Chris Evert

Christine Marie Evert (b. December 21 1954 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a former World No. 1 woman tennis player from the United States. During her career, she won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 7 at the French Open. She also won 3 Grand Slam doubles titles. Evert's career win-loss record in singles matches of 1309-146, or 90%, is the best of any professional player in tennis history.

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Evert began taking tennis lessons when she was five years old from her father, Jimmy Evert, a professional tennis coach who had won the men's singles title at the Canadian Championships in 1947. By 1969, she had become the No. 1 ranked 14-under girl in the United States. In 1970, at a small tournament in North Carolina, the 15 year-old Evert served notice to the tennis world by defeating Margaret Court (who was the World No. 1 at the time and had recently completed the Grand Slam of singles titles) 7-6, 7-6. Evert made her Grand Slam debut at the US Open in 1971, aged 16. After an easy straight-sets win in the first round, she faced the US No. 4 Mary Ann Eisel in the second round and saved six match points in the second set before going on to win 4-6, 7-6, 6-1. She made two further gripping comebacks against seasoned-pros Francoise Durr (2-6, 6-2, 6-3) and Lesley Hunt (4-6, 6-2, 6-3), and progressed all the way to the semi-finals before finally losing to Billie Jean King.

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