This section is dedicated to a growing amount of exclusive interviews and a collection of articles relevant to Chrissie's rivalries and career.

Included is an exclusive Chris Evert .Net compilation interview with Chris covering issues of today's tennis, yesterday's tennis, mental toughness, and life on the circuit. These comments are culled from many sources and are combined to create a fluidity of readability and cohesiveness. They represent a large portion of Chrissie's views on many topics.

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PART ONE of the ChrisEvert.Net Combo-Interview of Chris Evert PART TWO of the ChrisEvert.Net Combo-Interview of Chris Evert

 

The Steve Flink Zone! SPECIAL Exclusive to Chrisevert.Net: "MATCH REPORT" by Steve Flink on the 1981 Meadowlands Round-Robin classic!
Click here to read our special in-depth exclusive interview with the ultimate Evert-Historian, Steve Flink! EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH STEVE FLINK Click here for Steve Flink's 1981 article, "One Is Not Enough" about Chris wanting to be the Master of her own Game!
Then read Steve Flink's 1973 Tennis World (UK) article on Chris here. From WORLD TENNIS magazine's Dec 1989 - Chris Evert retirement issue: The Evert Era - One Last Look, here is Steve Flink's "THE WAY SHE WAS"

 

Classic interview article from April 1973 Tennis USA magazine called "Chrissie Comes Of Age", a full year before Chris won her first of 18 Grand Slams. They rightly project "fame and fortune" for young Evert.

(Chris is pictured with younger sister Jeanne on the cover)

Click for article, World Tennis 1974

Other rare press:

Mike Lupica's 1975 "The Evert Era Continues" article  

and Twenty Years Later, 1995 -

Mike Lupica's Tennis Mag article, "Martina Was Second to One" written in the year Evert was nominated to the International Hall of Fame as the sole inductee.

Two associated press articles covering Evert's win over Tracy Austin at the 1980 US Open SF and one at the 1981 Meadowlands victory, 7-6 in the 3rd.

Classic article from Tennis USA on the remarkable 1975 US Clay Courts SF comeback by Evert, down 6-7 0-5 15-40 against Nancy Richie Gunter...read about one of Chris' most memorable victories.

Click here for Set Point article on Jimmy Evert and the budding tennis family, 1973

Chris teaches readers how to hit her patented drop shot!! Click below for Chris' article written for Tennis magazine in 1978.

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Read about Chrissie On Top in the Slims circuit in 1973...

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Great Italian-language feature on Chrissie's serve from 1982 with fantastic illustations and photos!

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Camille Paglia made waves by writing a controversial editorial about her perceptions of Chris & Martina in her "Vamps & Tramps" bestselling book of pop-culture scholarly criticism.

To read Camille Paglia's writing on Chris & Martina, click here

A lovely "Farewell to Evert" French-language feature which appeared after the 1989 US Open, with a nice overview in pictures of Chris' career, on and off court.

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And now, truly a "Chrissie Classic" ...

This is the famous and much sought-after Retirement Issue from December 1989 of WORLD TENNIS Magazine, with articles from Neil Amdur, Steve Flink, and even Chrissie herself offering a journal of her last pro playing days during the 1989 Federation Cup.

We are proud to make this gem available to readers of ChrisEvert.Net.

Read Neil Amdur's "An American Original"

Read Steve Flink's "The Way She Was"

Read Chrissie's Fed Cup Farewell Journal

Read the final page editorial by a fan!

...More to come...

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