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Evert was born in 1954 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Colette (née Thompson) and Jimmy Evert, [10] and raised in a committed Catholic household. [11] She is a 1973 graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Ft. Lauderdale. [12] Evert's father was a professional tennis coach, and tennis was a way of life in his family.
John Lloyd and Chris Evert in Fort Lauderdale c. 1978. In 1979, Lloyd married the World No. 1 woman player, American Chris Evert (who became Chris Evert-Lloyd). The media-styled "golden couple" of tennis enjoyed several years in the limelight before a separation, a short-lived reconciliation, and eventual divorce in 1987.
Evert’s sister Jeanne Evert Dubin died from ovarian cancer in 2020. She shared in her op-ed for ESPN.com earlier this year that a “genetic road map” helped her detect her cancer early.
Chris Evert. Tennis legend Chris Evert announced this week that her cancer has returned.. Evert, 68, was first diagnosed with Stage I ovarian cancer in January 2022, and a year later, she in ...
Evert, who won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam doubles titles during her tennis career, further opened up about her diagnosis in a story for ESPN. She shared that she had a ...
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A New York Times story this week about tennis legend Chris Evert’s battle—twice—with ovarian cancer painted a simple and powerful picture: Fearing for her own risk after her sister died of ...
Unmatched is a documentary about tennis players Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, their decades-long on-court rivalry and lifelong friendship, created for ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary series. Evert and Navratilova met in 80 matches, 60 finals and 14 grand slam finals with Navratilova sporting a 43–37 advantage.