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50 free Chris Evert trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Chris Evert reached the semifinals or better in 52 of the 56 majors she played, won at least one Grand Slam title for 13 straight years and put together a 125-match winning streak on clay that no man or woman has come close to. She did it from the baseline with a two-handed backhand, a stroke that was unusual when she arrived and standard by the time she left. This quiz covers the numbers (the 18 majors, the seven French Opens, the 260 weeks at No. 1), the rivalry with Martina Navratilova that produced 80 matches and a lasting friendship, and the life around the tennis: the engagement to Jimmy Connors, the racehorse named after her, the marriages to a British player, a downhill skier and a golfer, and the ESPN career that followed. The expert questions go deep into specific finals, streak-enders and the one journalist who refused to rank her No. 1. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play it in one go or print it for a quiz night.
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Q 01Chris Evert represented which country?
United States
She helped the US win the Fed Cup eight times and played her last match in the 1989 final.
Q 02Who was Evert's greatest rival?
Martina Navratilova
Between them they held the No. 1 ranking for 592 of the first 615 weeks it existed.
Q 03On which surface was Evert most dominant?
Clay
Her 382–22 record on the surface, a 94.6% win rate, is still a WTA Tour record.
Q 04Evert's calm demeanour on court earned her which nickname?
Ice Maiden
She was also called the Ice Princess; the Hall of Fame later described her game as a 'human backboard'.
Q 05Which stroke did Evert help make standard on the women's tour?
Two-handed backhand
She played almost entirely from the baseline in an era when serve-and-volley was the dominant style.
Q 06Evert was engaged in 1974 to which men's tennis star?
Jimmy Connors
A wedding was set for November 8, 1974; it was called off and they occasionally played mixed doubles together instead.
Q 07Which network did Evert join as a tennis analyst in 2011?
ESPN
She joined ESPN's tennis coverage in 2011; she has also been publisher of Tennis magazine and runs an academy in Boca Raton with her brother John.
Q 08In which Florida city was Evert born?
Fort Lauderdale
Her first senior tournament was in her home town in 1969, where she reached the semifinals aged 14.
Q 09How many French Open singles titles did Evert win?
7
The record stood for 27 years until Rafael Nadal passed it in 2013; it remains the women's record.
Q 10How many Grand Slam singles titles did Evert win in total?
18
Seven French, six US, three Wimbledon and two Australian, from a record 34 finals.
Q 11Which golfer did Evert marry in 2008?
Greg Norman
They announced a separation after 15 months and were divorced by December 2009.
Q 12Who broke Evert's record of seven French Open singles titles in 2013?
Rafael Nadal
Nadal also passed her record of ten clay-court major titles when he won his 11th French in 2018.
Q 13The Hall of Fame described Evert as a 'human' what?
Backboard
She rarely hit many winners, instead returning everything with accuracy and keeping errors to a minimum.
Q 14In which year did Evert retire from the professional tour?
Q 21Evert was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in which year?
1995
She was only the fourth player ever elected unanimously.
Q 22Which two majors did Evert win in 1974, her first Grand Slam titles?
French Open and Wimbledon
She had been runner-up at both the year before, and finished 1974 with a 100–7 record.
Q 23How many times did Evert win the WTA Tour Championships?
Four
Her 1976 loss in that event's final to Evonne Goolagong Cawley was one of only 13 defeats to the Australian in 39 meetings.
Evert completed the career Grand Slam by winning which tournament in 1982?
1989
She left with 157 singles titles, then a record for any player, male or female.
Q 15How many Wimbledon singles titles did Evert win?
Three
Grass was Navratilova's territory; their 1978 Wimbledon final is still rated one of the best ever played there.
Q 16Evert married which British tennis player in 1979?
John Lloyd
She played as Chris Evert Lloyd until their 1987 divorce; their marriage was chronicled in a book co-written by Carol Thatcher.
Q 17Evert's record as oldest WTA No. 1 was broken in 2013 by whom?
Serena Williams
Evert regained the top spot in November 1985 at 30 years and 11 months.
Q 18Evert served eleven years as president of which body?
WTA
She was also the very first No. 1 when the association's computer rankings began in November 1975.
Q 19How many times was Evert the year-end world No. 1?
Seven
Five in a row from 1974 to 1978, then again in 1980 and 1981.
Q 20Evert's career singles match win rate was roughly what?
90%
1,309 wins against 146 losses, second in the Open Era for either sex.
Australian Open
She beat Navratilova in three sets on grass, a rematch of the previous year's final which she had lost.
Q 25How many weeks did Evert spend at No. 1 in the WTA rankings?
260
Fourth-most of all time; Navratilova's 332 is the number that beat her.
Q 26Evert won how many consecutive matches on clay from 1973 to 1979?
125
She lost only eight sets in the whole run, then immediately started another streak of 64.
Q 27Who beat 16-year-old Evert in the 1971 US Open semifinal?
Billie Jean King
On the way she saved six match points against Mary-Ann Eisel; the loss ended a 46-match winning streak.
Q 28What was Evert's final head-to-head record against Navratilova?
37–43
Evert led the rivalry for its first six years; Navratilova dominated from 1979 on and led 11–3 on clay going the other way.
Q 29Evert's tennis academy, run with her brother John, is in which Florida city?
Boca Raton
Jennifer Capriati, another Floridian, broke Evert's debut-tournament record at Boca Raton in 1990.
Q 30Evert's second husband, whom she married in 1988, was a star in which sport?
Downhill skiing
Navratilova made the introduction; the couple had three sons before divorcing in 2006.