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Navratilova is one of just three women to have accomplished a career Grand Slam in singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles ( called the Grand Slam " boxed set ") a record she shares with Margaret Court and Doris Hart.
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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.
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.
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 ).
Martina Navratilova (; born Martina Šubertová ; October 18, 1956 ) is a retired Czech American tennis player and coach, and a former World No. 1.
Navratilova is the only person of either sex to have won eight different tournaments at least seven times.
Navratilova is a member of the Laureus World Sports Academy.
When not playing tennis, Navratilova is involved with various charities that benefit animal rights, underprivileged children, and gay rights.
During the show, Chung quoted a German newspaper which quoted Navratilova as saying: " The most absurd part of my escape from the unjust system is that I have exchanged one system that suppresses free opinion for another.
" In 2007, 18 time Grand Slam winner Martina Navratilova said that " She is head and shoulders above everyone else right now.
At the 2007 French Open, Martina Navratilova said that " Henin's offense is just phenomenal ... it's sort of like we've got ' the female Federer ', or maybe the guys have ' the male Justine Henin ', because she is just head and shoulders above everyone else right now.
She is one of six women who have won Grand Slam singles titles on clay, grass, and hard courts, with the others being Graf, Navratilova, Evert, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova.
The organisation is regularly strongly criticised by the media, politicians, people in British tennis who are not on its payroll, and foreign tennis stars such as Pat Cash and Martina Navratilova over its poor track record of producing top quality players.
She is also the former lover of Ethel Merman ( although she tends to exaggerate the details of their now infamous 1967 tryst during Ethel's daughter's funeral ) and has had affairs with Martina Navratilova, Ellen DeGeneres, k. d.
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She returned to win a small tournament at Mahwah just before the US Open where, in one of the most anticipated matches of the year, she encountered Navratilova 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.
Connors was allowed only one serve per point and Navratilova was allowed to hit into half the doubles court.
Connors was allowed only one serve per point and Navratilova was allowed to hit into half the doubles court.
In total, Evert logged 260 weeks at number one ( third all-time behind Graf and Navratilova respectively ).
She was the runner-up at four Grand Slam singles events and won one Grand Slam women's doubles title, the US Open in 1989 with Martina Navratilova.
After losing to Billie-Jean King at Wimbledon 1973 at the semi-final stage, Goolagong only suffered one defeat prior to the final until Wimbledon 1978, when she lost in the semi-final to Martina Navratilova.
She lost the next eight Grand Slam singles semifinals she played, four of them to Navratilova, two to Steffi Graf, and one each to Evert and Hana Mandlíková.
Navratilova and Shriver formed one of the all-time great women's doubles teams, capturing seven Australian Open, five Wimbledon, five US Open and four French Open titles.
Women's tennis legend Martina Navratilova described the match as one of the greatest upsets in tennis history.
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During that period, she lost six times to Evert and three times to Navratilova, all in straight sets.
) Graf then won her next three tournaments at Amelia Island, Charleston, and Berlin, culminating in a 6 – 2, 6 – 3 defeat of Navratilova in the final of the latter.
The match was played over two days with Navratilova finally winning after saving three match points 6 – 1, 6 – 7, 7 – 6.
Graf then won three consecutive indoor titles at Tokyo, Zürich, and Brighton, before once again contending with Navratilova at the season-ending Virginia Slims Championships in New York City.
Navratilova won her first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon in 1978, where she defeated Evert in three sets in the final and captured the World No. 1 ranking for the first time.
( Navratilova was ranked the World No. 1 doubles player for a period of over three years in the 1980s.
) From 1985 through 1987, Navratilova reached the women's singles final at all 11 Grand Slam tournaments held during those three years, winning six of them.
In 1989, Graf and Navratilova met in the finals of both Wimbledon and the US Open, with Graf winning both encounters in three sets.
And then in 1994, at the age of 37, Navratilova reached the Wimbledon final, where she lost in three sets to Conchita Martínez.
Navratilova won 18 Grand Slam singles titles: nine at Wimbledon, four at the US Open, three at the Australian Open, and two at the French Open.
In a thrilling three set win, Navratilova overcame a first set deficit and a decidedly pro-Evert crowd to win 4 – 6, 6 – 4, 6 – 4.
In addition, Evert won three grand slam doubles titles, at the French in 1974 with Olga Morozova, and 1975 with Navratilova, and again with Navratilova at Wimbledon in 1976.
( Navratilova defeated Evert at least once in the final of each of the four Grand Slam events, whereas three of Evert's four wins were at the French Open and the fourth was at the Australian Open.
The following year she defeated Martina Navratilova in three sets in the final at Oakland, California, ending Navratilova's 54 match winning streak, two short of tying the record held by Evert at the time.
Capriati made her professional debut as a 13 year old, reaching the finals of two of her first three pro events, losing to Gabriela Sabatini and Martina Navratilova at Boca Raton and Hilton Head, respectively, earning her first two wins over top ten players ( No. 10 Helena Suková and No. 5.
In 1977 she won two singles titles, reached the semifinals at both Wimbledon and the Australian Open, and upset Martina Navratilova to reach the Virginia Slims Tour Championships final, where she lost in three sets to Chris Evert.
Karen met Stan Walker in 1985, brushing off three simultaneous relationships ( with Martina Navratilova, Sultan Habibi Shoshani Padush Al-Kabir, and a man named Clayton ) to be with him only to learn that Stan was married.
In 1993, at age 17, Sugiyama played tennis legend Martina Navratilova in her native city, losing in three sets.
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