Martina navratilova y chris evert biography

Tennis rivalry

The Evert–Navratilova rivalry was a tennis rivalry in the 1970s and 1980s between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, widely regarded as two of the greatest female tennis players of all time.

Chris Evert vs Martina Navratilova - Sportskeeda

It is considered to be one of the greatest rivalries in tennis history and sports in general.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} The pair contested 80 matches between 1973 and 1988 (60 of which were finals), with Navratilova leading the overall head-to-head 43–37 and 36–24 in finals.

It is the most prolific tennis rivalry of the Open Era.

In the 12 years from the introduction of the WTA rankings in November 1975 until August 1987, one of the two held the top spot in all but 23 weeks. More specifically, in the first 615 weeks of the WTA rankings they collectively held the No. 1 ranking for 592 weeks, Navratilova at 332 weeks and Evert at 260 weeks.^[1][6][7] Such was their dominance over Evert–Navratilova rivalry - Wikipedia FIGI