Tennis

Martina Navratilova

full name:	Martina Navratilova
bio:	former World No. 1 woman tennis player
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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.
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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.