Today is Chris Evert’s birthday!

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Today, the legendary American tennis player celebrates her 66th birthday Chris Evert… Portal Editorial Board GoTennis.ru joins the numerous congratulations to Chris and wishes her good health and success in all her endeavors.

Christina Marie Evert was born on December 21, 1954 in Fort Lauderdale. She began her professional career in 1972. During her performances, she won 157 WTA singles and 32 doubles tournaments, while earning $ 8.895 million in prize money.

Evert won eighteen Grand Slam tournaments in singles, while completing the career Grand Slam. In November 1975 she became the first in the history of the WTA world ranking leaderafter spending a total of 260 weeks in the status of the first racket of the world.

During her career, the American played 1454 matches, while scoring 1309 victories. Her 90.05 win rate is an Open Era record for both women and men.

In 1989, Chris Evert completed her professional career. Later she worked at the WTA, and was also engaged in coaching activities. Today, the American regularly comments on Grand Slam matches for various American television channels.In the meantime, there is no need to worry about it. ”

In 1995, Evert was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and later received the Philippe Shatrie award for achievements in the development of world tennis.

Evert is currently commenting for Eurosport.

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