Als 19-Jährige gewann sie 1974 die French Open und Wimbledon, erreichte das Finale in Australien, stand bei den US Open erneut im Semifinale und übernahm die Weltranglistenführung.
1 ranked under-14 girl in the United States. Of particular note is that Evert skipped the French Open during these years (as well as 1976) to play in King's A new rival to Evert's domination of tennis emerged on the scene in the second half of the 1970s in the form of Though successful on all surfaces, it was on clay courts where Evert was most dominant. "Chrissie The Great: Match Results and Records".

1 singles players(year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w))current No. SR=strike rate (events won/competed) To date we’ve raised over $26 million thanks to donors like you. Chris Evert ihrerseits legte eine mehrmonatige Pause ein und stand, frisch verheiratet, kurz vor dem Ende ihrer Karriere.

Schon 1973 begann eine weitere Rekordserie. Beginning in August 1973, she won 125 consecutive matches on clay, losing only eight sets throughout; a run which continues to stand as the benchmark among both men and women players.Evert's record of seven French Open singles titles stood for 27 years until being broken in June 2013 by Rafael Nadal.

Evert began taking tennis lessons from her father Jimmy Evert when she was five years old. Evert defeated Navratilova in the semifinals of the US Open (1975), Wimbledon (1976 and 1980), and the Australian Open (1988) but lost to Navratilova in the semifinals of the US Open (1981), Wimbledon (1987 and 1988), and the French Open (1987).

Abgesehen von einer kurzen Unterbrechung 1976, blieb sie bis 1978 an der Spitze der Weltrangliste. Sie stand insgesamt fünfmal an der Spitze der Tennisweltrangliste.
Doch bereits 1981 zwangen Verletzungen im Rückenbereich den Jungstar immer wieder zu größeren Spielpausen und letztlich 1984 zum Karriereende. She defeated Goolagong Cawley in a thrilling three-set final on grass and then dismantled her on clay at Forest Hills, losing just three games. 1972 verzichtete Evert auf die Australian Open und die French Open, erreichte aber in Das folgende Jahr markierte ihren endgültigen Durchbruch. Während sie bei den US Open 1978 und French Open 1979 siegte, triumphierte Navratilova in beiden Jahren in Wimbledon. Dies änderte sich 1978, als Navrátilová das Wimbledon-Vorbereitungsturnier in Eastbourne gewann und dann den Titel in Wimbledon, den sie im Jahr darauf verteidigte. 1 tennis player and this helped add to Chris’ net worth. He was a professional tennis coach who had won the men's singles title at the Canadian Championships in 1947. Sie stand insgesamt fünfmal an der Spitze der 1974 gewann Evert 56 Partien in Folge und zwischen 1974 und 1986 gewann sie jedes Jahr mindestens einen Grand-Slam-Titel. Zwischen 1973 und 1979 war Evert 125-mal in Folge auf Sand siegreich – ein bis heute unerreichter Rekord. Die Wachablösung schien besiegelt. In addition, Evert won three Grand Slam doubles titles, at the French in 1974 with Evert's overall record in Grand Slam events was 297–38 (88.7%): 72–6 at the French Open, 94–15 at Wimbledon, 101–13 at the US Open (the record for most singles match wins in history, male or female), and 30–4 at the Australian Open (never failing to reach the final and she is the only female player to have played the final on grass and hard courts). Auch Austin spielte von der Grundlinie, mit beidhändiger Rückhand, und die Konstanz und Präzision ihrer Schläge standen denen Everts in nichts nach. After this Chris continued achieving great results in various tournaments and this made her even more famous. However, Evert lost to Goolagong Cawley again in the final of the The years 1977 and 1978 saw Evert continue to dominate the women's game, winning two more US Opens, the final one played at Forest Hills on clay (1977) and the inaugural one on hard courts at Flushing Meadow (1978 - giving her the distinction as the only female player to win the US Open on two different surfaces). She also held the record for most clay court Grand Slam titles (10 with seven French Opens and all three US Opens played on clay in 1975–77) before Nadal passed her with his 11th title at the 2018 French Open.For Evert, beating Navratilova in any Grand Slam represented beating the best player, which provided her with two of her most satisfying "final time" wins: The 1986 French Open, where at the age of 31 years, she won her last Grand Slam title defeating Navratilova in three sets and the 1988 Australian Open where she handily dispatched Navratilova in the semifinals in two sets to reach her 34th and last Grand Slam final at age 33. Nach dem jeweiligen Verzicht auf die Australian und French Open stand Evert 1977 nur im Halbfinale von Wimbledon und verteidigte ihren US-Open-Titel. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011.