The greatest winning shot ever.

Bloody hell, we were young back then! And I was still healthy. Would give anything to go back there and enjoy this match without a worry in the world!

What a wild ride back in history!!... the commercials, the format, the gear!😂😂😂...Chris was more capable than I remember (at that stage in the career) ...and Martina more vulnerable at the net than I remember?! Crazy! Thanks for posting! How the ladies game has changed!!!

The start of an insane streak of great FO finals! 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1996, 1999!!

Dick Enberg. Greatest play by play guy ever on TV.

Two of the classiest champions of all time.

Great win for Chris, the supreme champion. Thanks for the video.

L'un des plus beaux, si ce n'est LE plus beau match de tennis féminin que j'aie jamais vu. Un jeu d'un niveau stratosphérique, avec tres peu de déchet. Et une victoire méritée pour evert, bien sûr, même si navratilova était digne de gagner aussi, c'est là toute la cruauté du sport... et dans un monde meilleur, elles auraient pu se partager le titre. En fait, j'étais pour navratilova, que peu de monde en France appréciait alors, à cause de son physique et de ses mœurs - j'ai le souvenir d'un ou deux articles assez infâmes dans la presse sportive de l'époque. C'était d'autant plus dégueulasse qu'elle avait l'honnêteté de ne pas mentir là dessus, ce qui n'etait alors pas courant : total respect. On voit quand elles s'etreignent à la fin à quel point elles s'apprécient. Leur amitié est une plus belles qui aient jamais honoré le monde du sport, et leur palmarès est édifiant : en ce temps-là, il y avait elle et les autres, mais qui comptaient pour ainsi dire pour du beurre. Immenses championnes.

Chris said about this match that she'd realised that Martina's forehand actually was the more suspect of Martina's groundstrokes and so she developed a plan to hit with more topspin and height to Martina's forehand to keep her back. Certainly, forehand errors cost Martina massively in this match, at 3-3 in the final set and then on her forehand volley towards the end. In later years, players like Steffi Graf and Monica Seles would really go after Martina's forehand, knowing that it often broke down under pressure.

Great upload...thank you!!

How Chris came back serving 5-5 o-4 was miraculous. At o-40 she laid in a backhand almost mad that she let herself downs. K Chris To get into a groove to get the body moving which happens after 30 yrs old. . She took chances and aggressive in last game . She served for it at 6-5 but played not to lose instead of playing to win by being aggressive. Martina forced Chris to hit winners which made the winThe exchange at the net at 30-40 wom her the match. I nbelieve once she reached deuce she knew she could and should win leading in the match all the way till 5-5. Chris’s pride kicked in and her chin moved up after winning that point for deuce. All that pererverence paid off losing 13 matches in a row with breakthrough at Virginia slims of Florida 6-2,6-4, knowing if she was playing near her best and Martina a little off she should win. They played 5 times on clay from 85 French 86 French 87,88 Houston on clay only losing once at French sf 87, 4 time rain delay she never got into a rhythm. . At this in her career the first set was often close as it

Fantastic exiting match as always from these legends

Even includes 1985 commercials! they were much better back then!

It is a crime for NBC to edit this match by so much. NBC ripped us all off.

Maybe not the highest quality match they ever played against each other, but certainly one of the most entertaining and consequential.

What a fantastic match.

Lobbing Martina, despite here exquisite overhead, was a good idea (and who better to do it than Evert-Lloyd?). She often closed in very close to the net. Had Chris lost this match, I think she would have retired much sooner, and if this match had lasted any longer I think she would have lost it. She was totally out of gas at the end. What a match. What a win!

Chris had won 10 of the first 15 games 6-3, 4-2 up 40-15 two break points for 5-2, served for the match up6-5 and lost second set 7-6 , then up 5-3 . At 5-5 serving o-40 Martina was one point away 3 times from serving for the match. Chris had to win this match 3 times in order to make it through. The sting of losing that first set toMartina at 84 Wimbledon, sting of losing two close sets after winning the first set at 84 open had to ring in her ear. With Martina serving at 5-6 Chris gave herself permission to break and win. Had Chris won in second set people would’ve said it was a fluke. Chris had to win in a close 3 setter to believe in the future that she had the right to win. No one believed in Eve4t toppling Martina ever again after Open of 83 but Chris believed in herself.

Chris’s finest top five matches1-1985 French, 2, 1980sf over Austin, 3 1986french 4 1976 Wimbledon 5- def Seles 1989 open -Chris’s last tournament win - Uber Evert.

On the third point Chris hits a drop volley to Martina’s fore hand, a shot I haven’t seen her hit then followed it up with a fierce deep cross court backhand in corner to Martina’s fore hand, her shots are hit deeply and Chris is a slow starter. I knew we were in to a great match because Chris came ready to play. After closing the gap at previous years wimbledon winning several games in a row. When Chris starts out well and holds she can stay with her to 3-3,4-4 and that’s when her mental strength can have a chance to put her over in winning sets. Previously she started slow and often the first set warms her up to win second set only to have Martina furious with herself for not clamping down in the second. In this match she experienced a gut wrenching loss in second set after serving for it at 6-5, having had the lead the entire match. Then again up 5-3 ran out of gas to serve 5-5 0-40. Had Martina won one of the next three points she would’ve steamrolled at 6-5 such familiar memories of so many slam finals serving to win with just one service break. ( 78 w final, AO open final of 81, open Sf 81, open final 84, eastborne 79). Here Chris became fierce and at o-40- hit a severe cross court backhand winner out of sheer disgust. At 30-40 eyeball to eyeball Chris won an exchange at the net, an unlikely win against the best volleyer ever , pivoted around and her chin came up. She was back in business. After leading the entire match Chris believed for first time in a slam final since her AO open win in 82 hit 5 unbelievable winners without hesitation. Martina forced Chris to come up with winners. Chris won this match, Martina didn’t lose it. From here they played 4 more times on clay with Chris convincingly winning 3 of the 4. This was Chris’s most important win of the 80’s. Her win against Austin was the other in 1980 open. Without that Austin win , I doubt Chris would’ve played this match, perhaps retiring earlier if she had not been able to solve the Austin puzzle.

This match really the end of Martina's hyper dominance. She had lost at the Australian open at the end of 1984, but that ended a record breaking unbeaten streak and most people thought she'd get over it and get back to her dominance. Martina would never win the French open again.

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Отличный канал! Спасибо автору.

This was the last year nbc did a 90 minute tape delayed broadcast after this fiasco.

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18 Grand Slams. She'll take your comment into consideration I'm sure.

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Love Chrissie’s post match comment about Graf having enormous potential. Understatement of the decade. LOL

Evert brought a lifelong ally to this match that nobody is giving credit to. Not a coach or a family member, no Chris Evert can thank those gusty winds. Evert was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale Florida right in the Florida Keys on clay in near constant windy conditions. Billie Jean called her the best 'wind' player she ever saw and said Chris seemed to read the direction and timing of wind gusts. She hits a moderately flat hard ball, which she claims really helps in the wind because anything with much more spin or heighth over the net can be taken further off course. She lobs a lot more frequently because that very attribute makes hitting overheads very dicy. these were perfect conditions for Chris. Poor Martina was always so dependent on her serve, and high serve percentage and that wind was playing tricks with her toss all match long.

That lioness wig Chrissy 😮

Chris was a much better clay court player than Martina.

Great match although todays women would eat the both alive. Even with the same equipment. Interesting how the game has progressed.

Крис Эверт - красивая, а Навратилова похожа на мужика.

In keeping with American culture, the coverage and commentary have to be as corny and as tacky as possible.

That presenter, Bud, is not only oily and sycophantic but also way too close to them physically

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Evert with some of the slowest serves I think I've ever seen. And look how close Martina stands to the service box 🤣a joke tbh. Neither of them would last 5 seconds in the WTA today.