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{{Short description|American former tennis player (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
| name                   = Chris Evert
| fullname               = Christine Marie Evert
| image                  = [[file:Chris Evert.jpg|frameless|upright=.8]]
| caption                = Evert in the 1980s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/140388 |work=Florida Memory: State Library and Archives of Florida |title=Chris Evert 1980-1989 |access-date=12 July 2017}}</ref>
| country={{flagu|United States}}
| residence              = [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], US
| birth_date             = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1954|12|21}}
| birth_place            = [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], US
| height                 = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}
| turnedpro              = 1972
| retired                = 1989
| plays                  = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
| coach                  = [[Jimmy Evert]]<br />[[Dennis Ralston]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-03-22/sports/8701180950_1_clare-evert-jimmy-evert-carling-bassett |title=Evert Out To End Drought At Dallas |newspaper=The Sun-Sentinel |date=March 22, 1987 |first=Jim |last=Sarni |access-date=September 28, 2014 |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017104402/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-03-22/sports/8701180950_1_clare-evert-jimmy-evert-carling-bassett |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| careerprizemoney       = $8,895,195
| tennishofyear          = 1995
| tennishofid            = chris-evert
| singlesrecord          ={{tennis win loss percentage|W=1309|L=146|dec=0}} 
| singlestitles          = 157
| highestsinglesranking  = [[List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players|No. '''1''']] (November 3, 1975)
| AustralianOpenresult   = '''W''' ([[1982 Australian Open – Women's singles|1982]], [[1984 Australian Open – Women's singles|1984]])
| FrenchOpenresult       = '''W''' ([[1974 French Open – Women's singles|1974]], [[1975 French Open – Women's singles|1975]], [[1979 French Open – Women's singles|1979]], [[1980 French Open – Women's singles|1980]], [[1983 French Open – Women's singles|1983]], [[1985 French Open – Women's singles|1985]], [[1986 French Open – Women's singles|1986]])
| Wimbledonresult        = '''W''' ([[1974 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1974]], [[1976 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1976]], [[1981 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1981]])
| USOpenresult           = '''W''' ([[1975 US Open – Women's singles|1975]], [[1976 US Open – Women's singles|1976]], [[1977 US Open – Women's singles|1977]], [[1978 US Open – Women's singles|1978]], [[1980 US Open – Women's singles|1980]], [[1982 US Open – Women's singles|1982]])
| Othertournaments       = yes
| Olympicsresult         = 3R ([[Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|1988]])
| WTAChampionshipsresult = '''W''' ([[1972 WTA Tour Championships|1972]], [[1973 Virginia Slims Championships|1973]], [[1975 Virginia Slims Championships|1975]], [[1977 Virginia Slims Championships|1977]])
| doublesrecord          = {{tennis record|won=117|lost=39}}
| doublestitles          = 32
| highestdoublesranking  = No. 13 (September 12, 1988)
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = F ([[1988 Australian Open – Women's doubles|1988]])
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = '''W''' ([[1974 French Open – Women's doubles|1974]], [[1975 French Open – Women's doubles|1975]])
| WimbledonDoublesresult = '''W''' ([[1976 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|1976]])
| USOpenDoublesresult    = SF ([[1973 US Open – Women's doubles|1973]], [[1975 US Open – Women's doubles|1975]], [[1979 US Open – Women's doubles|1979]])
| Team                   = yes
| FedCupresult           = '''W''' ([[1977 Fed Cup|1977]], [[1978 Fed Cup|1978]], [[1979 Fed Cup|1979]], [[1980 Fed Cup|1980]], [[1981 Fed Cup|1981]], [[1982 Fed Cup|1982]], [[1986 Fed Cup|1986]], [[1989 Fed Cup|1989]])
}}
'''Christine Marie Evert''' (born December 21, 1954) is an American former professional [[tennis]] player. One of the most successful players of all time, she was ranked as the [[List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players|world No. 1]] in women's singles by the [[Women's Tennis Association]] (WTA) for 260 weeks ([[List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1|fourth-most of all time]]), and finished as the [[List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players|year-end No. 1]] five times: 1975-1977, 1980 and 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/chris-evert|title=International Tennis Hall of Fame|website=Tennisfame.com|access-date=May 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/MediaInfo/mediaguide2012.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015020844/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/MediaInfo/mediaguide2012.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-15 |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=www.wtatennis.com}}</ref> Evert won 157 singles titles, including 18 [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments|major]]s (among which a record seven [[French Open]] titles and a joint-record six [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] titles). Alongside [[Martina Navratilova]], her [[Evert–Navratilova rivalry|greatest rival]], Evert dominated women's tennis from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.

In singles, Evert reached the semifinals or better in 52 of the 56 majors she played, including at 34 consecutive majors entered from the [[1971 US Open – Women's singles|1971 US Open]] through the [[1983 French Open – Women's singles|1983 French Open]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/player/chris-evert_2257889_2188 |title=Chris Evert WTA Player Profile |website=Chrisevert.net |access-date=June 6, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613073708/http://www.wtatennis.com/player/chris-evert_2257889_2188 |archivedate=June 13, 2012}}</ref> She never lost in the first or second round of a major, and lost in the third round only twice. Evert holds the record of most consecutive years (13) of winning at least one major title,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/24/us/chris-evert-fast-facts/index.html|title=Chris Evert Fast Facts|date=August 24, 2015 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> and contested an all-time record 34 major women's singles finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news?slug=ycn-9098313|title=Women with most tennis Grand Slam finals appearances|access-date=June 6, 2012|archive-date=March 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323210932/http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news?slug=ycn-9098313|url-status=dead}}</ref> Evert's career winning percentage in singles matches of 89.97% (1309–146) is the second highest in the [[Open Era]], for men or women.<ref name="Career Percentage">{{cite web | url=http://chrisevert.net/match-results-and-records/chris-evert-stats-totals/ | title=Chris Evert Career Stats |website=Chrisevert.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportslumo.com/tennis/margaret-court-an-unparalleled-legend-who-set-the-benchmark/|title=Margaret Court: An unparalleled legend who set the benchmark|website=Sportslumo.com|access-date=May 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://db4tennis.com/players/female/margaret-smith-court |title=Margaret Smith Court's GS Performance Timeline & Stats |publisher=Db4tennis.com |date=2020-09-20 |access-date=2022-03-16}}</ref> On [[clay court]]s, Evert's career winning percentage in singles matches of 94.55% (382–22) remains a [[WTA Tour records|WTA Tour record]]. She also won three major doubles titles, two partnering with Navratilova and one with [[Olga Morozova]].

Evert served as president of the Women's Tennis Association for eleven years, 1975–76 and 1983–91. She was awarded the Philippe Chatrier award and inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame|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.

==Early life and family==
Evert was born in 1954 in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], to Colette ({{nee}} Thompson) and [[Jimmy Evert]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/celeb/evert.htm|title=Chris Evert family tree|publisher=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com|access-date=May 17, 2011}}</ref> and raised in a committed Catholic household.<ref name="washingtonpost.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/tennis/tennis-great-chris-evert-finds-new-life-on-the-court/2012/01/17/gIQAhvME8P_print.html|title=Tennis great Chris Evert finds new life on the court|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> She is a 1973 graduate of [[St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Florida)|St. Thomas Aquinas High School]] in Fort Lauderdale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Evert (2005) - Hall of Fame |url=https://fhsaa.com/hof.aspx?hof=174 |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=fhsaa.com |language=en}}</ref>

Evert's father was a professional tennis coach, and tennis was a way of life in his family. Chris and her sister [[Jeanne Evert|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]]. Chris, John, Jeanne, and Clare, all won titles at the prestigious Junior Orange Bowl in Florida.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

==Tennis career==
{{See also|Chris Evert's Grand Slam history|Evert–Navratilova rivalry}}
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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 [[Canada Masters|Canadian Championships]] in 1947. By 1969, she had become the No. 1 ranked under-14 girl in the United States. Evert played her first senior tournament in that year also, reaching the semifinals in her hometown of [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], losing to [[Mary-Ann Eisel]] in three sets.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Staff |first=S. I. |title=FACES IN THE CROWD |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1969/04/14/faces-in-the-crowd |access-date=2022-06-15 |newspaper=Sports Illustrated Vault &#124; Si.com }}</ref> For years, this was the record for the furthest a player had reached in her first senior-level tournament.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} That record was broken when another Floridian, [[Jennifer Capriati]], reached the final at Boca Raton in 1990. In 1970, Evert won the national 16-and-under championship and was invited to play in an eight-player clay-court tournament in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]. The 15-year-old Evert defeated [[Françoise Dürr]] in the first round in straight sets before defeating [[Margaret Court]] 7–6, 7–6 in a semifinal. Court was the world No. 1 player and had just won the [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] in singles. These results led to Evert's selection for the U.S. [[Wightman Cup]] team as the youngest player ever in the competition.<ref name="Rivals">Johnette Howard (2005). ''The Rivals''. Yellow Jersey Press. {{ISBN|0-224-07505-5}}</ref>

Evert made her Grand Slam tournament debut at age 16 at the [[1971 US Open (tennis)|1971 US Open]]; she received an invitation after winning the national 16-and-under championship. After an easy straight-sets win over [[Edda Buding]] in the first round, she faced the American No. 4, Mary-Ann Eisel in the second round. With Eisel serving at 6–4, 6–5 (40–0) in the second set, Evert saved six match points before going on to win 4–6, 7–6, 6–1. She made two further comebacks from a set down, against fifth seed Dürr and [[Lesley Hunt]], both seasoned professionals, before losing in straight sets to top seed [[Billie Jean King]] in a semifinal.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Steve Tignor|title=1971: Chris Evert reaches U.S. Open semis at 16, becomes national sensation|url=http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/03/1971-evert-reaches-us-open-semis-16-becomes-national-sensation/54249/|publisher=Tennis.com|date=March 5, 2015}}</ref> This defeat ended a 46-match winning streak built up through a variety of professional and junior tour events.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Matthews|first1=Glenna|title=American Women's History : A Student Companion|date=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0195113174|pages=[https://archive.org/details/americanwomenshi00matt/page/112 112]–113|url=https://archive.org/details/americanwomenshi00matt|url-access=registration}}</ref>

In 1973, Evert was the runner-up at the [[1973 French Open|French Open]] and the [[1973 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon Championships]]. A year later she won both those events during her then-record 55-consecutive-match winning streak, which included eight other tournament wins. She ended the year with a 100–7 match record, winning 16 tournaments including two Grand Slams, having been a finalist in her first [[Australian Open]], and having for a fourth straight year reached the semifinals at the US Open. She was chosen as the year-end number one by the leading tennis experts and authorities of the day – except [[Bud Collins]].{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

For the next five years, Evert was the [[List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players|world's No.1 player]]. In 1975 she won her second French Open and the first of four straight US Open titles by defeating Cawley in a three-set final. Also in November of that year, the official WTA computer ranking system was instituted, with Evert being the first No. 1. In total, Evert logged 260 weeks{{efn|name=no1}} at number one. Ten years after she had first achieved the number-one spot, she regained it in November 1985 at the age of 30 years and 11 months. That made her the oldest woman to have reached WTA number one, a record that stood for 27 years until Serena Williams surpassed it in 2013.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Staff |first=S. I. |date=2013-02-15 |title=Serena Williams, 31, becomes oldest No. 1 in WTA history |url=https://www.si.com/tennis/2013/02/15/serena-williams-no-1-ranking-doha |access-date=2023-05-27 |magazine=Sports Illustrated }}</ref>

Evert's domination of the women's game and her calm, steely demeanor on court earned her the nickname of the "Ice Maiden" of tennis.<ref name="HoF"/> Throughout her career, Evert was ranked number one in the world at the end of seven different years by ''Tennis'' magazine, by ''World Tennis'' magazine and as well as a majority of other major tennis experts from 1974 through 1978, and in 1980 and 1981.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

The 1976 season held a unique distinction for Evert, as this was the only time in her career where she won both Wimbledon and the US Open titles in the same year. She defeated Goolagong Cawley in a thrilling three-set final on grass and then dismantled her on clay at Forest Hills, losing just three games. However, Evert lost to Goolagong Cawley again in the final of the [[1976 Virginia Slims Championships|Virginia Slims Championships]].<ref>{{cite magazine|author1=Joe Jares|title=A net gain for concentration|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=April 26, 1976|volume=44|issue=17|pages=28–30, 33|url=https://www.si.com/vault/issue/43338/30/2}}</ref> In all, Evert won 26 of 39 matches with Cawley. Evert's 1976 performance earned her Sports Illustrated's title of [[Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year|Sportsman of the Year]]. She is the first woman to be the sole recipient of this honor, and is one of only four tennis players to receive it.<ref name="SI"/>

The years 1977 and 1978 saw Evert continue to dominate the women's game, winning two more US Opens. Evert won the final US Open played at Forest Hills on clay (1977) and the inaugural championship to be held on hard courts at Flushing Meadow (1978). She won 18 of 25 tournaments during this two-year period and had a match record of 126–7. Of particular note is that Evert skipped the French Open during these years (as well as 1976) to play in King's [[World TeamTennis]]. The other noteworthy event was Evert's three-set loss to eventual champion Wade in the semifinals of the 1977 Wimbledon Championships. It was Wimbledon's centenary year, coinciding with Queen Elizabeth II's [[Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Silver Jubilee]] as monarch.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Trott |first=Jan |date=2017-07-03 |title=Virginia Wade wins Wimbledon - archive July 1977 |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnmeducationcentre/2017/jul/03/virginia-wade-wins-wimbledon-archive-july-1977 |access-date=2023-05-27 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Though she was successful on all surfaces, it was on clay courts where Evert was most dominant. Beginning in August 1973, she won 125 consecutive matches on clay, losing only eight sets throughout; this run continues to stand as the benchmark among both men and women players.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chrisevert.net/CE-Records.html |title=Chrissie The Great: Match Results and Records |publisher=Chrisevert.net |access-date=May 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722125416/http://chrisevert.net/CE-Records.html |archive-date=July 22, 2011}}</ref> The streak was broken on May 12, 1979, in a semifinal of the [[1979 Italian Open (tennis)|Italian Open]] when Evert lost to [[Tracy Austin]] in a third-set tiebreaker. Evert said after the match, "Not having the record will take some pressure off me, but I am not glad to have lost it." Evert rebounded with another clay court streak that reached 64 matches (including titles at the 1979 and 1980 French Open) before ending with a semifinal loss to eventual winner [[Hana Mandlíková]] at the 1981 French Open (a record of 189 victories in 191 matches on clay from 1973 to 1981).{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

Evert's record of seven French Open singles titles stood for 27 years until being broken in June 2013 by Rafael Nadal. She still holds the French Open singles title record for female players. Evert held the record for most clay court Grand Slam titles (10, with seven French Opens and all three US Opens played on clay in 1975–77) before Nadal won his 11th French Open championship in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/titles-and-finals |title=Rafael Nadal: Career Titles|work=ATP World Tour |publisher=atpworldtour.com |access-date=July 14, 2018}}</ref>
Three of her victories came in three-set finals against Navratilova. In 1975, Evert defeated Navratilova 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 to defend her title from the previous year. In 1985, Evert prevailed 6–3, 6–7, 7–5, a win that saw her capture the world No. 1 computer ranking for the fifth and final time.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

Evert won at least one Grand Slam singles title a year for 13 consecutive years, from 1974 through 1986.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Ed McGrogan|title=Do these tennis streaks compare to Favre?|url=http://www.espn.com/blog/tennis/post/_/id/85/do-tennis-streaks-compare-brett-favre|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=December 15, 2010}}</ref> During this period, Evert did not participate in the Australian Opens held from 1975 to 1980 and in 1983, or the French Opens from 1976 to 1978. The reasons for Evert's non-participation in the Australian Open during the years of her greatest dominance (she was ranked No.1 in the world five of the six years she was absent from the event between 1975 and 1980) was the relative decline in the status of this Grand Slam tournament during that period. Evert's absence from the French Open in 1976, 1977 and 1978 reflected the allure of World TeamTennis and the generally lesser significance that the top players attached to the traditional Slam events in the early years of the professional era. During this period of dominance (1975–80), she skipped ten Grand Slam tournaments.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

Between September 1971 (her Grand Slam debut at the US Open) and June 1983 (her 12th visit to the Wimbledon Championships), Evert never failed to reach at least the semi-finals of the 34 Grand Slam singles events she entered. This string, however, was broken in the third round at Wimbledon in 1983 when the [[All England Club]] refused Evert's request to delay her match with [[Kathy Jordan]] to recover from food poisoning. This defeat also ended her attempt to be the holder of all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously, as Evert was then holder of the '82 Australian, U.S., and the '83 French titles. In 56 Grand Slam singles events entered from 1971 to 1989, Evert fell short of the semifinals a mere four times (1983 Wimbledon 3rd round; 1987 US Open quarterfinal; 1988 French Open 3rd round; 1989 US Open quarterfinal).{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

In total, of the record 34 Grand Slam finals reached, Evert won 18 Grand Slam singles titles: seven at the French Open (record for female), six at the US Open (an open era record, male or female, tied with Serena Williams), three at Wimbledon, and two at the Australian Open (both on grass). In addition, Evert won three Grand Slam doubles titles.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

Evert played a reduced schedule in 1989 and retired from the professional tour after the [[1989 US Open (tennis)|US Open]].<ref>{{cite news|author1=Peter Alfano|title=Evert's retirement plan includes a cutback in her schedule|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/28/sports/evert-s-retirement-plan-includes-a-cutback-in-her-schedule.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 28, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Robin Finn|title=Evert bows out as Garrison prevails, 7-6, 6-2|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/06/sports/evert-bows-out-as-garrison-prevails-7-6-6-2.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 6, 1989}}</ref> Upon her retirement, she had amassed 18 Grand Slam singles titles (at the time, an Open Era record, male or female), won 157 singles titles (at the time, the record for male or female) and 32 doubles titles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chrisevert.net/CE-Records.html |title=Chrissie The Great: Match Results and Records |publisher=Chrisevert.net |access-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-date=July 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722125416/http://chrisevert.net/CE-Records.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Evert won the [[WTA Tour Championships]] four times and helped the United States win the [[Fed Cup]] eight times. Evert's last match was a 6–3, 6–2 win over [[Conchita Martínez]] in the final of the [[1989 Fed Cup]].{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

===Rivalries===
{{main|Evert–Navratilova rivalry}}
During her career versus selected rivals, Evert was: 40–6 against [[Virginia Wade]], 37–43 against [[Martina Navratilova]], 26–13 against Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 24–0 against [[Virginia Ruzici]], 23–1 against [[Sue Barker]], 22–0 against Betty Stöve, 22–1 against [[Rosemary Casals]], 21–7 against Hana Mandlíková, 20–1 against [[Wendy Turnbull]], 19–7 against [[Billie Jean King]] (winning the last 11 matches with a loss of only two sets), 19–3 against [[Pam Shriver]], 18–2 against [[Kerry Melville Reid]], 17–2 against [[Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere]], 17–2 against [[Helena Suková]], 17–3 against [[Andrea Jaeger]], 16–3 against [[Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat]], 15–0 against Olga Morozova, 13–0 against Françoise Dürr, 9–4 against Margaret Court, 8–9 against [[Tracy Austin]], 7–0 against [[Mary Joe Fernández]], 6–3 against [[Gabriela Sabatini]], 6–5 against [[Nancy Richey Gunter]] (winning the last six matches), 6–8 against [[Steffi Graf]] (losing the last eight matches) and 2–1 against [[Monica Seles]].

===Awards and recognitions===
Evert was voted the [[Associated Press Athlete of the Year|Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year]] on four occasions and was the first female athlete to be ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' magazine's sole recipient of "[[Sportsman of the Year|Sportswoman of the Year]]" award in 1976.<ref name="SI">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1976/12/20/661202/the-court-belongs-to-chris |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|title=1976 Sportsman of the Year |author=Sarah Pileggi|volume=45|issue=25|access-date=January 13, 2016}}</ref><ref name="AP">{{cite web|url=http://www.uterwincenter.com/press/2004/0414gsj.html|publisher=University of Texas Frank Erwin Center|title=Chris Evert to Replace Martina Navratilova at Gibson-Baldwin Grand Slam Jam|date=April 14, 2004|access-date=June 5, 2007}}</ref> In April 1985, she was voted the "Greatest Woman Athlete of the Last 25 Years" by the Women's Sports Foundation. Evert served as president of the [[Women's Tennis Association]] during 1975–76, and from 1983 to 1991.<ref name="HoFa">{{cite web|url=http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/chris-evert|publisher=International Tennis Hall of Fame|title=International Tennis Hall of Fame profile|access-date=June 5, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330111046/http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/chris-evert|archive-date=March 30, 2010}}</ref>

In 1995, she was the fourth player ever to be unanimously elected into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] following a worldwide ballot of 185 sports journalists. In 1997, the [[International Tennis Federation]] (ITF) presented her with its highest accolade – the [[Philippe Chatrier Award]] – for her contributions to tennis, whilst 1999 saw Evert rated No. 50 among [[ESPN]]'s Greatest North American athletes of the 20th century.<ref name="HoF">{{cite web|url= https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00014187.html|publisher=[[ESPN]]|title=Evert: grit, grace and glamour |author=Larry Schwartz|access-date=June 5, 2007}}</ref><ref name="No50">{{cite web |url= https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00014189.html|publisher=[[ESPN]]|title=No. 50: Chris Evert|date=January 23, 1999|author=Larry Schwartz|access-date=June 5, 2007}}</ref> In 2005, ''[[Tennis (magazine)|Tennis]]'' named her fourth on its list of 40 Greatest Players of the ''Tennis'' era.<ref name="Tennis40">{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com/features/40greatest/40greatest.aspx?id=194 |publisher=[[Tennis (magazine)|Tennis]] |title=40 Greatest Players of the Tennis Era (1–4) |author=Peter Bodo |access-date=June 5, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814082556/http://www.tennis.com/features/40greatest/40greatest.aspx?id=194 |archive-date=August 14, 2009 }}</ref>

In 2012, [[Tennis Channel]] conducted a poll of players and experts to determine the 100 Greatest Players of all time, in which Evert ranked ninth overall, and fourth highest among women (finishing behind Graf, Navratilova, and Court in that order.) In June 2013, Evert was awarded a special merit from the International Tennis Hall of Fame. They presented her their gold ring in recognition of her outstanding achievements both on and off the tennis court.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

==Playing style==
Evert was a baseline player who is credited with revolutionizing the sport of tennis. She was known for her consistent, [[Counterpuncher|counterpunching]] game, with her being described retrospectively by the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] as a "human backboard".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/chris-evert|title=Chris Evert|work=[[International Tennis Hall of Fame]]|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> Evert was one of the first players to play exclusively from the baseline, typically approaching the net to retrieve short balls only; towards the end of her career, however, Evert would approach the net to end points more frequently. Evert's forehand was hit flat, with consistent depth and power, penetrating deep into the court; towards the end of her career with the development of graphite technology, she would begin to apply more topspin to her forehand. Evert was one of the first women who successfully used a double-handed backhand on the WTA tour, which did not have the extra reach that a [[one-handed backhand]] afforded, but did provide power and consistency that was previously unseen on the tour, and would later become the norm for female tennis players.

Evert would not typically hit large numbers of winners, instead predicating her game on the retrieval of balls with devastating accuracy, and keeping unforced errors to a minimum. Evert did not possess a powerful serve, however, it was reliable and accurate.  Evert possessed delicate touch, and had one of the most effective [[drop shot]]s at the time. Playing in an era where [[serve-and-volley|serve and volleying]] was the dominant style of play, Evert was able to hit difficult passing shots with ease, pushing her opponents behind the baseline, and preventing them from rushing the net. Evert's greatest strengths on court were her speed, detailed footwork, court coverage, fitness, consistency, and mental fortitude. Despite having success on all surfaces, Evert's favorite surface was clay, where the high bounce and slower speed afforded by the surface allowed her to execute her measured, defensive style of play with tremendous success; this is highlighted by her career 382–22 (94.6%) winning record on the surface.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/who-s-the-greatest-clay-courter-of-them-all-chris-evert-or-rafa-nadal|title=Who's the greatest clay-courter of them all – Chris Evert or Rafa Nadal?|last1=Tignor|first1=Steve|work=[[Tennis (magazine)|Tennis]]|date=25 May 2017|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> Due to her composure, mental toughness, and elegant style of play, Evert was known as the "Ice Princess".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jun/30/the-greatest-chris-evert-us-revolutionary-who-helped-shape-modern-tennis|title=The Greatest: Chris Evert – US revolutionary who helped shape modern tennis|work=[[The Guardian]]|author=Tumaini Carayol|date=30 June 2020|access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Before she won her first [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] event, Evert signed a contract with Puritan Fashions to endorse a line of [[Sportswear (activewear)|sportswear]].<ref>{{cite news|author1=Judy Klemesrud|title=Chris Evert Tennis Togs: Netting a Bundle at Age 18|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/13/archives/chris-evert-tennis-togs-netting-a-bundle-at-age-18-50000-a-year.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|page=18|date=January 13, 1973}}</ref> Company president Carl Rosen thought so highly of her that he named a yearling [[racehorse]] Chris Evert in her honor. The horse went on to win the 1974 [[Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing|U.S. Filly Triple Crown]], was voted the [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Filly]], and was inducted into the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]].

In the 1970s, Evert's romance with the top men's player [[Jimmy Connors]] captured the public's imagination, particularly after they both won the 1974 singles titles at Wimbledon. Evert and Connors also occasionally played mixed doubles together. They became engaged when she was 19 and a wedding was planned for November 8, 1974. The romance did not last, and the wedding was called off. In May 2013, Connors wrote in his autobiography that Evert was pregnant with their child and she decided to [[Abortion|terminate the pregnancy]]. Evert replied that she was "extremely disappointed that he [Connors] used the book to misrepresent a private matter".<ref>{{cite book|first=Jimmy|last=Connors|title=The Outsider|year=2013|publisher=Bantam/HarperCollins|location=New York|isbn=9780593069271|pages=132–133}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Jimmy|last=Connors|title=Today Show Interview|date=May 10, 2013 |url=http://www.today.com/news/jimmy-connors-chris-evert-abortion-we-were-young-1C9872997|publisher=NBC News Today Show|access-date=6 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chase|first=Chris|title=Jimmy Connors implies Chris Evert was pregnant with his child|url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/05/jimmy-connors-chris-evert-pregnant/|access-date=6 September 2013|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 2, 2013}}</ref>

While playing a match at the [[1978 US Open (tennis)|1978 US Open]], a diamond line bracelet Evert was wearing, given to her by Connors, fell from her wrist to the surface of the court.<ref name="livestrong1">{{cite web|author=Carolyn Williams |url=https://www.livestrong.com/article/148725-why-are-tennis-bracelets-called-tennis-bracelets/ |title=Why Are Tennis Bracelets Called Tennis Bracelets? |publisher=Livestrong.Com |access-date=2017-12-18}}</ref><ref name="not1987">{{cite web|author=Marion Fasel |url=https://theadventurine.com/culture/jewelry-history/chris-evert-tells-us-the-true-story-of-her-tennis-bracelet/ |title=The True Story of Chris Evert's Tennis Bracelet |publisher=theadventurine.com |access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> She said about this, "I dropped my tennis bracelet", and since then diamond line bracelets have also been called "tennis bracelets".<ref name="livestrong1"/><ref>Many sources date the incident to 1987.</ref>

[[File:John Lloyd Chris Evert.jpg|thumb|[[John Lloyd (tennis)|John Lloyd]] and Evert in [[Fort Lauderdale]], circa 1978]]
In 1979, Evert married British tennis player [[John Lloyd (tennis)|John Lloyd]] and changed her name to Chris Evert Lloyd. After her affair with British singer and actor [[Adam Faith]], the couple separated,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1117876.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829190829/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1117876.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 29, 2008|title=Adam Faith|date=March 10, 2003|location=London, UK|work=The Times|first=Fiona|last=Hamilton}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00014187.html|title=ESPN.com: Evert: grit, grace and glamour|publisher=Espn.go.com|access-date=2014-06-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Reed|first=Susan|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20087089,00.html|title=The Evert Lloyds: Advantage, Adam Faith|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=1984-02-20|access-date=2014-06-30|archive-date=November 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112045445/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20087089,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> but reconciled and chronicled their marriage in a biography ''Lloyd On Lloyd'' co-authored by [[Carol Thatcher]].<ref>Lloyd on Lloyd. Chris Evert & John Lloyd with Carol Thatcher. Beaufort Books 1986. {{ISBN|978-0-8253-0374-6}}</ref> The couple divorced in April 1987.<ref>{{cite magazine|author1=Dave Scheiber|title=Turning pain into gain|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=May 11, 1978|volume=66|issue=19|pages=93–94|url=https://www.si.com/vault/issue/702447/121/2}}</ref>

In 1988, Evert married American downhill skier [[Andy Mill]], who had been introduced to her by [[Martina Navratilova]]. They have three sons. On November 13, 2006, Evert filed for divorce. The divorce was finalized on December 4, 2006, with Evert paying Mill a settlement of US$7 million in cash and securities.<ref>[http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-125evertdivorce,0,3977477.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines Sun-Sentinel.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206184252/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-125evertdivorce%2C0%2C3977477.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines |date=December 6, 2006 }} Chris Evert divorce calls for tennis great to pay hubby $7&nbsp;million, December 5, 2006.</ref>

On June 28, 2008, Evert married her third husband, Australian golfer [[Greg Norman]] in the Bahamas.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wihlborg|first=Ulrica|url=https://people.com/celebrity/chris-evert-and-greg-norman-wed-in-bahamas/|title=Chris Evert and Greg Norman Wed in Bahamas|work=People|date=June 28, 2008|access-date=May 17, 2011}}</ref> On October 2, 2009, they announced they were separating after 15 months. Their divorce was finalized on December 8, 2009.<ref name=elle>{{cite magazine|author1=Steve Friedman|title=A Separate Peace|url=http://www.elle.com/life-love/sex-relationships/advice/a2463/chris-evert-marriages/|magazine=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|date=August 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Greg Norman, Chris Evert finalize divorce in secret|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norman-divorce-idUSTRE60B0VH20100112|work=Reuters|date=January 12, 2010}}</ref>

In 2021, Evert became a supporter of the new Women's Sports Policy Working Group,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://womenssportspolicy.org/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Womessportspolicy.org|access-date=May 14, 2023}}</ref> formed in opposition to President [[Joe Biden]]'s executive order that mandates blanket inclusion for all transgender female athletes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2021/02/01/group-protect-womens-sports-accommodate-transgender-athletes/4345854001/|title = Sports leaders seek to protect women's sports while accommodating transgender girls and women|website = [[USA Today]]}}</ref>

Evert's sister, [[Jeanne Evert|Jeanne]], died of [[ovarian cancer]] following a two-year illness. Chris Evert underwent a preventive hysterectomy after learning she carried the [[BRCA gene]] mutation. Cancer was uncovered in her resected fallopian tubes in 2022.<ref>[https://www.cancercenter.com/community/blog/2022/07/chris-evert-ovarian-cancer#:~:text=Jeanne%20Evert%20passed%20away%20from,Chris%20Evert%20could%20never%20imagine Death of Jeanne Evert], cancercenter.com. Accessed September 6, 2022.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/sports/tennis/chris-evert-ovarian-cancer.html|title=Chris Evert, Tennis Hall of Famer, Says She Has Ovarian Cancer|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 15, 2022|last1=Patel|first1=Vimal}}</ref> In May 2022, it was reported that Evert had completed [[chemotherapy]] treatment for her ovarian cancer. She stated her doctor told her there was a 90% chance the cancer would never return due to it being diagnosed early.<ref>{{Cite web  |title= Tennis great Chris Evert completes chemotherapy treatment for ovarian cancer |url=
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/10/tennis/chris-evert-completes-cancer-treatment-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=Cnn.com|date=May 10, 2022 }}</ref>  In December 2023, she announced she had been diagnosed with a recurrence of cancer and is undergoing treatment again.
<ref>{{Cite web  |title= Tennis Hall of Famer Evert taking break after cancer returns |url= https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/39071949/tennis-hall-famer-evert-taking-break-cancer-returns |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Cnn.com|date=December 9, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-09 |title=Hall of Famer Evert announces cancer recurrence |url=https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/39071949/tennis-hall-famer-evert-taking-break-cancer-returns |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Current work==
Evert owns the [[Evert Tennis Academy]] with her brother John in [[Boca Raton, Florida]] and helps coach the [[Saint Andrew's School (Boca Raton, Florida)|Saint Andrew's School]]'s high school tennis team. She contributes to [[Tennis (magazine)|''Tennis'' magazine]], of which she is also publisher. In June 2011, she joined ESPN as a tennis commentator for Grand Slam tournaments. In 2015, she launched a line of tennis and active apparel in collaboration with Tail Activewear called Chrissie by Tail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/profiles-strategies/2016/09/tennis-off-the-court-chris-evert-is-playing-a-new.html|title=Chris Evert goes for another win, off the court|website=Bizjournals.com|access-date=September 9, 2016}}</ref> She was also a member of the Athlete Advisory Committee for the [[2019 Aurora Games]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.syracuse.com/sports/2018/10/aurora_games_albany_to_host_all-women_international_sports_festival_in_2019.html |title= Aurora Games: Albany to host international women's sports festival in 2019| agency= Associated Press  |website=Syracuse.com|date=2019-01-29|access-date=2019-10-04}}</ref>

On June 10, 2023, Evert presented the 2023 Women's French Open Singles tournament trophy to [[Iga Świątek]] at [[French Open|Roland-Garros]]. Evert had won one of her own seven French Open titles forty years earlier in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nikolić |first=Luka |date=2023-06-10 |title=WATCH: Iga Świątek hilariously loses part of her trophy during French Open celebrations |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-iga-swiatek-hilariously-loses-part-trophy-french-open-celebrations |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.sportskeeda.com }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{Main|Chris Evert career statistics}}

===Grand Slam singles performance timeline===
{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
!Tournament!![[1971 Women's Tennis Circuit|1971]]!![[1972 Women's Tennis Circuit|1972]]!![[1973 WTA Tour|1973]]!![[1974 WTA Tour|1974]]!![[1975 WTA Tour|1975]]!![[1976 WTA Tour|1976]]!!colspan="2"|[[1977 WTA Tour|1977]]!![[1978 WTA Tour|1978]]!![[1979 WTA Tour|1979]]!![[1980 WTA Tour|1980]]!![[1981 WTA Tour|1981]]!![[1982 WTA Tour|1982]]!![[1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1983]]!![[1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1984]]!![[1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1985]]!![[1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1986]]!![[1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1987]]!![[1988 WTA Tour|1988]]!![[1989 WTA Tour|1989]]!!Career SR!!W-L
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|[[Australian Open]]}}
|A
|A
|A
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1974 Australian Open – Women's singles|F]]
|A
|A
|A
|A 
|A
|A
|A
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1981 Australian Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:#0f0;"|'''[[1982 Australian Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|A
| style="background:#0f0;"|'''[[1984 Australian Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1985 Australian Open – Women's singles|F]]
|NH
|A
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1988 Australian Open – Women's singles|F]]
|A
| style="background:#efefef;"|'''2 / 6'''
| style="background:#efefef;"|'''30–4'''
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|[[French Open]]}}
|A
|A
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1973 French Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1974 French Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1975 French Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
|A
|colspan="2"|A
|A
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1979 French Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1980 French Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1981 French Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1982 French Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1983 French Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1984 French Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1985 French Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1986 French Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1987 French Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1988 French Open – Women's singles|3R]]
|A
| style="background:#efefef;"|'''7 / 13'''
| style="background:#efefef;"|'''72–6'''
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"| [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|A
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1972 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1974 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1975 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1976 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| colspan="2" style="background:yellow;"|[[1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1978 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1979 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1980 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1981 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1982 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1983 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|3R]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1984 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1985 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1986 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1987 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1989 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:#efefef;"|'''3 / 18'''
| style="background:#efefef;"|'''96–15'''
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"| [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1971 US Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1972 US Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1973 US Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1974 US Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1975 US Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1976 US Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| colspan="2" style="background:#0f0;"|[[1977 US Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1978 US Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1979 US Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1980 US Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1981 US Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:#0f0;"|[[1982 US Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1983 US Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1984 US Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1985 US Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1986 US Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1987 US Open – Women's singles|QF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1988 US Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1989 US Open – Women's singles|QF]]
| style="background:#efefef;"|'''6 / 19'''
| style="background:#efefef;"|'''{{nowrap|101–12}}'''
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|SR
| style="background:#efefef;"|0 / 1
| style="background:#efefef;"|0 / 2
| style="background:#efefef;"|0 / 3
| style="background:#efefef;"|2 / 4
| style="background:#efefef;"|2 / 3
| style="background:#efefef;"|2 / 2
| colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;"|1 / 2
| style="background:#efefef;"|1 / 2
| style="background:#efefef;"|1 / 3
| style="background:#efefef;"|2 / 3
| style="background:#efefef;"|1 / 4
| style="background:#efefef;"|2 / 4
| style="background:#efefef;"|1 / 3
| style="background:#efefef;"|1 / 4
| style="background:#efefef;"|1 / 4
| style="background:#efefef;"|1 / 3
| style="background:#efefef;"|0 / 3
| style="background:#efefef;"|0 / 4
| style="background:#efefef;"|0 / 2
!18 / 56
!299–37
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|{{nowrap|Year-end ranking}}
!
| style="background:#9cf;"|'''3'''
| style="background:#9cf;"|'''3'''
| style="background:#0f0;"|'''1'''
| style="background:#0f0;"|'''1'''
| style="background:#0f0;"|'''1'''
| colspan="2" style="background:#0f0;"|'''1'''
| style="background:#0f0;"|'''1'''
| style="background:thistle;"|'''2'''
| style="background:#0f0;"|'''1'''
| style="background:#0f0;"|'''1'''
| style="background:thistle;"|'''2'''
| style="background:thistle;"|'''2'''
| style="background:thistle;"|'''2'''
| style="background:thistle;"|'''2'''
| style="background:thistle;"|'''2'''
| style="background:#9cf;"|'''3'''
| style="background:#9cf;"|'''3'''
| style="background:#eee8aa;"|{{nowrap|10{{efn-ua|name=Note1}}}}
!
!
|}
{{notelist-ua|refs=
{{efn-ua|name=Note1|Evert's last major appearance was at the [[1989 US Open (tennis)|1989 US Open]], at which time she was ranked world No. 4. She followed this with a 4–0 record at the 1989 Federation Cup in October.}}
}}

===Records===
* These records were attained in [[Open Era]] of tennis.
* Records in '''bold''' indicate peerless achievements.
* As Evert elected not to participate in a number of Grand Slam tournaments, the term "consecutive" is inexact. In 19 seasons of professional tennis, Evert competed in all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year only six times.

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!Time span
!Selected Grand Slam tournament records
!Players matched
|-
|1973 French Open —<br /> 1988 Australian Open||34 finals overall||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1971 US Open —<br /> 1983 French Open||34 consecutive semifinals in tournaments played*{{efn|name=SF}}||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1974 French Open —<br /> 1986 French Open||13 consecutive years of winning 1+ title||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1974 French Open —<br /> 1981 Wimbledon||[[List of Grand Slam women's singles champions#Grand Slam|3 different Grand Slam titles won without losing a set]]||[[Steffi Graf]]<br />[[Lindsay Davenport]]<br />[[Serena Williams]]
|-
|1984 French Open —<br /> 1984 Australian Open||[[Grand Slam (tennis)|Reached all four finals in a calendar year]]||[[Margaret Court]]<br />[[Martina Navratilova]]<br />[[Steffi Graf]]<br />[[Monica Seles]]<br />[[Martina Hingis]]<br />[[Justine Henin]]
|-
|1971 US Open —<br /> 1989 US Open||Reached 52 semifinals (92.8%) and 54 quarterfinals (96.4%) out of 56 Grand Slams entered||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1971 US Open —<br /> 1989 US Open|| Only player to reach singles semi-final or better in each of first six majors entered{{efn|name=both}}||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1974 Australian Open —<br /> 1985 US Open||Only player to reach singles semifinals of all four majors in the same calendar year five times||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1973 French Open —<br /> 1988 Australian Open||Only player to reach five consecutive finals of each major||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1976 Wimbledon —<br /> 1976 US Open||100% (13–0) match winning percentage in 1 season ||Margaret Court<br />[[Billie Jean King]]<br />Steffi Graf<br />Monica Seles<br />[[Serena Williams]]
|}

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!Grand Slam tournaments
!Time span
!Records at each Grand Slam tournament
!Players matched
|-
|French Open||1974–1986||7 titles overall||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|French Open||1973–1986||[[List of French Open Singles Finals appearances#Women|9 finals overall]]||[[Steffi Graf]]
|-
|French Open||1983–1986||[[List of French Open Singles Finals appearances#Women's most consecutive finals|four consecutive finals]]||[[Martina Navratilova]]<br />Steffi Graf
|-
|Wimbledon||1973, 1978–1980,<br />1982, 1984, 1985||[[List of Wimbledon Singles Finals appearances#Women|7 runner-up finishes]]||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|US Open||1975–1982 ||6 titles overall<ref name="USO titles">{{cite web|title=US Open Most Championship Titles Record Book |url=http://www.usopen.org/pdf/Record_Book_Most_Championship_Titles.pdf |access-date=August 26, 2012 |publisher=US Open |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913191148/http://www.usopen.org/pdf/Record_Book_Most_Championship_Titles.pdf |archive-date=September 13, 2011 }}</ref>||[[Serena Williams]]
|-
|US Open||1975–1978||Four consecutive titles<ref name="USO titles"/>||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|US Open||1975–1979||31 consecutive match wins<ref name="USO records">{{cite web|title=US Open Singles Record Book |url=http://www.usopen.org/pdf/Record_Book_Singles_Records.pdf |access-date=August 26, 2012 |publisher=US Open |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906233151/http://www.usopen.org/pdf/Record_Book_Singles_Records.pdf |archive-date=September 6, 2012}}</ref>||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|US Open||1975–1979||46 consecutive sets won<ref name="USO records"/>||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|US Open||1975–1977||Won US Open on clay||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|US Open||1975–1978||Only female player to win titles on two different surfaces||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|US Open||1975–1980||[[List of US Open Singles Finals appearances#Women's most consecutive finals|6 consecutive finals]]<ref name="USO records"/>||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|US Open||1971–1986||16 consecutive semifinals<ref name="USO records"/>||'''Stands alone'''
|-
|US Open||1976–1978 ||[[List of Grand Slam women's singles champions#Grand Slam|3 titles won without losing a set]]||Serena Williams
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|US Open||1971–1989||89.38% (101–12) match winning percentage<ref name="USO records"/>||'''Stands alone'''
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|Australian Open||1984, 1988||Won title on grass and reached final on hard||'''Stands alone'''
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|Australian Open||1974–1988||[[List of Australian Open Singles Finals appearances#Women|14 year gap between first and last finals]]||Serena Williams<br />[[Venus Williams]]
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{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
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!Time span
!Other selected records
!Players matched
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|1971–1988||122 titles outdoor (Open era)||'''Stands alone'''
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|1971–1988||70 clay-court titles (Open era)||'''Stands alone'''
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|1974–1979||125 consecutive clay-court match victories{{Efn|name=streak}}||'''Stands alone'''
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|1972–1988||17 consecutive years ranked inside the top 3||'''Stands alone'''
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|1976–1986||8 Fed Cup titles||'''Stands alone'''
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|1972–1989||94.28% (316–20) clay-court match percentage{{Efn|name=both}}||'''Stands alone'''
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|1971–1984||First player to reach 1000 career match wins{{efn|name=both}}||'''Stands alone'''
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|1971–1989||First player to reach 150 career tournament wins{{Efn|name=both}}||'''Stands alone'''
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|1971–1976||First female to reach one million dollars in career prize money||'''Stands alone'''
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Tennis}}
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* [[WTA Tour records]]
* [[List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players]]
* [[List of female tennis players]]
* [[List of tennis rivalries]]
* [[Tennis records of the Open Era – Women's singles]]
* [[Open Era tennis records – women's singles]]
* [[Tennis performance timeline comparison (women)|Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final]]
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==Notes==
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{{efn|name=no1|Fourth all-time behind [[Steffi Graf]] (377), [[Martina Navratilova]] (332), and [[Serena Williams]] (309).}}
{{efn|name=SF|Evert's consecutive Grand Slam semifinals record was attained in non-consecutive Grand Slam tournaments; she skipped 14 Grand Slam tournaments during her streak. [[Martina Navratilova]] holds the all-time consecutive Grand Slam semifinals record at 18.}}
{{efn|name=both|Evert reached the semifinals or better in her first 6 Australian Opens, 12 French Opens, 11 Wimbledon Championships, and 16 US Opens. All-time record for both male and female players.}}
{{efn|name=streak|This is the all-time record for consecutive match victories on a single surface for both male and female players.}}
}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |author1=Amdur, Neil |author2=Evert, Chris |title=Chrissie, My Own Story |publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=New York |year=1982 |isbn=0-671-44376-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/chrissiemyownsto0000ever }}
* {{cite book |author=Howard, Johnette |title=The Rivals: Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova: Their Epic Duels and Extraordinary Friendship |publisher=Broadway |location=New York |year=2006 |isbn=0-7679-1885-1 }}
* {{cite magazine |last=Wind |first=Herbert Warren |author-link=Herbert Warren Wind |date=October 13, 1986 |title=The Sporting Scene: Mainly about Chris Evert Lloyd |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |volume=62 |issue=34 |pages=117–145 }}

==External links==
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* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|christine-marie-evert-mill}}
* [https://texasarchive.org/2016_00223?b=608&e=707 Chris Evert interviewed by KHOU in 1971] from [[Texas Archive of the Moving Image]]
* {{IMDb name|id=0263708|name=Chris Evert}}

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