Athletes

One of the most decorated players in tennis, she has won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 157 professional tennis titles, and has 1,309 career wins. She won the French Open seven times, the U.S. Open six times, Wimbledon three times, and the Australian Open twice.

She was named the Greatest Woman Athlete of the Last 25 Years by the Women's Sports Foundation® in 1985, inducted into its International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 1981 and was awarded Professional Sportswoman of the Year in 1981. Evert was president of the Women's Tennis Association from 1975-76, and 1983-91, and was ranked number one eight times between 1975 and 1985. Evert received the Foundation's Flo Hyman Memorial Award in 1990.

Currently a sportscaster for NBC-TV, Evert was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in July 1995. Evert served on the Board of Trustees for the Women's Sports Foundation from 1990 - 1993. Evert, elected to the Foundation's Board of Stewards in 1993, continues to serve in that capacity. She won the Women's Sports Foundation Professional Sportswomen of the Year Award in 1981. She was inducted int the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame Comtemporary category in 1981. She now owns her own tennis academy called “The Evert Tennis Academy” in Boca Raton, FL. (8/99)