Oh this is a heartbreaker. I would have loved Chris to have played Martina one last time in the semis, but it wasn't to be :( Thanks for posting this match Cindy. Truly the end of an era.

Terrific match, phenomenal athleticism and net play by Zina. Chrissie will always be my favorite for the true class act she was. Her display of sportsmanship especially in this tough defeat goes a long way. The hug in the end truly shows how much respect they had for eachother.

Zina played the perfect match for the situation. Chris didnt make the right adjustments, which was rare in her career. She (Evert) is, was the most consistent player ever to play the game.

Zina Garrison will always be one of the most intelligent tennis players in the open era.

After her great win over Seles in the 4th round Chris was unable to produce that intensity here. It would have been great to see another Evert v Navratilova in the SF but Zina played well and fully deserved this win.

Chris Evert, a great lady and a great champion.✌

If Zina had played like this more often she would have been top 4 all the time in the 80s. To be honest I don’t even think Chris played that badly, Zina could just hit any shot and won with her variety. Such a talented player and was really dangerous when she was on

One of the occasions in Zina's career when she really kept her nerve and played really intelligent tennis. Too often, she let her nerves get the better of her.

Zina was a marvelous athlete, with major wins over Evert, Navratilova and Graf. She had all the shots and one of quickest sprinters about the court, I ever saw . She deserved a better career, but those three women above, just did not share well with players without the strongest of mental games. Not a lot of opportunityfor those who transitioned from the Evert/Navratilova era, and ,once those two finally retired, were left with Graf and Seles. Winning big time matches in big time tournaments takes experience and some practice on the big stage, that few got between 1978-1994.

Zina played a tactically brilliant match. Afterwards, Zina explained her strategy was to mix it up. Chris’ take was that Zina was hitting a bunch of junk. Maybe so, but highly tactical junk.

I'm surprised Chris was up 5-2 in that first set. She lacked pace and depths on her shots, unlike her previous match with Monica and some other matches in '89 against Graf and Sabatini. But Zina did well to mix it up and come back to win the set and the match.

Great match sad to see the end of Chris Evert 's run as a player at the majors and her career.l

Zina's said that her original plan for this match was to play all out serve and volley attack, but Sherwood Stewart (her mkxed doubles partner and sometimes coach) said to her that Chris would love the consistent target and pace. Instead, they decided that Zina should give Chris a lot of junk from the baseline and just float the ball back, before working her way into the net when the time was right. The plan was to make Chris work for absolutely everything, knowing that she wasn't as consistent as she used to be. It worked well for Zina, and Chris couldn't keep her game going after going ao far ahead in that first set. Zina started to relax and Chris's game started to disintegrate.

Great match. They both play so smart. Zina with attacks on the net and Chris with precise baseline shots and great footwork.Which is remarkable as she was nearly 35 at the time. Great win for Zina (btw. Trump spotted at 18:26 :)))

From this angle from the back side.I feel like Serena playing Serve and volleyer style.

Chris Evert’s Fame was born at the Us Open and it was so sad to see her last defeat in this tournament where she “ grew up”.

Wow Gina played so well so glad to see it again now after knowing the game better.

Zina garisson is my best player...

I SAW THIS LIVE, AND LOVE TO SEE AGAIN!

Chrissie Evert's last match ended at the 1989 US Open. Her goodbye to the stadium fans was a tearful one for her as she waved goodbye for the final time. For some reason watching this video I seem to think that perhaps Chrissie had mixed emotions about winning the match. Perhaps she wasn't ready to hang up her racquet but needed to, to satisfy her spouse, Andy Mill and her closest family members to begin a new life and start a family. I never felt she was ready. She still displayed a yen for the game and enjoyed the competiveness that a match brought on and the adrenaline rush she got from winning points. Zina Garrison was playing an aggressive serve and volley game and proceeded to win most of her points at the net like a modern day Navratilova. Garrison was a fierce competitor indeed but her career standings were a disappointment. She had a very good chance to be number one along with her long time hitting partner and pal Lori McNeil. We shall never know. Thanks for posting this one. I never got see the full match only clips on the late night news since I worked during the play hours when the match was being televised.

7:50 what a shot!!chrissy youre the best!!

Chris for Ever(t)!

I can vivdly remember picking up tennis racquet at 11 yrs of age, and running over to the public tennis courts in my neighborhood, in Brookland, Washington DC..very close to Catholic University. And yea...I loved watching the personalities in the game, then...there's no comparison, from that era to this era...the game was replete with all sorts of characters...show-offs and silent assassins, alike (Mac, King, Casals, Jimmy, V. Wade, Arthur, Borg, Noah, Nasty, Ruzici, Higueras, Eddie Dibbs, Camille Benjamin, Harold Solomon...I could go on and on). But the one player that "took me to school" everytime she swung her racquet or ran down a drop shot, was Chris Evert. I have no idea, why I paid so much attention to her style of play, besides the pure, simple effectiveness of it. But I hung in there with her and her results to the last match...and I remember tearing up, when she raised her hand to wave, goodbye....I remember that, like it was yesterday.

Have you any of Zinas finals against Lori McNeil in Birmingham during the 1999s.

Zina ♡♡♡

and thats why chris was /is such a good tennis player ///she finds a way and i dont know the result but sometimes getting out if a bad game is what chris did so well

"The sun has truly set."

this is tennis !

Chris was tight after up 5-2 Zina gave her soft no pace shots that Chris when confident is thinking more clearly and remembers to hit deep. Zina was always stepping into the court and Chris was behind the baseline covering way more court. Chris was unable to put any mph to her shots. Zina had all the time in the world tojerk. Chris around.

Is there any match coverage of the 1988 Us Open semi with Chris and Steffi,cannot seem to find it anywhere.

Always wanted zina. To do good

Zina's serve looks a lot like John McEnroe's. Nice motion with disguise and a lot of spin.

off topic, but dang andy mill was GORGEOUS! ridiculously handsome.....

Zina was very talented. She was a great athlete, was explosive at the net and had a very good service motion. Unfortunately never quite had the career to match her talent level. I thought she was better than Pam Shriver for example

Who would win between Garrison and Venus/Serena?

If Zina Garrison was more consistently stronger mentally, she would have won a grand slam title. So many talented players never won a slam due to their mental toughness like Garrison and Elena Dementieva. Coincidentally, both Garrison and Dementieva won Olympic Gold medals. Garrison had it all, except consistency on mental toughness. Women's Tennis have come a long way. The improvements on prize money in every round not just winning the title have generated more mentally tough players. Truly an improvement that players like Garrison had lend a hand in.

Before everyone jumps me but Chris. Has always struggled in her quarterfinal matches at the Open having her period in which she loses her pinpoint accuracy, her mobility, and strength . Matches against jeausovec in 80 Open look at her there , same here with her face flushed. Zina would’ve won anyway because she was peaking here. The year before she beat Martina, met Martina the following year at Wimbledon beating Seles and Graf to lose to. Martina in the final.

10:40 wowowowow

I love both, but Evert repeatedly played Zina's backhand which is not her weak shot.

I did not recall that zina used so much slice ...

Painful. Chris played so tentative. May have been thinking Martina in semis or just simply off her game. Love Chris

this is tennis ballet

Zina was the original Serena!

congrats zina but my fave is always chrissy //this is the year she retired but ill tell you ,i favor her in any match i ever watch..then davenport ..chris is a great commentator now btw she gives such crisp and thought out comments and i like her that she always shows up...:)

I wish you had the entire video of this match?

Zina got creamed at Lipton 6-3 6-1 This time she was more aggressive and even down 5-2 she fought back...If this woman played like this EVERY TIME...She would have won a slam , I Love Garrisons game, I model my game after her

Jenifer capriati as well....

Zina earned that win no doubt. But I would’ve preferred Chris his final match to been Against someone capable of winning a major.. She got hot for a couple of matches but could never close the deal

Tom Brady was forced to retire by the Titans.

Is that Donald Trump at 18:26, next to Andy Mill?

So hard to believe That Chris lost to....well , you know😣

Disappointing performance by Chris on her final match. She was just done I get it but on a better day she would’ve destroyed zina

Was that Trump in Evert’s player box?

2:21

Wow! I never noticed that Donald Trump was in the audiance. at 18:24

so weird to see Donald Trump clapping at 18:26 an American icon full of humility, sportsmanship, and a true class act when he is nothing close to any those superlatives...he should watched her more, perhaps he would NOT be the orange megalomaniac he is today

Who is the idiot that said Chrissie lost because she was playing pittpaty tennis?!!!! As Chrissie aged she definitely hit the ball harder, improved her serve and overhead and got much fitter!! The only reason it looks like weaker shots is because today's players have techniquely better racquets that produce more power!! Serena in Chrissie's era would be maybe a top ten player but not a champion!! Chrissie would have run her ragged, drop shot and topspin lobbed her to death!!

Florida miami....

the last feminin player in this sport,more than she was older more she was beauty.

take that 8:56

Chris is reacting and not creating

chrissie was doing well agaynst seles .. well first of all she counterpunches and maches seles game .. tennis is about matchups.. but here agaysnt garrison, the black tennis player kept chrissie off balance

Trumps in her box ...... that’s nuts.

Lol, is that Trump standing next to Andy Mills at 18:27?

Evert SO tanked this match, whether consciously or subconsciously; probably the only match she ever “threw” in her entire career. She (understandably) did not want to end her career with the potential/probable loss to Navratilova in the next round. She built a 5-2 lead in this contest playing her usual aggressive game, and then started playing glaringly obvious, stilted, patty-cake tennis. Don’t blame her. She was done with the game and had scored such a rewarding victory by crushing young Seles the previous round. I say she looked at the big picture (sick of tennis, last tournament ever, Martina The Nemesis waiting in the semis) and said “To hell with it. I’m done.”

Chris looking very haggard here. She really didn't age well. She looks great today though! God bless plastic surgery!

once a weak player always a weak player..and palease there's no excuse here about chrissie being old.. she's just weak hitter as always that's all, and her weak hittings doesn't work no more against these younger generations, duh.. and actually she's even hittin harder in her old age but not good enuff against the likes of steffi..