![]() What made their rivalry so enthralling was that they were opposites, in almost every way. Evert won 16 of their first 20 encounters but as Navratilova turned herself into a supreme athlete, the dynamic changed and she eventually ended up shading their head to heads. As the Nos 1 and 2 for most of their careers, they never ducked each other and always stood up to be counted. All the details of their 80 matches hereįor Evert and Navratilova, playing each other week in week out was just part of their life.Matches that went three sets: 29 (Evert 15-14).Grand Slam matches: 22 (Navratilova 14-8).Grand Slam finals: 14 (Navratilova 10-4).The stats concerning their rivalry are just staggering. Evert-Navratilova: The staggering statisticsĮvert’s rivalry with Navratilova spanned 16 seasons, from their first meeting in Akron, Ohio in 1973, when Evert won 7-6, 6-3, to their last, in Chicago in 1988 when Navratilova triumphed 6-2, 6-2. Nobody ever mentions that.”įor context, Djokovic and Nadal have met 56 times over a 15-year span Nadal and Roger Federer have played each other 40 times over 15 years and Djokovic and Federer have gone head to head 50 times over 15 seasons. If a man had done that, it would be mentioned all the time. So I’m like: why don’t we celebrate that? And what about Steffi (Graf), and the Golden Slam (in 1988)? I mean, Olympics and four grand slams. But it’s like, God… I mean, I think my clay court (Roland-Garros) winning seven gets more publicity than her nine Wimbledons. Nadal’s won the French Open, how many times, 13? Has anybody won a Grand Slam more than nine times? Once in a while (Navratilova’s record) will show up at Wimbledon. “I think I get more sensitive also about the fact that Martina’s won Wimbledon nine times and nobody really talks about that. It was just the principle of : if you’re going to say that, say it’s the greatest rivalry in men’s tennis. It’s nothing personal against Novak at all. I’m horrified that he might even think that. Trust me, I’m not on a vendetta against Novak. Male athletes are still more popular than than females. I think that it’s gotten so much better but it’s still hanging in the air, “(the idea that) men are still the stronger sex. I think (it’s) that stigma of ‘women need a voice’. It goes back 50 years ago, there were only men athletes out there (as a majority), only men participated in sport. “It carries over to life, carries over to the work force. “We’re still fighting for recognition as athletes,” Evert said. ![]() And in an interview with Tennis Majors, the American Evert explained why she felt that she had to make the point.
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