Martina Navratilova

Quick Facts

Full Name	Martina Navratilova
Occupation	Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 18, 1956(1956-10-18)
Age	68
Birthplace	Prague
Country	Czech Republic
Horoscope	Libra

Martina Navratilova Biography

Martina Navratilova is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on October 18, 1956 in Prague, Czech Republic. Tennis legend who took home 20 Wimbledon tennis titles, including singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. She took singles titles in the four grand slams and was ranked as world top singles player for 332 consecutive weeks throughout her career.

She appeared in Dancing With The Stars with the singer She competed on Dancing With The Stars with singer Gladys Knight..

Navratilova was born Martina Šubertová in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her parents divorced when she was three, and her mother, an accomplished gymnast, tennis player, and ski instructor, moved the family to Řevnice. 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”), thus becoming Martina Navrátilová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarcɪna ˈnavraːcɪlovaː] ( listen ) ). Her father, Mirek (officially Miroslav Šubert), was a ski instructor.

When Navratilova was four, she was hitting a tennis ball off a concrete wall and started to play tennis regularly at age seven. In 1972, at the age of 15, Navratilova won the Czechoslovakia national tennis championship. In 1973, aged 16, she made her debut on the United States Lawn Tennis Association professional tour but did not turn professional until 1975. Although perhaps most renowned for her mastery of fast low-bouncing grass, her best early showing at majors was on the red clay at the French Open, where she would go on to reach the final six times. In 1973, she made the quarterfinals where she lost 6–7, 4–6 to Evonne Goolagong. She made the quarterfinals the next year and lost to Helga Masthoff (née Niessen), after again losing the first set in a tiebreak.

She got married to Julia Lemigova on December 15 on the 15th of December, 2014.

Martina Navratilova Net Worth

Martina Navratilova is one of the richest Tennis Player from Czech Republic. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Martina Navratilova 's net worth $25 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her stepfather was his first professional tennis player.

She was awarded WTA Player of the Year seven times between 1978 and 1986.

Martina Navratilova (Czech: Martina Navrátilová pronounced [mar’cɪna navˈraːcɪlovaː] ; born Martina Šubertová pronounced [ˈmarcɪna ˈʃubɛrtovaː] ; October 18, 1956) is a Czechoslovak-born American former professional tennis player and coach. In 2005, Tennis magazine selected her as the greatest female tennis player for the years 1975 through 2005 and she is considered one of the best female tennis players of all time.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Martina Navratilova height 5 ft 8 in Martina weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Martina Navratilova Dating?

According to our records, Martina Navratilova married to Julia Lemigova. As of December 1, 2023, Martina Navratilova’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1981, shortly after becoming a United States citizen, Navratilova gave an interview to New York Daily News sports reporter Steve Goldstein, coming out as bisexual and revealing that she had a sexual relationship with Rita Mae Brown, but asked her not to publish the article until she was ready to come out publicly. However, the New York Daily News published the article on July 30, 1981. Navratilova and Nancy Lieberman, her girlfriend at the time, gave an interview to Dallas Morning News columnist Skip Bayless, where Navratilova reiterated that she was bisexual and Lieberman identified herself as straight. Navratilova has since identified herself as a lesbian.

Facts & Trivia

Martina Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Czech Republic. Martina Navratilova celebrates birthday on October 18 of every year.

According to the New York Times’ Jane E. Brody, in September 1982, an acute attack of toxoplasmosis “contributed to Martina Navratilova’s defeat during the United States Open tennis tournament”, in which No. 1 seed Navratilova unexpectedly lost to No. 7 seed Pam Shriver in the quarterfinal round. (Shriver—Navratilova’s doubles partner in the same tournament—subsequently lost to No. 5 seed Hana Mandlíková in the semifinal. Mandlíková was then defeated in the final by Navratilova’s longtime rival, No. 2 seed Chris Evert.) By late October, Navratilova had “apparently recovered”.

Did Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova relationship?

Women’s Tennis Association founder King was outed as a lesbian in 1981. Navratilova, who won a record 59 Grand Slam singles and doubles titles, came out as bisexual that year and has since identified as a lesbian. “We are really lucky we had them before us,” Minnen told BBC Sport.

Where is Martina Navratilova now?

The tennis star will feature on Season 4 of Real Housewives of Miami. Julia Lemigova may be making history as the first LGBTQ+ Housewife in the Real Housewives franchise, but her wife, Martina Navratilova, is also no stranger to the spotlight.

Does Martina Navratilova have a child?

She has become a parent to her girlfriend’s two young daughters , an arrangement she referred to as her ‘instantaneous family’. The gay tennis star, who won Wimbledon a record nine times, has spoken of her happiness and admitted that motherhood has changed her life.

Who is Martina Navratilova's wife?

Julia Lemigova

Is Martina Navratilova a dyke?

Sexuality and relationships Navratilova has since re-identified herself as a lesbian.