Chris Evert

Chris Evert at Roland-Garros in 1986
3 months ago

June 7, 1986: The day Chris Evert won Roland-Garros for the seventh time

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Steffi Graff - Roland-Garros
3 months ago

May 25, 1983: The day Steffi Graf became the youngest player to win a Grand Slam match

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Evert OTD 26_04
4 months ago

April 26, 1981: The day Chris Evert handed Martina Navratilova a brutal double-bagel

On this day in tennis in 1981, Chris Evert handed Martina Navratilova a...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova
4 months ago

Who is the GOAT of women’s tennis? Discover the top 10 

An in-depth look at 10 of the very best female players of all...
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Simon Cambers
Steffi Graf, 1986, On This Day for Tennis Majors
5 months ago

April 13, 1986: The day Steffi Graf won her first WTA Tour title

On this day in 1986, Steffi Graf won her first-ever WTA singles title,...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
5 months ago

April 10, 1982: The day Chris Evert lost on clay for the third time in nine years

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Tracy Austin, On this day
5 months ago

April 7, 1980: The day 17-year-old Tracy Austin became the youngest world No 1 (at the time)

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Gabriela Sabatini
6 months ago

March 13, 1988: The day Gabriela Sabatini defeated Steffi Graf for the first time

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Steffi Graf at the 1988 Australian Open
7 months ago

January 23, 1988: The day Steffi Graf beat Chris Evert in the first indoor Australian Open final

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Alexandre Sokolowski
8 months ago

January 11, 1988: The first day of play in the Australian Open’s new home

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Tracy Austin, On this day 07.01.2021
8 months ago

January 7, 1979: The day 16-year-old Tracy Austin crushed Martina Navratilova to win the Avon Championships

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors, 1974
8 months ago

January 1, 1974: The day engaged couple Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert met with contrasting fortunes in the Australian Open finals

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Alexandre Sokolowski
John Lloyd
8 months ago

December 30, 1977: The day John Lloyd became the first British-born man to reach a Grand Slam final since 1938

John Lloyd made the Australian Open final by downing grass-court specialist Bob Giltinan...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
Goolagong, On this day
8 months ago

December 27, 2007: The day Evonne Goolagong was granted world No 1 status after a 31-year wait

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Portrait of Chris Evert, 2018
9 months ago

“I wasn’t a King or Navratilova” – Evert claims her impact was “making it ok for young girls to be athletes”

"The culture at that time was that women athletes were frowned upon... I...
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Ayush Vashistha