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Evert, 55, married Norman in a lavish ceremony in the Bahamas in June 2008. Her parents are Chris and Jimmy Evert. She also held the record for most clay court Grand Slam titles (10 with seven French Opens and all three US Opens played on clay in 1975–77) before Nadal passed her with his 11th title at the 2018 French Open.For Evert, beating Navratilova in any Grand Slam represented beating the best player, which provided her with two of her most satisfying "final time" wins: The 1986 French Open, where at the age of 31 years, she won her last Grand Slam title defeating Navratilova in three sets and the 1988 Australian Open where she handily dispatched Navratilova in the semifinals in two sets to reach her 34th and last Grand Slam final at age 33. Evert played a reduced schedule in 1989 and retired from the professional tour after the During her career versus selected rivals, Evert was: 40–6 against In 1995, she was the fourth player ever to be unanimously elected into the Jimmy was a professional tennis coach, and tennis was a way of life in his family. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Chris Evert & John Lloyd with Carol Thatcher. Chris Evert was born as Christine Marie Evert on 21st December 1954 in Florida, USA. Her father was a tennis coach, and he was the one who introduced Chris and his other four children to tennis.

"It was our priorities and our lifestyles," she said.The former world No.1 with 18 grand slam singles titles to her name said she spent far too much time away from her three teenage sons after marrying Norman. Evert defeated Navratilova in the semifinals of the US Open (1975), Wimbledon (1976 and 1980), and the Australian Open (1988) but lost to Navratilova in the semifinals of the US Open (1981), Wimbledon (1987 and 1988), and the French Open (1987). Regarding their Slam rivalry, Evert faced Navratilova in the final of 14 Grand Slam events, with a 4–10 record. Retrieved May 17, 2011.^124389_2188|title=Chris Evert WTA Player Profile|accessdate=June 6, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=Lloyd on Lloyd. "I still had an enormous amount of guilt," she said. Of particular note is that Evert skipped the French Open during these years (as well as 1976) to play in King's A new rival to Evert's domination of tennis emerged on the scene in the second half of the 1970s in the form of Though successful on all surfaces, it was on clay courts where Evert was most dominant. "It's a time for self reflection, reading a lot of books, doing yoga and hiking." This string, however, was broken in the third round at Wimbledon in 1983 when the In total, of the record 34 Grand Slam finals reached, Evert won 18 Grand Slam singles titles: seven at the French Open (record for female), six at the US Open (an open era record, male or female, tied with Serena Williams), three at Wimbledon, and two at the Australian Open (both on grass).

Former tennis star Chris Evert says she had "no idea" her divorce from Australian golf great Greg Norman was coming. For the horse, see (W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held.

Evert won at least one Grand Slam singles title a year for 13 consecutive years, from 1974 through 1986.In fact, between September 1971 (her Grand Slam debut at the US Open) and June 1983 (her twelfth visit to the Wimbledon Championships), Evert never failed to reach at least the semi-finals of the 34 Grand Slam singles events she entered.

Evert has three sons, Alex, 17, Nicky, 15, and Colton, 13, with ex-husband Andy Mill, the retired Olympic skier who was best friends with Norman; Norman has two children, Morgan-Leigh… "Evert said she had not dated since the divorce and wasn't looking for another relationship.

She won 18 of 25 tournaments, with a 126–7 match record, failing only once to reach at least the semifinals during that span.