| 1 | PRESENTATION |
Navratilova, Martina (1956 -), American tennis player of Czechoslovakian origin.
Martina Navratilova has won 354 titles (record) during his career (167 singles, 177 doubles and 10 mixed doubles), including 59 Grand Slam tournaments (18 singles, 31 doubles and 10 mixed doubles) and 7 Masters.
| 2 | SPECTACULAR STYLE AND UNPUBLISHED |
Born in Prague (Czechoslovakia), Martina Navratilova begins on the professional circuit in 1973. She won her first tournament the following year and reached for the first Once the final of a Grand Slam in 1975 at the Australian Open (event she won 3 times in the 1980s). In the mid-1970s, his spectacular style and unorthodox denotes and brought women's tennis into a new era: left-handed, they played tennis naturally led to the attack and the game on the fly and it is also one of the first players use graphite racquets (which replace the wooden bats) and following a rigorous and intensive physical training.
The year 1978 marked a turning point in the career of Martina Navratilova: She won her first Grand Slam tournament of the International Great Britain (the first of her nine singles victories on grass at Wimbledon) and reached the top spot in world ranking (position she held for 331 weeks between 1980 and 1987). In 1981, she obtained American citizenship after six years in the United States. From 1975 to about 1985, it maintains an intense - and highly publicized - sporting rivalry with American Chris Evert-Lloyd. Then the advent of younger players resolutely "aggressive" in their game, such as Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and Gabriela Sabatini, confirms the decisive influence of Martina Navratilova on the technical and stylistic evolution of women's tennis. Besides his victories in Australia and Great Britain, Martina Navratilova also binds International U.S. (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987) and France (1982, 1984).
| 3 | A COMPLETE PLAYER |
In 1994, Martina Navratilova became president of the WTA (Women Tennis Association, or Association of professional tennis players) and put an end to his career individual. Excellent doubles player (double women's and mixed doubles), but continues to play at the highest level in this discipline and still won many titles, got to the last mixed doubles at the U.S. Open in September 2006.
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