I was too young to remember Chris Evert in her prime. By the time I was old enough appreciate to tennis she was Chris Evert-Lloyd and still relevant but on the downside of her career. Martina Navratilova was peaking though, and with her glasses, size, and relentlessly businesslike approach Evert-Lloyd seemed to shrink in comparison. She won at least one over Martina though later in her career which I remember. And she was still hot. I remember thinking she was old...now I'm like 10-15 years older than she was at the time. Sigh.

Interesting about the weaker fields for Court. I saw that record and was like goddamn that is complete dominance. Top pros like Laver losing many of their peak years due to being a pro sucked too. lol 60s tennis basically.

Evert hardly shrank to Navratilova, yes she did get eventually overtaken by a vastly superior athlete who also had vastly superior racquet talent. A tough combo to overcome but overcome she did late in her career gaining a number of huge wins over Martina by slightly changing her tactics which allowed her mental toughness back into the match. They finished their career at 43-37 Martina.

Evert stat of the day:

Best record on clay of any player male or female for any single surface with a 125 match winning streak with the loss of only 7 sets from August 1973 to May 1979 when she was defeated by Tracy Austin in the semi finals of the 1979 Italian Open. When she finally lost she won 60+ straight after that.

Evert stat of the day:

Fewest games lost while winning a major: 12, when Evert won the 1976 US Open.

Stat of the day


lol women's tennis


You know who my favorite woman tennis player is?

[spoiler] the girl who wins the first set [/spoiler]

Chris Evert was tough as nails. Jim Everett should've take that asswipe Rome's comment as a huge compliment.

Evert stat of the day:

At age 15 years 8 months Evert beat the then #1 Player in the world Margaret Court the first time she played her. (7-6, 7-6) Court had also just come off winning the Grand Slam. Evert also beat Billie Jean King, Virginia Wade and Betty Stove the first time she played them.

Evert stat of the day:

Evert holds the record, male or female, for the most consecutive years while winning at least one grand slam tournament - 13.

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Evert stat of the day: (this could go on for weeks, however I will put this to bed with a single stat)

Best Career singles win-loss record of 1309-145 (.900%) of any player man or woman in the history of tennis.


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