Chris Evert has come to Elena Rybakina's defense after the Kazakh's French Open press conference as the American tennis icon ...

By Cindy Shmerler When Chris Evert arrived in Paris for the 1973 French Open, she was an 18-year-old making just her second ...

We are about to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1974 French Open, the one which welcomed 18-year-old Bjorn Borg and 19-year-old Chris Evert to the winner’s circle. It’s not as if tennis didn ...

On the 50th anniversary of their 1974 Roland Garros victories, the sport is still feeling the effects of their teen coup.

Bjorn Borg and Chris Evert ... now.” Tennis had turned professional six years earlier but this was the tournament that really heralded a new era in the sport. Both Borg and Evert – who are ...

Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle once said, “Jimmy Evert is legendary and having him at the tennis center brings prestige to the city.” It made him so nervous to be present for Chris Evert’s ...

Hall of Famer Chris Evert tells the AP she thinks Iga Swiatek could surpass her record of seven French Open titles PARIS -- No less an authority on clay-court tennis than Chris Evert thinks her ...

He became a fixture at Holiday Park -fittingly renamed the Jimmy Evert Tennis Center in 1997.The Everts raised their five children (Drew, Chris, Jeanne, John and Clare) in Fort Lauderdale.

Tennis legend Chris Evert has no doubt of that! Swiatek has arrived in the French capital and can become the first woman since Serena Williams in 2013 to win titles in Madrid, Rome, and Paris.

PARIS (AP) — No less an authority on clay-court tennis than Chris Evert thinks her record of seven French Open championships could be surpassed by Iga Swiatek. “Absolutely,” Evert ...