2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
165.	August 15, 1993	Manhattan Beach	Hard court	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	7: 5, 7: 6
166.	November 7, 1993	Oakland	Carpet (hall)	Zina Garrison	6: 2, 7: 6
167.	February 20, 1994	Paris	Carpet (hall)	Julie Halard	7: 5, 6: 3

Honors

• 1983, 1986: Associated Press Athlete of the Year
• 1998: Medal of Merit
• 2000: Induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, USA
• 2007: Stephen F. Kolzak Award of the GLAAD Media Awards for her commitment as an openly lesbian media personality for LGBT rights

Private life

On December 15, 2014, she married her long-time partner Julia Lemigova, with whom she lives in Miami. Lemigova brought two daughters into the marriage.

Navratilova is vegan .

Others

In 1983, Navratilova had a guest appearance in the television series Hart but cordially , in which she played herself.

In the first season of the series The Politician , Navratilova played the minor character Brigitte , who starts an affair with the main character Georgina Hobart .

Works

• My recipe for success (Tennis my way) , Bad Homburg 1984 (Limpert), ISBN 3-7853-1436-1
• So am ich (sport personality) , Munich 1991 (Copress), ISBN 3-7679-0352-0
• Spiel, Satz und Tod (The total zone) , Munich 1995 (Bertelsmann), Roman (together with Elizabeth Nickles ), ISBN 3-570-12161-5
• Fatal Comeback , Munich 1997 (Goldmann), Roman (together with Elizabeth Nickles ), ISBN 3-442-43251-0
• Aufschlag Mord , Munich 1999 (Goldmann), Roman (together with Elizabeth Nickles ), ISBN 3-442-35126-X
• The Shape of Your Life: My 6-Step Diet and Fitness Plan for Achieving Your Personal Best Whatever Your Age-Or Your Challenge

literature

• Sandra Faulkner , Judy Nelson : Love match. Judy Nelson and Martina Navratilova. Kiepenheuer and Witsch: Cologne 1994 (biography), ISBN 3-462-02385-3
• Adrienne Blue : Martina. The Lives and Times of Martina Navratilova
• Johnette Howard : The Rivals. Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova. Their Epic Duels and Extraordinary Friendship

Web links

Commons : Martina Navrátilová  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Martina Navratilova (English)
• ITF profile of Martina Navratilova (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Martina Navratilova (English)
• Martina Navratilova in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
• Literature by and about Martina Navratilova in the catalog of the German National Library
• Conversation with Martina Navrátilová on Czech.cz - The official website of the Czech Republic ( Memento of February 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ autographs . In: Kai Diekmann , Alfred Draxler (Hrsg.): Sport Bild . Axel Springer AG , March 17, 1993, ISSN  0934-3369 , OCLC 85134567 , ZDB -ID 1037748-7 , p. 54 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} 40 Important Women's Moments: 1975, Martina Defects to the West ( Memento from October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Navratilova has a Czech passport again. In: tennismagazin.de. Year Top Special Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, March 11, 2008, accessed on May 16, 2020 . 
4. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: The eternal Martina. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. May 11, 2010, accessed May 16, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Dawn Clayton: Wanna Be No. 1? Nutritionist Robert Haas Claims to Know the Secrets of Eating to Win. People Magazine, June 4, 1984, accessed September 12, 2014 . 
6. ^ Martina Navratilova: Shape yourself. Diet and Fitness Plan to Achieve the Best Shape of your life. In: Google Books. Rodale Press, August 21, 2007, p. 33 , accessed on September 12, 2014 (English): "Team Navratilova" 
7. ^ Susan B. Adams: Navratilova's Not-So-Silent Partner Is Tough Coach Mike Estep. In: Vol. 22 No. 10. PEOPLE magazine, September 3, 1984, accessed September 8, 2014 . 
8. ↑ Navratilova leads jungle line-up , November 12, 2008, BBC News
9. ↑ Martina Navratilova has to get used to being No 2 after missing out on the I'm A Celebrity title , December 6, 2008, Daily Mail
10. ^ Radwanska's New Coach: Navratilova. Retrieved January 15, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Navratilova no longer working with Radwanska. Retrieved June 13, 2015 . 
12. ↑ GLAAD: Jennifer Aniston to receive Vanguard Award at 18th Annual GLLAD Media Awards Presented By Absolut Vodka in Loas Angeles, April 3, 2007 ( Memento of March 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ BBC: Tennis star Martina Navratilova marries partner Julia
14. ↑ Spiegel.de: Wedding of tennis icon: Navrati-Lover
15. ↑ WTA Tour: Martina Navratilova - first wedding then mother on spox.com
16. ↑ Famous vegetarian-vegan athletes. In: vebu.de. May 2016, accessed May 30, 2016 . 
17. ↑ Adharanand Finn: Olympic vegetarians: the elite athletes who shun meat. In: theguardian.com. July 30, 2012, accessed May 30, 2016 . 
18. ↑ Film starts: Hard but warm: cast and staff Season 5. In: FILMSTARTS.de. Retrieved June 8, 2016 . 
19. ↑ Florian Goosmann: Martina Navratilova in the new Netflix series "The Politician". In: Tennisnet. September 28, 2019, accessed July 10, 2020 .