Chris Evert was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in December of 1954. Jimmy Evert, her father helped Chris reach the professional tennis ranks as he was a professional tennis coach.
She began to play tennis with her father coaching her when she was only five years old. In United States, she became the number one player in the 14-under girls divisions. She at 15, topped Margaret Court, the then top player in the world with a match score of 7-6, 7-6. She was selected to represent the United States as the young player ever on the Wightman Cup team.
At age 16, for the 16-under girls division, she won the tennis national championship and was invited to play the US Open. She impressively won her first match in straight sets against the then number 4 player in the world in a comeback. She also defeated long time professional players. In the semi finals of the same tournament, she faced tennis legend Billie Jean King and her Cinderella story came to a close.
She became the champion of French Open and Wimbledon in 1974, going from runner up in the same tournaments in the previous year. Of an amazing 18 Grand Slam Singles titles over the course of her career, these grand slam titles were the first. She is also a four times winner of the WTA Championships between 1972 and 1977. Over the years, in her professional singles career she amassed an amazing 1309 wins and 157 career titles. She had a 90% win percentage with a final singles record of 1309-146. Amazingly in just three years of her professional career, she attained a number one world-wide ranking in 1975.
Throughout her life, Evert had several options of romance, including public relationships with fellow athletes Jimmy Connors (never married, but dated in 1970s), John Lloyd (married in 1979), Andy Mill (married in 1988), and Greg Norman (married in 2008). Each of her marriage ended in a divorce.
Her professional career ultimately ended in 1989 and in 1995 she was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame.

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