Chris Evert
Christine Marie "Chris" Evert (born 21 December 1954) is a umwhile Warld No. 1 profeesional tennis player frae the Unitit States. She wan 18 Grand Slam singles championships, includin a record seiven championships at the French Open an a record sax championships at the U.S. Open. She wis the year-endin Warld No. 1 singles player in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, an 1981.
Kintra | Unitit States |
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Residence | Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. |
Born | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | 21 December 1954
Hicht | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Turned pro | 1972 |
Retired | 1989 |
Plays | Richt-handit (twa-handit backhand) |
Prize money | $8,895,195 |
Int. Tennis HOF | 1995 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 1304–144 |
Career titles | 157 |
Heichest rankin | No. 1 (3 November 1975) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
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) |
Ither toornaments | |
Tour Finals | W (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 117–39 |
Career titles | 32 |
Heichest rankin | No. 13 (12 September 1988) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (1988) |
French Open | W (1974, 1975) |
Wimbledon | W (1976) |
Last updatit on: 14 August 2006. |
Evert's career winnin percentage in singles matches o 90.05% (1309–145) is the best in the history o profeesional tennis, man or wumman.[1] On clay courts her career winnin percentage in singles matches o 94.05% (316–20) remains a WTA record. In tennis writer Steve Flink's beuk The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, he namit Evert as the third best female player o the 20t century, efter Steffi Graf an Martina Navratilova.[2] Evert won til 34 Grand Slam singles feenals, mair nor ony player, man or wumman, in the history o profeesional tennis.[3] She won til the semifeenals or better, in singles, o 52 o the 56 Grand Slams she played, includin the semifeenals or better o 34 consecutive Grand Slams played frae the 1971 U.S. Open throu the 1983 French Open.[4] Evert niver lost in the first or seicont roond o a Grand Slam singles tournament. She wan 157 singles championships. In weemen's doubles, Evert wan three Grand Slam titles an 29 regular tour championships.
References
eedit- Notes
- ↑ "Ranking the top-10 women's tennis players of all time". Retrieved 6 Juin 2012.
- ↑ "Exclusive Interview with Steve Flink about the career of Chris Evert". ChrisEvert.net. Retrieved 14 Februar 2007.
- ↑ "Women with most tennis Grand Slam finals appearances". Archived frae the original on 23 Mairch 2014. Retrieved 6 Juin 2012.
- ↑ "Chris Evert WTA Player Profile". Retrieved 6 Juin 2012.
Freemit airtins
eedit- Chris Evert at the Women's Tennis Association
- Chris Evert at the Fed Cup
- Chris Evert at the Internaitional Tennis Federation
- Chris Evert at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
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