* Martina Navratilova

* July 7 – 8 – Martina Navratilova of the United States wins the 1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles and Stefan Edberg of Sweden wins the 1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles.

* October 18 – Martina Navratilova, Czech-American tennis player

Since 1975, she is one of four women who have been the year-end World No. 1 at least four times ( 1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005 ); the others are Chris Evert, Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova.

Davenport teamed with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario to win the title in Oakland, defeating Gigi Fernández and Martina Navratilova in the final.

1, joining Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, and Chris Evert as the only female players to end a year ranked first at least four times.

In 1982, Martina Navratilova became the first to win over $ 1, 000, 000 in a single year.

The first professional athlete to come out while still playing was Czech-American professional tennis player Martina Navratilova, who came out as a lesbian during an interview with The New York Times in 1981.

* Martina Navratilova suffered from toxoplasmosis during the 1982 US Open.

In July 2002 Chung interviewed tennis legend Martina Navratilova, who at that point had been a naturalized U. S. citizen for more than 20 years, about her recent criticisms of the U. S. political system.

She won 107 singles titles, which ranks her third on the WTA's all-time list after Martina Navratilova ( 167 titles ) and Chris Evert ( 157 titles ).

Billie Jean King said in 1999, " Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time ," although on other occasions King has said that Martina Navratilova holds that title.

In 1985 and early 1986, Graf emerged as the top challenger to the dominance of Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert.

She started the year strongly, with six tournament victories heading into the French Open, the highlight being at the tournament in Miami, where she defeated Martina Navratilova in a semifinal and Chris Evert in the final and conceded only 20 games in the seven rounds of the tournament.

Zvereva, who had eliminated Martina Navratilova in the fourth round, won only thirteen points in the match.

Graf, however, recovered to defeat Martina Navratilova 6 – 2, 6 – 7, 6 – 1 in the Wimbledon final after defeating Seles 6 – 0, 6 – 1 in a fourth round match, Sánchez Vicario in a quarterfinal, and Chris Evert in a semifinal.

It took some time, however, for Graf to separate herself from her challengers, with four losses in her first six tournaments of the year: two to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and one each to Seles and the 36 year-old Martina Navratilova.

Her total of 15 Grand Slam singles titles is sixth on the all-time list, and fourth in the open era, behind Steffi Graf ( 22 titles ) and Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova ( 18 titles each ).

Williams thus became only the fourth woman in the open era to win Wimbledon at least four times, along with Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf.

They have met in a total of eight Grand Slam finals, ahead of the number of finals played by Steffi Graf and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and by Helen Wills Moody and Helen Jacobs but behind the record of fourteen finals set by Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.

*# US Open-Tracy Austin, youngest US Open Champion at the age of 16 years, 8 months and 28 days defeating 4-time defending champion Chris Evert 6-4, 6-3 in the final after defeating 2nd seeded Martina Navratilova in the semifinal making Evert lose for the first time in 32 matches.

* 18 year old Martina Navratilova of Czechoslovakia announces her defection to the United States of America

Tennis star Martina Navratilova learned to say the word when she was ten years old.

In September 1992, Connors played Martina Navratilova in the third Battle of the Sexes tennis match at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Martina Hingis ( born 30 September 1980 ) is a Swiss former professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1.

He was probably the fourth son of Martina and Herakleios, but the first one born free of physical deformity and eligible for the throne.

Navratilova was born Martina Šubertová in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

* Martina Stella ( born 1984 ), Italian actress

* Martina Moravcová, swimmer with 2 silver Olympic medals was born in Piešťany in 1976 and grew up in the town

Martina McBride ( born July 29, 1966 ) is an American country music singer and songwriter.

McBride was born Martina Mariea Schiff in Sharon, Kansas, to Daryl and Jeanne ( née Clark ) Schiff.

* Martina Shanahan, ( born 1966 ), one of the Winchester Three, an IRA active service unit, who was given a 25-year sentence for conspiring to kill Britain's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Tom King, in 1987.

Martina Cole ( born Eilidh Martina Cole, in March 1959 ) is a British crime writer, businesswoman

They have three daughters together: Daniela ( born 1999 ), Martina ( born 2002 ), and Stella ( born 2004 ), and they are expecting a fourth child.

* Martina Müller ( footballer ) ( born 1980 ), German footballer

Kyla Cole ( born Martina Jacová, ; November 10, 1978 ) is a Slovak glamour model, Penthouse Pet and former television presenter.

Martina Arroyo ( born February 2, 1937 ) is an operatic soprano of Puerto Rican and African-American descent who had a major international opera career during the 1960s through the 1980s.

Martina Aitolehti ( born July 16, 1982 ) is a Finnish model, singer, and television personality.

Marika Fingerroos ( born March 29, 1979 in Ruukki, now a part of Siikajoki, Finland ) is a Finnish model who together with Martina Aitolehti form the singer duo Salarakkaat.

* Martina Hellmann ( born 1960 ), German athlete

Valli's mother, Silvia Oberecker della Martina, born in Pola, was the daughter of Felix Oberecker ( also: Obrekar ) from Laibach, Austria ( now Ljubljana, Slovenia ), her mother was Virginia della Martina from Pola, Istria ( then part of Austria ).