Martina Navratilova

Martina Navrátilová {{Audio|Cs-Martina Navratilova.ogg|listen}} (b. October 18 1956, in ?evnice, near Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former World No. 1 woman tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, she defected to the United States in 1975 and became a US citizen in 1981. During her career she won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and 40 Grand Slam doubles titles (31 women's doubles and 9 mixed doubles). She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon a record 9 times.

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• {{wta|id=140007|name=Martina Navratilova}}
• International Tennis Hall of Fame profile
• BBC profile
• ESPN.com article