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"The prognosis is good," her agent Mary Greenham said in an email to NPR. In 1993, Navratilova spoke before the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation. But she's a kitten," says Chris Evert about Martina Navratilova on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. She basically said this part of my life doesn't have anything to do with me as a tennis player. In 1988, in Boca Raton, she was the first of only two players to beat Graf (2-6, 6-3, 6-1) that year, and at the US Open, she finished runner-up to her German rival (6-3, 3-6, 6-1). And what I think I have come to realise, the biggest thing for me, is just that the level of difficulty that trans people go through cannot be underestimated. [61], From 1984 to 1991, Navratilova had a long-term relationship with Judy Nelson, whom she met at a tournament in Fort Worth in 1982 (at the time Nelson was married with two children). Your email address will not be published. With a wicked serve, a rush to the net, and a ferocious volley, she was a full court drama, complete with emotional outbursts. She officially retired . In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time. A dozen years later, after winning her ninth Wimbledon, she said, "I prefer to consider my love for Wimbledon a rational reverence.". On indoor courts, however, Navratilova had a decisive 2114 lead. a tennis commentator and retired top-ranked . Her winning percentage was the best ever for a post-1968 professional tennis player. Tennis finale was no day for the underdogs, "Remembering Edberg, Graf, and British disappointment at Wimbledon 1988", "Wimbledon; An Era Ends as Graf Beats Navratilova", "1992 Tennis Jimmy Connors Martina Navratilova B", "SERENA WILLIAMS TOPS ALL-STAR LIST IN ADVANTA WORLD TEAMTENNIS PRO LEAGUE MARQUEE PLAYER DRAFT", Navratilova departs in silence after losing doubly in doubles, Martina Navratilova: 'It wasn't about the record, but no one believed me', "Navratilova's Not-So-Silent Partner Is Tough Coach Mike Estep", "Martina Done With U.s. Open, But Not With N.y.", "Navratilova no longer working with Radwanska", "Martina Navratilova stands down as Agnieszka Radwanska's coach", "Rita Mae Brown: Loves Cats, Hates Marriage", "Martina Navratilova: 'I want to save lives', "SPORTS PEOPLE: TENNIS; Game, Suit, Match", "The Sweet Story Behind Martina Navratilova's Marriage Proposal", "Martina Navratilova Marries Julia Lemigova", "Martina Navratilova weds longtime girlfriend Julia Lemigova", "Toxoplasmosis, a parasitic diseases, can be a dangerous prenatal infection", "Athletes in sports goggles a closer look", "Prescription Tennis Glasses Can You Still Play With Them? , end time: 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z, Princess Of Asturias Award For Sports 1 (singles), 18 match wins against No. 2, Chris Evert. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. When Navratilova was four, she was hitting a tennis ball off a concrete wall and started to play tennis regularly at age seven. But it was a one-way ticket, so I lost all that time with my family that I could never get back, and it was brutal," she said. She was ranked No. was going to be her swansong. Though raised on the slow clay courts of Czechoslovakia, Navratilova eschewed the polite, baseline-anchored woman's game. On this day in 1994, Martina Navratilova played her final match on the WTA Tour before making a doubles comeback in 2000. She came to the United States to play tennis and became the queen of Burger King.