Christine Marie Evert born December 21, is an American former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked as the world No. Alongside Martina Navratilova , her greatest rival , Evert dominated women's tennis from the mids to the mids. In singles, Evert reached the semifinals or better in 52 of the 56 majors she played, including at 34 consecutive majors entered from the US Open through the French Open.
Evert holds the record of most consecutive years 13 of winning at least one major title, [ 5 ] and contested an all-time record 34 major women's singles finals. She also won three major doubles titles, two partnering Navratilova and one with Olga Morozova. Evert served as president of the Women's Tennis Association for eleven years, —76 and — She was awarded the Philippe Chatrier award and inducted into the Hall of Fame. In later life, Evert was a coach and is now an analyst for ESPN , and has a line of tennis and active apparel.
Thomas Aquinas High School in Ft. Evert's father was a professional tennis coach, and tennis was a way of life in his family. Chris and her sister Jeanne became professional tennis players; their brother John played tennis on scholarship at the University of Alabama and later at Vanderbilt University , and brother Drew had a tennis scholarship to Auburn University.
Youngest sister Clare played scholarship tennis at Southern Methodist University. Evert began taking tennis lessons from her father Jimmy Evert when she was five years old.
He was a professional tennis coach who had won the men's singles title at the Canadian Championships in By , she had become the No.
