Tennis

full name:

Martina Navratilova

bio:

former World No. 1 woman tennis player

also known as:

family:

Her parents divorced when she was three. Her mother Jana remarried Miroslav Navrátil.

born:

October 18, 1956 in in Prague, Czechoslovakia

physical attributes:

Height: 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight: 145 lb (65 kg)
played left handed

sport:

Tennis

rep. country:

Czechoslovakia, USA

lives:

Martina defected to the US in 1975 at the age of 18, and became a U.S. citizen in 1981.

coach:

achievements:

She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 Grand Slam women's doubles titles (an all-time record), and 10 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She reached the Wimbledon singles final 12 times, including 9 consecutive years from 1982 through 1990, and won the women's singles title at Wimbledon a record 9 times

what you may not know:

• the name on her birth certificate is Martina Šubertová

• When her mother Jana married Miroslav Navrátil (who became her first tennis coach), Martina took the name of her stepfather (adding the feminine suffix "ová"), thus becoming Martina Navrátilová.

• Another female tennis star, Martina Hingis, was named after Navratilova.