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    Christine Marie Evert (born December 21, 1954), known as Chris Evert Lloyd from 1979 to 1987, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Evert won 18 major singles titles, including a record seven French Open titles and a joint-record six US Open titles (tied with Serena ...

  2. 5 days ago · July 1, 2024. Chris Evert’s schedule is packed again. Six months after announcing for the second time that she had cancer, Ms. Evert, one of the greatest champions in sports history, is back...

  3. Dec 9, 2023 · Tennis great and ESPN analyst Chris Evert announced she has been re-diagnosed with cancer and will not be part of the network’s coverage of the 2024 Australian Open.

  4. Jun 9, 2024 · Chris Evert is an outstanding American tennis player who dominated the sport in the mid- and late 1970s and remained a major competitor into the late 1980s. She was noted for her consistency, precision, poise, and grace and for popularizing the two-handed backhand stroke.

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  5. Jun 7, 2024 · She spent 260 weeks as world No 1, won 18 Grand Slam titles in all and finished with a clay-court match record of 382-22, a 94.55 percent win-rate; the best women’s clay-court player of...

    • Matthew Futterman
  6. Chris Evert won eighteen grand slam singles tournaments in her career (two Australian Opens, seven French Opens, three Wimbledon Championships, and six US Opens), and was runner-up in sixteen other finals (giving her 34 final appearances). Evert competed in 56 Grand Slam singles tournaments, reaching the semifinals or better in 52 of them.

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  8. Dec 9, 2023 · Chris Evert, 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, says she has ovarian cancer again, two years after her first diagnosis. She will undergo chemotherapy and miss the Australian Open, but hopes to play the rest of the season.