Martina Navratilova was a better tennis player than Chris Evert, ergo Navratilova should have earned more.
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The legendary Czech Martina Navratilova tops the list with 167 titles, ahead of American Chris Evert with 154.
Carl named the horse Chris Evert, after the tennis champion with whom he developed a line of licensed clothing.
His wife Chris Evert watched his every shot, and Norman said her constant presence on the course was a big help.
Or the epic women's singles final in 1986 when Chris Evert won a record seventh title, beating her old foe Martina Navratilova.
He passes the record of 28 straight wins set by Bjorn Borg between 1978-81, and equals the overall tournament record set by Chris Evert.
Sharapova was the last in a long line of women's tennis prodigies, going back to Jennifer Capriati, Steffi Graf, Tracy Austin and Chris Evert.
When Carl died, Andrew got his horses including Chris Evert's offspring.
We've got Chris Evert -- my gosh. (Applause.) And many, many others -- the Harlem Globetrotters are here. (Applause.) You can do an obstacle course.
Chris Evert, an 18-time grand slam champion, has served love games to two fellow professionals -- Jimmy Connors and John Lloyd -- only for cupid to return a double fault.
Saturday's victory ensured Sharapova became just the 10th female player to complete a career grand slam to emulate the the likes of greats such as Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert and Serena Williams.
After winning Wimbledon and the US Open last year, Williams' total of grand slam titles is only three fewer than Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, who together are second on the all-time list behind Steffi Graf with 22.
Williams, who will start her 124th career week at No.1 on Monday, beat Chris Evert's record of 27 years ago when she reached the top at the age of 30 and 11 months -- six months younger than her successor.
Connors had already taken a public scolding for a personal detail in his book about his youthful relationship with the great women's champion Chris Evert, and there was something very Connors-ian about this episode, the barreling forward, and to heck with the blowback.
That's what will determine whether she goes down as auto racing's version of Chris Evert, a multiple champion whose popularity and endorsement opportunities lasted long past her playing days, or of Tracy Austin, who had just a brief run as the world's top-ranked female player before faltering.
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