Chris Evert Biography
Chris Evert Lloyd was born Christine Marie Evert is a retired American World’s No. 1 tennis player. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships and three doubles titles. Evert was the year-ending World No. 1 singles player in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, and 1981. As of 2019, she serves as an analyst for ESPN.
Evert served as president of the Women’s Tennis Association for eleven calendar years. This is 1975–76 and 1983–91. Chris was awarded the Philippe Chatrier Award and inducted into the Hall of Fame. In later life, Evert was a coach and is now an analyst for ESPN and has a line of tennis and active apparel.
Chris career winning percentage in singles matches of 89.97% (1309–146). It is the highest in the history of Open Era tennis, for men or women. On clay courts, her career winning percentage in singles matches of 94.55% (382–22) remains a WTA record.
Chris Evert Age
Christine Marie Evert was born on December 21, 1954, in Fort, Lauderdale, Florida, the United States. She is 64 years old as of 2019. She belongs to the Luxemburgish descent. Her birth sign is Sagittarian. In addition to that, Evert is of Caucasian white ethnicity
Chris Evert Net Worth
Chris Evert has maintained a perfect bank balance from her career earnings. Her net worth in 2019 is estimated at over$16 million. Furthermore, her career prize money is reported at $8,895,195.
Chris Evert Parents
Evert was born to Colette Thompson(mother) and Jimmy Evert(father). She grew up along with four siblings. Jimmy Evert was a professional tennis coach. He had won the men’s singles title at the Canadian Championships in 1947. Evert had four siblings, two brothers, and two sisters. The ladies are Jeanne Evert and Clare Evert. Her brothers were John Evert and Drew Evert.
Chris Evert Spouse
Evert has been married thrice. She has been married to Jimmy Connors. Later she was married to John Lloyd from 1979- 1987. After divorcing, Evert was married to Andy Mill in 1988. Their love life lasted until 2006. Evert then got married to Greg Norman in 2008. It was the shortest period of their love, as it lasted only until 2009.
Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors
At the age of 16, she started dating Jimmy Connors, a former tennis player, but sadly they separated in 1974. In May 2013, Connors mentioned in his autobiography that Evert was pregnant with his child and she decided to abort the child which became the reason behind their separation.
Chris Evert Lloyd
She got married to another famous tennis player John Lloyd in 1979. Eventually, they legally separated in 1987 after living together for eight years. The reason behind their divorce was that she had an affair with British singer and actor Adam Faith.
Chris Evert and Andy Mill
After two unsuccessful relationships, Evert in 1988 tied the knot with Andy Mill. They have three sons together named: Alexander James, Nicholas Joseph, and Colton Jack. Like her previous relationships, her second marital affair could not sustain long and parted ways in 2006 with Evert paying Mill a settlement of $7 million in cash and securities.
Chris Evert Greg Norman
On June 28, 2008, she married Australian golfer Greg Norman but the couple again separated after living together for about 15 months on 8th December 2009.
Is Chris Evert in a Relationship?
Regarding her personal life, she is possibly single as of now but was previously married thrice. She has not been rumored to be in a relationship.
Chris Evert Sons
While in the relationship with Andy Mill, Evert had one son. He is Colton Jack, born on 14th June 1996. Chris also had another son with Andy Mill, Alexander James. He was born on 12th October 1991. Alexander is 27 years and is the eldest of his two brothers. All of Chris’ sons have one father, Andy Mill. His second son is Nicholas Joseph now at 25 years. Nicholas Joseph was born on 8th June 1994.
Chris Evert Tennis
She started training at an early age of five and was trained by her father. In 1971, Evert participated in Grand Slam tournaments for the first time. Three years later, in 1974, she managed to win Wimbledon Tournament and French Open.
She was named as the world’s no. 1 female tennis star in 1975. She has so far held 157 victories single victories and 29 doubles. She has won seven French Open and six U. S Open, three times Wimbledon champion, is two times Australian Open winner.
As of 2019, she is an analyst for ESPN and has a line of tennis and active apparel.
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