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- Chris Evert was a
- champion on the womenΓÇÖs
- tennis tour for an amazing
- 17 years. Between 1972,
- when she turned pro, and
- 1989, when she retired, Chris was never
- ranked below Number 4 in the world. During
- that time, she won 157 singles titles. Only
- Martina Navratilova won more.
-
- Chris grew up in Florida and began playing
- tennis when she was 6 years old. Her father,
- Jimmy, a tennis instructor, was her first and
- only coach. Chris was not a natural athlete,
- so she worked hard to develop her game.
-
- She was known as a baseline player, who
- consistently hit powerful and accurate
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