1956- . Czech tennis player, who became a
naturalized US citizen 1981. The most
outstanding woman player of the 1980s, she
has 52 Grand Slam victories, including 18
singles titles. She has won the Wimbledon
singles title nine times, including six in
succession 1982-87. Navratilova was born in
Prague, Czechoslovakia. She won her first
Wimbledon title in 1976 (doubles with Chris
Evert). Between 1974 and 1988 she won 52
Grand Slam titles (singles and doubles),
second only to Margaret Court. Her first
Grand Slam win was mixed doubles at the 1974
French Championship (with Ivan Molina,
Colombia). CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Wimbledon
singles: 1978-79, 1982-87, 1990
doubles: 1976, 1979, 1981-84, 1986
mixed: 1985
US Open
singles: 1983-84, 1986-87
doubles: 1977-78, 1980, 1983-84, 1986-89
mixed: 1985, 1987
French Open
singles: 1982, 1984
doubles: 1975, 1982, 1984-88
mixed: 1974, 1985
Australian Open
singles: 1981, 1983, 1985
doubles: 1980, 1982-85, 1987-89