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: 1976US Open
singles: 1975–78, 1980, 1982French Open
singles: 1974–75, 1979–80, 1983, 1985–86; doubles: 1974–75Australian Open
singles: 1982, 1984From 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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