When Evert started playing on the Pro Tour, nearly all the top women hit a one-handed backhand slice (King and Goolagong hit both slice and topspin) to chip-an-charge to the net, or "push" ball from baseline. It was also a much weaker shot than the forehand for the top pros. And slice or underspin is not a very effective passing shot. Enter Chris Evert with her two-handed backhand. It's her best stroke (her forehand was not a liability like the backhand was for so many) and the GOAT two-hander in women's tennis. It was revolutionary and helped evolve the game as grass courts were becoming obsolete. Immediately Chrissie and her 2-hander were beating the top players from the baseline by. hitting 90% of her shots to her opponent's backhand, frustrating them and wearing them down. Common scores were like 6-4, 6-0 (lots of 2nd set. bagels). People were amazed how a skinny teenager could hit a backhand with such power and control. Martina said. after the 1st time she played Chrissie in Akron 1973, she needed cortizone shots in her shoulder for 2 months from having to hit so many backhands.

the last shot wasn't really a drop volley, it was an angle volley

senorgato70 Hope you didn't lose too much sleep over that. Still pretty great. Feel better? It must be so hard going through life (at least for your friends)...

niev300 Aw, was someone's feelings hurt because they were corrected? Sounds like you're the only one losing sleep over anything. Don't like being corrected? Then don't comment stupid sh*t. More importantly, don't be such a f*cking lowlife to try to take pot shots at someone who corrects you. Let me be very clear that I did not insult you in my comment, nearly clarifying your comment. Maybe once you're done with your time of the month, you'll re-read it and not have such a negative response.

Please re-read your rant and get help. You are WAY too invested in this...

niev300 Both of you need help. LMAO.

You must be hearing things I can't. I never heard a chair umpire call her everette. It's just the way Americans prolong and reinforce the R in Evert. UK speakers say "Evet"

Yes, you're right! Or "Ev-rit." SMH! ;)

I know - it's amazing. Watch the Evert-Navratilova 1988 Aus open semis yt video. Exactly the same thing!

i suppose it's the greater variety of the competition, the stiffer competition, the world wide sport that tennis became, the different surfaces and the year round competition that makes evert's winning percentage the greatest?.. as opposed to lenglen, wills.. i'll have to look into court's singles records and grand slam efforts more to make any sensible comment though...

Margaret Court's women's tennis record of 24 major singles titles is to some degree less impressive than it appears because approximately half of her 11 Australian Open/Australian Nationals Championship singles titles were won against local Australian competition since many of the top women's tennis players from other countries during the 1960's--early 1970's skipped the Australian Nationals Championship/Australian Open tournament because of the long flight to Australia, the expense back then of having to fly the long distance to get to Australia, and the scheduling of the tournament during the month of December so close to Christmas.

evert herself only played the australian 6 times in her entire career from 1971 to 1989.... that's alot of non showing and who knows what she could have done if she played every year or at least alot more.. this non appearing and those 3 years she didn't play the french because of wtt, who knows what evert's "real" grand slam singles total could have been?...

Court's tennis record has not been ratified by the ITF, secondly Courts career is split between the Open Era and before the Open Era and although some of her Open Era wins are impressive, the majority of them came at the beginning of the Open Era.