Career finalsDisciplineTypeWonLostTotalWRSinglesGrand Slam tournaments181634.53Summer Olympics––––Year-end championships448.50WTA Premier Mandatory*––––WTA Tour13553188.72Total15773230.68DoublesGrand Slam tournaments314.75Summer Olympics––––Year-end championships––––WTA Premier Mandatory*––––WTA Tour292554.54Total322658.55Mixed doublesGrand Slam tournaments011.00Total011.00Total189100289.651) WR=winning rate2) * formerly known as "Tier I" tournaments. This is a list of the main career statistics of former professional tennis player Chris Evert.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 34 finals (18 titles, 16 runners-up) Evert played in a total of 56 grand slams in her career. From her debut as a 16-year-old at the 1971 US Open, she reached the semifinals or better in her first 34 grand slam events. Overall, she reached 54 quarterfinals, 52 semifinals, and 34 finals. Her only 2 quarterfinal losses were both at the US Open, in 1987 to Lori McNeil and in 1989, when the US Open served as her farewell from tournament play, to Zina Garrison. She lost before the quarterfinals 2 times, both in the third round, at the 1983 Wimbledon where she lost to Kathy Jordan and at the 1988 French Open where she lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Her 299 grand slam singles match wins is 3rd best in the Open Era.
ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1973French OpenClay Margaret Court7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), 4–6Loss 1973WimbledonGrass Billie Jean King0–6, 5–7Loss 1974Australian OpenGrass Evonne Goolagong6–7(5–7), 6–4, 0–6Win 1974French OpenClay Olga Morozova6–1, 6–2Win 1974WimbledonGrass Olga Morozova6–0, 6–4Win 1975French Open (2)Clay Martina Navratilova2–6, 6–2, 6–1Win 1975US OpenClay Evonne Goolagong5–7, 6–4, 6–2Win 1976Wimbledon (2)Grass Evonne Goolagong6–3, 4–6, 8–6Win 1976US Open (2)Clay Evonne Goolagong6–3, 6–0Win 1977US Open (3)Clay Wendy Turnbull7–6(7–3), 6–2Loss 1978Wimbledon (2)Grass Martina Navratilova6–2, 4–6, 5–7Win 1978US Open (4)Hard Pam Shriver7–5, 6–4Win 1979French Open (3)Clay Wendy Turnbull6–2, 6–0Loss 1979Wimbledon (3)Grass Martina Navratilova4–6, 4–6Loss 1979US OpenHard Tracy Austin4–6, 3–6Win 1980French Open (4)Clay Virginia Ruzici6–0, 6–3Loss 1980Wimbledon (4)Grass Evonne Goolagong1–6, 6–7(4–7)Win 1980US Open (5)Hard Hana Mandlíková5–7, 6–1, 6–1Win 1981Wimbledon (3)Grass Hana Mandlíková6–2, 6–2Loss 1981Australian Open (2)Grass Martina Navratilova7–6(7–4), 4–6, 5–7Loss 1982Wimbledon (5)Grass Martina Navratilova1–6, 6–3, 2–6Win 1982US Open (6)Hard Hana Mandlíková6–3, 6–1Win 1982Australian OpenGrass Martina Navratilova6–3, 2–6, 6–3Win 1983French Open (5)Clay Mima Jaušovec6–1, 6–2Loss 1983US Open (2)Hard Martina Navratilova1–6, 3–6Loss 1984French Open (2)Clay Martina Navratilova3–6, 1–6Loss 1984Wimbledon (6)Grass Martina Navratilova6–7(5–7), 2–6Loss 1984US Open (3)Hard Martina Navratilova6–4, 4–6, 4–6Win 1984Australian Open (2)Grass Helena Suková6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–3Win 1985French Open (6)Clay Martina Navratilova6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–5Loss 1985Wimbledon (7)Grass Martina Navratilova6–4, 3–6, 2–6Loss 1985Australian Open (3)Grass Martina Navratilova2–6, 6–4, 2–6Win 1986French Open (7)Clay Martina Navratilova2–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss 1988Australian Open (4)Hard Steffi Graf1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Doubles: 4 finals (3 titles, 1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1974French OpenClay Olga Morozova Gail Lovera Katja Ebbinghaus6–4, 2–6, 6–1Win 1975French Open (2)Clay Martina Navratilova Julie Anthony Olga Morozova6–3, 6–2Win 1976WimbledonGrass Martina Navratilova Billie Jean King Betty Stöve6–1, 3–6, 7–5Loss 1988Australian OpenHard Wendy Turnbull Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver0–6, 5–7
Mixed doubles: 1 final (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1974US OpenGrass Jimmy Connors Pam Teeguarden Geoff Masters1–6, 6–7
Year-end championships finals
Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runners-up) ResultYearChampionship SurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1972Boca Raton, USClay Kerry Melville7–5, 6–4Win 1973Boca Raton, US (2)Clay Nancy Richey6–3, 6–3Loss 1974Los Angeles, USCarpet Evonne Goolagong3–6, 4–6Win 1975Los Angeles, US (3)Carpet Martina Navratilova6–4, 6–2Loss 1976Los Angeles, US (2)Carpet Evonne Goolagong3–6, 7–5, 3–6Win 1977New York City, US (4)Carpet Sue Barker2–6, 6–1, 6–1Loss 1983New York City, US (3)Carpet Martina Navratilova2–6, 0–6Loss 1984New York City, US (4)Carpet Martina Navratilova3–6, 5–7, 1–6
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Tournament1971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989SR W–L AAAFAAAA AAAFWAWFNHAFA2 / 630–4French OpenAAFWWAAAWWSFSFWFWWSF3RA7 / 1372–6WimbledonASFFWSFWSFFFFWF3RFFSFSFSFSF3 / 1896–15US OpenSFSFSFSFWWWWFWSFWFFSFSFQFSFQF6 / 19Win-loss4-19–2 15–3 20–2 17–1 13–0 12–1 11–1 18–2 18–1 21–3 21–2 15–2 24–3 23–3 17–2 14–3 18–3 9–2 299–37Year SR0 / 10 / 20 / 32 / 42 / 32 / 21 / 21 / 21 / 32 / 31 / 42 / 41 / 31 / 41 / 41 / 30 / 30 / 40 / 218 / 5633111122112222233
Notes: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Evert retired in September 1989 after playing in the U.S Open, at which time she was ranked world No.4.
WTA singles finals
Titles: (157) Legend (singles)Grand Slam Titles (18)WTA Championships (4)Titles by surfaceHard (35)Clay (70) Grass (17)Carpet (35)