Chris Evert Fan
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I am a big Chris Evert fan. I only started watching tennis in 2004 and immediately came to love Lindsay Davenport and Roger Federer. During my third or fourth year at college, I started using YouTube to look for older tennis matches that I never had a chance to see. That's when I came across Chris Evert.
Sure, before that I had heard of her, but I didn't know much about her. After watching a number of videos, I stumbled across chrisevert.net, a valuable archive of videos, statistics, analysis, and anecdotes pertaining to Chris. More importantly, the website offers some reasons that Chris and her legacy are so important for tennis today. After that, I really became a Chris Evert fan.
I say all that to ask this question: why doesn't Chris Evert's legacy receive respect today? At the outset, I want to say that I am not defending or advocating Evert as the greatest female player of all time. While I think she is in the running for that status and that many people have solid reasons for drawing that conclusion, I myself have a couple reservations that prevent me from according her that status.
Instead, what is it about Evert's legacy that so many current tennis fans forget or even dislike? The other day, whether it was on Talk Tennis or another forum, I came across a shocking comment: no one today seriously considers Margaret Court or Chris Evert to be among the best players of all time. Yet tennis historians and authorities includes Chris in the top 10, and most of them include her in the top 3, with Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova. Steve Flink rates Evert as the third best, behind Graf and Navratilova, in that order.
Do you dislike Chris Evert and her tennis accomplishments? If so, why? If not, what legacy do you think she has left for tennis to appreciate or emulate? Just curious. Thanks for your comments!
Sure, before that I had heard of her, but I didn't know much about her. After watching a number of videos, I stumbled across chrisevert.net, a valuable archive of videos, statistics, analysis, and anecdotes pertaining to Chris. More importantly, the website offers some reasons that Chris and her legacy are so important for tennis today. After that, I really became a Chris Evert fan.
I say all that to ask this question: why doesn't Chris Evert's legacy receive respect today? At the outset, I want to say that I am not defending or advocating Evert as the greatest female player of all time. While I think she is in the running for that status and that many people have solid reasons for drawing that conclusion, I myself have a couple reservations that prevent me from according her that status.
Instead, what is it about Evert's legacy that so many current tennis fans forget or even dislike? The other day, whether it was on Talk Tennis or another forum, I came across a shocking comment: no one today seriously considers Margaret Court or Chris Evert to be among the best players of all time. Yet tennis historians and authorities includes Chris in the top 10, and most of them include her in the top 3, with Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova. Steve Flink rates Evert as the third best, behind Graf and Navratilova, in that order.
Do you dislike Chris Evert and her tennis accomplishments? If so, why? If not, what legacy do you think she has left for tennis to appreciate or emulate? Just curious. Thanks for your comments!