Chris Evert Trivia Questions

She won her first Grand Slam at 19, the 1974 French Open; she did reach the 1971 US Open final at 16 but lost.

Chris Evert lost to Martina Navratilova on clay in the 1984 French Open final, among other meetings. Their head-to-head on clay was not a clean sweep.

Martina Navratilova holds the record with 167 singles titles, while Evert won 157.

Chris Evert popularized the two-handed backhand in women's tennis but did not invent it; players like Vivian McGrath used it as early as the 1930s.

That milestone belonged to Martina Navratilova in 1984; Evert was the first to reach $2 million in 1985.

Chris Evert reached a Grand Slam singles final each year from 1973 to 1986 but did not reach any major final in 1987, breaking the streak. She returned to the Australian Open final in 1988.

At the 1988 French Open, she played with a fractured finger on her racquet hand, winning her first-round match in three sets.

Despite reaching three Wimbledon finals, she lost all three—two to Navratilova and one to Billie Jean King.