Chris Evert career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of former professional tennis player Chris Evert.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 34 finals (18 titles, 16 runners-up)

Evert played in a total of 56 grand slams in her career. From her debut as a 16-year-old at the 1971 US Open, she reached the semifinals or better in her first 34 grand slam events. Overall, she reached 54 quarterfinals, 52 semifinals, and 34 finals. Her only 2 quarterfinal losses were both at the US Open, in 1987 to Lori McNeil and in 1989, when the US Open served as her farewell from tournament play, to Zina Garrison. She lost before the quarterfinals 2 times, both in the third round, at the 1983 Wimbledon where she lost to Kathy Jordan and at the 1988 French Open where she lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Her 299 grand slam singles match wins is 3rd best in the Open Era.

Result

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

Loss

1973

French Open

Clay

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Notes:

The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
Evert retired in September 1989 after playing in the U.S Open, at which time she was ranked world No.4.

WTA singles finals

Titles: (157)

No.

Date

Tournament

Surface

Opponent

Score

Jan 1971

Virginia Slims of Fort Lauderdale, U.S.

Clay

Runner-ups: (73)

No.

Date

Tournament

Surface

Opponent

Score

Sep 1970

Carolinas International Tennis Classic, U.S.

Clay

Record against other top players

Evert's win–loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:
Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

Virginia Wade 40–6
/ Martina Navratilova 37–43Evonne Goolagong 26–13
Virginia Ruzici 24–0
Sue Barker 23–1
Betty Stöve 22–0
Rosemary Casals 22–1
Wendy Turnbull 21–1
/ Hana Mandlíková 21–7
Pam Shriver 19–3Billie Jean King 19–7
Kerry Reid 18–2
/ Manuela Maleeva 17–2
/ Helena Suková 17–2
Andrea Jaeger 17–3
Sylvia Hanika 16–1
Dianne Fromholtz 16–3
Olga Morozova 15–0
Bettina Bunge 14–0
Mima Jaušovec 14–0
Françoise Dürr 13–0
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 13–0
Bonnie Gadusek 12–0
Kathy Jordan 12–3
Carling Bassett-Seguso 9–0
Jo Durie 9–0
Kathy Rinaldi 9–0
Zina Garrison 9–2Margaret Court 9–4Tracy Austin 8–9
Barbara Potter 8–0
Mary Joe Fernández 7–0
Kathy Horvath 7–0
Lisa Bonder 7–1
Stephanie Rehe 6–0
Greer Stevens 6–1
Gabriela Sabatini 6–3
Nancy Richey 6–5Steffi Graf 6–8
Catarina Lindqvist 4–0
Kathy May 4–0
/ Jana Novotná 3–0
Nathalie Tauziat 3–0
Andrea Temesvári 3–0
Lori McNeil 3–2
Katerina Maleeva 2–0
Conchita Martínez 2–0
Kristien Shaw 2–0
// Monica Seles 2–1
Barbara Paulus 1–1Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1–1
/ Natasha Zvereva 1–1

125-match clay court winning streak from August 1973 to May 1979

1973:
*US Clay Court Championships, IN. ;
*Columbus, GA. ;
*Virginia Slims Championships, Boca Raton, FL.
1974:
*Ft. Lauderdale, FL. ;
*Sarasota, FL. ;
*St. Petersburg, FL. ;
*Family Circle Cup, SC. ;
*Italian Open, Rome ;
*French Open, Paris ;
*US Clay Court Championships, IN. ;
*Canadian Open, Toronto
1975:
*Family Circle Cup, FL. ;
*Italian Open, Rome ;
*French Open, Paris ;
*US Clay Court Championships, IN. ;
*Rye, NY. ;
*US Open, NY. ;
*Orlando, FL. ;
*World Invitational, SC.
1976:
*Family Circle Cup, FL. ;
*US Open, NY.
1977:
*Family Circle Cup, SC. ;
*US Open, NY.
1978:
*Family Circle Cup, SC.
1979:
*Fed Cup, Madrid ;
*[1979 1979 Italian Open (tennis)|Italian Open (tennis)|Italian Open], Rome

Statistics: 71 of the 258 sets were 6–0. Only 8 of the 125 matches were three-setters. From the beginning of this run, Evert did not lose a set on clay in 1973 or between 1976 and 1978. She had runs of 76, 65, and 50 consecutive sets won during the streak.