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Martina Navratilova #1 def. Chris Evert #3

6-2 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 1987*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Martina Navratilova
Score	6-2 5-7 6-4
Loser	Chris Evert

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 18, 1956	Dec 21, 1954
Age	30	32
Height	173	168
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	258	173
Elo (entering)	2,500	2,401
Career W-L	1,427–227	1,222–157
Career earnings	$21,626,089	$8,896,195

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova 39 – 34 Chris Evert

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1987	QF	Dianne Fromholtz	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1987	R16	Gigi Fernandez	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1987	R32	Mareen Louie Harper	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1987	R64	Etsuko Inoue	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1987	R128	Claudia Porwik	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Navratilova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1987	F	Steffi Graf	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Chris Evert's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1987	QF	Claudia Kohde Kilsch	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1987	R16	Rosalyn Fairbank	6-2 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1987	R32	Kaoru Okamoto	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1987	R64	Laura Golarsa	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1987	R128	Sara Gomer	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data