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  1. Oct 15, 2024 · Martina Navratilova (born October 18, 1956, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic]) is a Czech American tennis player who dominated women’s tennis in the late 1970s and the ’80s. Navratilova played in her first tennis tournament at eight years of age. A left-handed player who ranked number one in Czechoslovakia from 1972 to 1975 ...

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  2. Oct 18, 2024 · Chris Evert penned a heartfelt note to her "great friend" Martina Navratilova on her 68th birthday. Once fierce rivals who dominated women's tennis in the 1970s and 1980s, the two have since ...

  3. Oct 19, 2024 · Martina Navratilova went out for dinner with her wife Julia Lemigova and her former rival and now friend Chris Evert to celebrate her 68th birthday. Navratilova called the two her 'favorite women'.

  4. 4 days ago · This one may well stand the test of time – no man nor woman has come close to matching Martina Navratilova’s breathtaking streak that ran across almost the entirety of 1984. The 18-time Grand Slam champion not only holds the longest winning streak in professional tennis, but the season before she registered the best professional season winning percentage – 98.8% in 1983 after going 86–1.

  5. Oct 16, 2024 · By winning the 2003 Australian Open title, Navratilova completed the mixed doubles Career Grand Slam. She became only the third female player in history to achieve this. Having also completed Career Grand Slams in singles and doubles, Navratilova completed the "Career Boxed Set", only the second player in the Open Era after Margaret Court to do ...

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  7. Oct 3, 2024 · Andy Roddick praised American tennis icons Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert for their involvement in cancer research and funding through the WTA Foundation. Both Navratilova and Evert, who have ...

  8. Oct 1, 2024 · Martina Navrátilová, born Oct. 18, 1956, in Prague, Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia), is one of the greatest tennis players of all time. She won no fewer than 18 Grand Slam singles titles in her career, including a record nine titles at Wimbledon.

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