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Martina Navratilova(I)

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Martina Navratilova
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Martina Navratilova is a Czechoslovak-born American former professional tennis player and coach.

When Navratilova was four, she was hitting a tennis ball off a concrete wall and started to play tennis regularly at age seven. In 1972, at the age of 15, Navratilova won the Czechoslovakia national tennis championship. In 1973, aged 16, she made her debut on the United States Lawn Tennis Association professional tour but did not turn professional until 1975. Although perhaps most renowned for her mastery of fast low-bouncing grass, her best early showing at majors was on the red clay at the French Open, where she would go on to reach the final six times.

Navratilova won her first professional singles title in Orlando, Florida in 1974, at the age of 17.

Navratilova won her first major singles title at Wimbledon in 1978, where she defeated Chris Evert in three sets in the final and captured the world No. 1 ranking for the first time on the WTA computer, a position she held until Evert took it back in January 1979. Navratilova successfully defended her Wimbledon title in 1979, again beating Evert in the final in straight sets, and earned the World No. 1 ranking at the end of the year for the first time. In 1981, Navratilova won her third major singles title by defeating Chris Evert in the final of the Australian Open. Navratilova also defeated Evert to reach the final of the US Open, where she lost a third set tiebreak to Tracy Austin. Navratilova won both Wimbledon and the French Open in 1982.

From 1982 through 1990, she reached the Wimbledon final nine consecutive times. She reached the US Open final five consecutive times from 1983 through 1987 and appeared in the French Open final five out of six years from 1982 through 1987.

She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000.
BornOctober 18, 1956
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    Sean Hayes, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, and Megan Mullally in Will & Grace (1998)
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    • Martina Navratilova
    Bette Midler, Judith Light, and Ben Platt in The Politician (2019)
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    • Brigitte
    Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein in Portlandia (2011)
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    • Martina Navratilova
    TennisWorthy (2022)
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    Actress



    • TennisWorthy (2022)
      TennisWorthy
      Video
      • 2022
    • Bette Midler, Judith Light, and Ben Platt in The Politician (2019)
      The Politician
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Brigitte
      • 2019
    • Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein in Portlandia (2011)
      Portlandia
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Martina Navratilova
      • 2013
    • Sean Hayes, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, and Megan Mullally in Will & Grace (1998)
      Will & Grace
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Martina Navratilova
      • 2000

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    • Jim Henson in Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988)
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      • performer: "Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?"
      • 1988

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    • Height
      • 5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
    • Born
      • October 18, 1956
      • Revnice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
    • Spouse
      • Julia LemigovaDecember 15, 2014 - present (2 children)
    • Other works
      Print ads for Yonex Wide-Body Tennis Raquets (1989)
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      • 1 Print Biography
      • 2 Interviews
      • 5 Articles
      • 3 Pictorials
      • 4 Magazine Cover Photos

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      Oldest female to win Wimbledon at age 33 in 1990, and the oldest ever to reach a Wimbledon final at age 37 in 1994.

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      68 years old
    • When was Martina Navratilova born?
      October 18, 1956
    • Where was Martina Navratilova born?
      Revnice, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
    • What is Martina Navratilova's birth name?
      Martina Subertová
    • How tall is Martina Navratilova?
      5 feet 8 inches, or 1.71 meters

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