Martina Navratilova This article or section does not cite its references or sources. You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Martina Navrátilová Country United States Residence Nokomis, Florida Date of birth 18 October 1956 Place of birth Řevnice, Czechoslovakia Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Weight 65 kg (145 lb) Turned Pro 1975 Plays Left Career Prize Money $21,400,871 Singles Career record: 1440-213 Career titles: 167 (1st in overall rankings) Highest ranking: No. 1 Grand Slam results Australian Open W French Open W Wimbledon W U.S. Open W Doubles Career record: 667-102 Career titles: 175 Highest ranking: No. 1 Martina Navrátilová listen (help·info) (Born October 18, 1956, in Řevnice, near Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former World No. 1 woman tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, she defected to the United States in 1975 and became a U.S. citizen in 1981. During her career she won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and 40 Grand Slam doubles titles (31 women's doubles and 9 mixed doubles). She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon a record 9 times. She is considered one of the greatest players of all time.
She was born Martina Šubertová in 1956. Her parents divorced when she was three, and in 1962 her mother Jana married Miroslav Navrátil, who became her first tennis coach. Martina then took the name of her stepfather (adding the feminine suffix "ová").
