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[h3]Chris Evert emerged onto the tennis scene in 1970 at a small tournament in North Carolina. [/h3]

A year later, aged only 16, she became the youngest ever player to reach the U.S. Open semi finals.

Nick-named the ‘Little Ice Maiden’, thanks to her metronomic strokes, Evert’s two-handed backhand soon became a force to be reckoned with.

Playing as an amateur until 1973, she was the first player to reach $1 million in career prize money. Between 1973 and 1979 she won 125 consecutive matches on clay, including 24 tournaments.

Despite her flawless barrages from the backcourt, Evert’s playing was considered monotonous to many fans. She was No.1 in the world 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980 and 1981 and in the World Top Ten for a total of 17 years.

Evert was the first player to win more than 1,000 singles matches as well as 150 tournaments. Her 55-match winning streak in 1974 was an open-era record until [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/1396:0/Martina_Navratilova.htm]Martina Navratilova's[/urlnew] record of 74 in 1984. Despite competing in the 1988 Olympics, she did not win a medal.

Evert had a high profile relationship with fellow tennis star [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/1394:0/Jimmy_Connors.htm]Jimmy Connors[/urlnew] before going on to marry English player John Lloyd. The couple divorce after eight years together. She then married ex-Olympic skier Andy Mill, with whom she has three sons.

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- A readers poll in Penthouse's FORUM magazine awarded her the "loveliest legs in the world".

- By the time she had completed a 20-year career in 1989, she had won $8,896,195 in prize money and a record 157 pro singles titles.

- Inducted into the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame on August 30, for recognition as an extraordinary athlete that has contributed to the Gardens’ unique history over the past 114 years.
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Charity Jam (2005)

Wimbledon (2004)

Making of 'Wimbledon: The Movie (2004)

Hall of Fame: Golden Anniversary (2004)

A Century of Women (1994

Celebration (1981)

Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La (1973)
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