tom schmitz I think she played the year before and beat Sukova in the final. But yes, after she won the French in 86, she was never as good on clay and this whole tournament didn’t really seem to have the heart. She skipped the rest of the clay season if I remember right.

@@gstarjonny She beat Navratilova back-to-back on clay in the same tournament I believe 1987, 1988.

BeaglesRFun yes Houston 87, 3-6 6-1 7-6 and 88 6-0 6-4. Have both matches. 87 is one of my favourite matches.

@@beaglesrfun5896 in Houston,Tex in 1987:2-6,6-1,7-6(7-4) and again in Houston 1988 6-0,6-4. Evert beat Navratilova. Starting in 1985 Martina and Chris played 19 times with Evert winning 7 of those matches and Martina 12. In the 8 matches they played in slam events Evert won 3 ( two clay and one cement) Martina 5( four grass court surfaces and one clay) . They played 5 clay court matches Evert winning 4 of the 5 . So Chris dominated Martina on clay and Martina dominated on grass. Each had wins on the other players favorite surface. On cement Martina had a slight lead. In the 80 matches played Chris won 15 three set matches and Martina won 14. Clay overall: Chris 11:3

@@beaglesrfun5896at Houston.

That's what often happens in exhibitions like this. The players have the money already and there's no real incentive for them to play brilliantly.

walteryive LMAO. OK. 🙄

This is women’s clay court tennis, between two counter punchers, even in today game it’s slow