Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova: Biography in Details

Who is Martina Navratilova?

Martina Navratilova is a six-time Wimbledon champion. She is an eminent tennis player and coach.

Martina has also authored a series of fiction and is active in the gay rights movement.

Who are the parents of Martina Navratilova?

Martina Navratilova was born Martina Šubertová on October 18, 1956, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She is a  Libra.

Her father is Mirek Subert, who was a professional ski instructor. Mr. Subert committed suicide when she was just 9. Her mother, Jana Navratilova is an accomplished gymnast, tennis player, and ski instructor.

Martina Navratilova has a sister, Jana Navratilova, and an older half-brother.

Martina Navratilova’s parents divorced when she was three,  her mother remarried a man named Mirek Navrátil. Navratilova eventually adopted her stepfather’s last name, tweaking it slightly by adding a feminine “ova” at the end.

Navratilova and her new father grew close, and Mirek became her first tennis coach.

Martina Navratilova: Profession, Career, Achievements

Martina Navratilova began playing tennis at a young age and was one of the top female tennis players in the world in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

She was hitting tennis balls off a cement wall at the age of 4. However, by age 7, she was playing regularly, working with Mirek, and spending hours on the court each day, working on her strokes and footwork.

Martina Navratilova began taking lessons from Czech champion George Parma, who further refined the young player’s game.

When she was 15, she won the Czech national championship. In the year 1973, she turned pro and began competing in the United States.

She won her first Grand Slam tournament with a victory over American Chris Evert at Wimbledon in 1978. Martina was the most dominant player in women’s tennis in the year 1980.

Martina Navratilova captured both the Wimbledon and the French Open crowns and would go on to lose only six matches from 1982 to 1984. She retired from singles play in 1994 but continued to play in doubles matches.

Women’s Sports Foundation declared her sportswoman of the year consecutively from 1982 to 1984.

Writer

Martina Navratilova published an autobiography, co-written with The New York Times sports columnist George Vecsey, titled Martina in the U.S. and Being Myself in 1985.

She co-wrote a tennis instruction book with Mary Carillo in 1982, entitled Tennis My Way. She wrote three mystery novels with Liz Nickles

• The Total Zone 1994
• Breaking Point 1996
• Killer Instinct 1997

Martina Navratilova: Awards

Martina Navratilova won the prestigious Flo Hyman Award instituted by the Women’s Sports Foundation. She shattered Helen Wills Moody’s record after winning her ninth Wimbledon singles championship.

She won her WTA’s David Gray award in the year 1996. Martina became the Wimbledon champion during 1978-79 And also became the Australian Open champion in 1981.

She was WTA Team of the Year yet again from 1981-89 along with Pam Shriver.

Martina and Life

Martina Navratilova gave an interview to New York Daily News sports reporter Steve Goldstein, coming out as bisexual and revealing that she had a sexual relationship with Rita Mae Brown.

Martina and Cancer

Navratilova revealed that she had breast cancer. After 6 months of treatment, she became cancer-free.

Sadly, 18-time Grand Slam Singles Champion Martina Navratilova was diagnosed with throat and breast cancer in January 2023.

As she gets ready to “fight with all that she has,” Navratilova said that both malignancies have been found at an early stage.

How much is the net worth of Martina Navratilova?

Martina Navratilova has an estimated net worth of around $25 Million US as of 2023. Her earnings as a tennis coach are $40,969 US and above.

Body Measurements

Martina Navratilova is a blonde with blue eyes height 5 feet 8 inches and weighs 64 kg.

Social Media

Martina Navratilova has around 443.2K followers on Twitter, and about 62.8K on Instagram, which is more than on Facebook.

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