Chris Evert

Christine Marie Evert born December 21 1954 known as Chris Evert Lloyd from 1979 to 1987 is an American former world No 1 tennis player Evert won 18 major singles titles including a record seven French Open titles and a jointrecord six US Open titles tied with Serena Williams Evert was ranked world No 1 for 260 weeks and was the yearend world No 1 singles player seven times 197478 1980 1981 Alongside Martina Navratilova her greatest rival Evert dominated womens tennis for much of the 1970s and 1980s Evert contested 34 major singles finals a record for womens tennis In singles Evert reached the semifinals or better in 52 of the 56 majors she played including at 34 consecutive majors entered from the 1971 US Open through the 1983 French Open She never lost in the first or second round of a major and lost in the third round only twice Evert holds the record of most consecutive years 13 of winning at least one major title Everts career winning percentage in singles matches of 8997 1309146 is the second highest in the Open Era for men or women On clay courts Everts career winning percentage in singles matches of 9455 38222 remains a WTA Tour record She also won three major doubles titles two partnering Navratilova and one partnering Olga Morozova Evert served as president of the Womens Tennis Association for eleven years 197576 and 198391 She was awarded the Philippe Chatrier award and inducted into the Hall of Fame In later life Evert was a coach and is now an analyst for ESPN and has a line of tennis and active apparel Evert was born in 1954 in Fort Lauderdale Florida to Colette née Thompson and Jimmy Evert and raised in a committed Catholic household She is a 1973 graduate of St Thomas Aquinas High School in Ft Lauderdale Everts father was a professional tennis coach and tennis was a way of life in his family Chris and her sister Jeanne became professional tennis players their brother John played tennis on scholarship at the University of Alabama and later at Vanderbilt University and brother Drew had a tennis scholarship to Auburn University Youngest sister Clare played scholarship tennis at Southern Methodist University Chris John and sisters Jeanne and Clare all won titles at the prestigious Junior Orange Bowl in Florida Source Article Chris Evert from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30