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Evert, Chris(tine) Marie

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Evert, Chris(tine) Marie (1954- )

US tennis player. She won her first Wimbledon title in 1974, and won 21 Grand Slam titles in total. She became the first woman tennis player to win $1 million in prize money. She had an outstanding two-handed backhand and was a great exponent of baseline technique. Evert retired from competitive tennis in 1989.

Career highlights

Wimbledon

singles: 1974, 1976, 1981; doubles: 1976

US Open

singles: 1975-78, 1980, 1982

French Open

singles: 1974-75, 1979-80, 1983, 1985-86; doubles: 1974-75

Australian Open

singles: 1982, 1984

From 1974 to 1989 she never failed to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon. She married British Davis Cup player John Lloyd in 1979 but they later divorced.



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