“Chrissie, Is Jimmy in there”, Chris Evert once talked about the ‘annoying’ 24*7 media coverage of her love life with Jimmy Connors in the 1970s

“Chrissie, Is Jimmy in there”, Chris Evert once talked about the ‘annoying’ 24*7 media coverage of her love life with Jimmy Connors in the 1970s

Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert

The love story between the American Tennis legends Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors was one of the most popular topics for tennis media in the 1970s. This peaked during the 1974 season when both youngsters won their first Wimbledon singles title making it a couple’s sweep.

“I was 18, and I met Jimmy the year before. Every time we went over to England to play Wimbledon, they were knocking at the hotel room. Saying Chrissie, is Jimmy in there? and my mother’s in the next room and my mother’s saying I hope not. I was pretty young in those days but they would follow us everywhere it was remarkable,” recalled Evert on her days with Connors, earlier in an interview.

Though their relationship kicked off in the best possible ways, it did not last long as Connors claimed in his autobiography that pregnancy was the main issue for them breaking up when Evert didn’t want a baby at that point in her career.

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Chris Evert – Elusive tennis career and personal life

Chris Evert
Chris Evert

Chris Evert has won 18 Grand slam singles titles, This includes a record seven French Open titles and a joint-record of 6 US Open titles(tied with American Former World No.1 Serena Williams). She and her greatest rival Martina Navratilova dominated the game in the 1970s and 1980s.

Evert has recently revealed her battle against cancer and how she managed to beat it twice. After their love life with Jimmy Connors, Evert got married to a British tennis player named John Lloyd in 1979. They got divorced 8 years later. In 1989, She married Andy Mill who was an alpine Ski Racer. This marriage lasted for 19 years and they have 3 sons together. After that, she married Greg Norman, a former professional golfer in 2008. This also didn’t last long and currently, she is single.

she recently revealed via Instagram that she is currently focused on collaborating with a jewelry designer named Monica Rich Kosann for developing a convincing tennis bracelet.

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