#9 Chris Evert vs Martina Navratilova, the epic battle: Martina Navratilova def Chris Evert 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 1978 ladies final
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The two best players in women's tennis faced off in the 1978 final when Martina Navratilova battled Chris Evert. For a big part of the 1970s and 1980s, the two ladies ended up facing each other in 60 tournament finals; close to three finals a year.
As a result, one could be forgiven for thinking that there were only two players in women's tennis.
The 1978 final, though, was the best of all. Evert took the attack to Navratilova early in to try and wrest the initiative, but Martina, just a couple of years younger had the mental resources to fight back.
After being hammered 6-2 in the first set, Martina hit back in the second set to take it 6-4. In the third whilst Evert was tiring she was not the one to let and the ladies took it as long as they could till Navratilova broke Evert to take the 3rd set 7-5 and win her first ever Grand Slam. She went on to win 18 in all.
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