Sentences with phrase «tournament evert»

Not exact matches

What was really important was that the big three — King, Evert and Goolagong — were playing the same tournament for only the third time this year, the first two being Wimbledon and Forest Hills.

That it came down to Evert - Lloyd and her apparent clone, Austin, in the finals was not particularly surprising because the Open has been Chris» province for many years, while her chief rival, Martina Navratilova, considers the tournament her personal horror show.

Billie Jean King had won three straight tournaments, but once again her nemesis was Chris Evert, who beat her to win the Colgate