60 free Martina Navratilova trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Martina Navratilova trivia quiz covers the whole career of the woman many consider the greatest all-round tennis player who ever lived. The easy questions handle the basics: where she was born, how many Wimbledons she won, the glasses, the Connors exhibition and her final major title with Bob Bryan a month before her 50th birthday. From there it moves through her Czech childhood, the 1975 defection, her first Wimbledon crown in 1978 and the fitness revolution that made her nearly unbeatable in the mid-1980s. The harder half is for tennis obsessives: the 86-1 season, the 74-match streak, the 109-match doubles run with Pam Shriver, the Chatrier 'Grand Slam' debate, the exact head-to-heads with Chris Evert and Steffi Graf, the coaches, the mystery novels and the boxed set of major titles. If you have played our tennis or Wimbledon quizzes, this is the deep dive on one champion. Every answer was checked against Navratilova's encyclopaedia entry before publishing, and the records quoted are the ones listed there.
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Q 01In which city was Martina Navratilova born?
Prague
She was born Martina Šubertová in 1956, in what was then Czechoslovakia.
Q 02How many Wimbledon singles titles did Navratilova win, an all-time record?
Nine
She reached the final twelve times, including nine years running from 1982 to 1990.
Q 03How many major singles titles did Navratilova win in total?
18
Nine came at Wimbledon, four at the US Open, three at the Australian Open and two at the French Open.
Q 04Navratilova took her surname from whom?
Her stepfather
Miroslav Navrátil married her mother in 1962 and became her first tennis coach.
Q 05Navratilova's grandmother Agnes Semanska ranked as high as what among Czechoslovak women before WWII?
No. 2
Her mother was also an accomplished gymnast, tennis player and ski instructor.
Q 06At what age did Navratilova win the Czechoslovakia national tennis championship?
15
She had started hitting a ball against a concrete wall at four and playing regularly at seven.
Q 07Navratilova won her first professional singles title in 1974 in which US city?
Orlando
She was 17 and living with former actress Frances Dewey Wormser and her tennis-enthusiast husband.
Q 08In 1975, aged 18, Navratilova walked into which agency's New York offices to defect from Czechoslovakia?
The immigration service
She had just lost to Chris Evert in the US Open semifinals; a green card followed within a month.
Q 09In which year did Navratilova become a US citizen?
1981
Czechoslovakia had stripped her of citizenship when she sought asylum; she regained Czech citizenship in 2008.
Q 10Who beat Navratilova in the 1975 Australian Open final, one of her two major final losses that year?
Evonne Goolagong
She also lost the 1975 French Open final, to Chris Evert in three sets.
Q 11Navratilova won her first major singles title at Wimbledon in which year?
1978
She beat Chris Evert in three sets in the final and reached world No. 1 for the first time.
Q 12Navratilova's only professional 'double bagel' loss, 6-0 6-0, came against Evert in 1981 at which event?
Amelia Island
She avenged it in the 1984 final of the same event, winning 6-2 6-0.
Q 13Which basketball player devised the fitness regime that transformed Navratilova's game in the 1980s?
Nancy Lieberman
Evert credited Navratilova with bringing cross-training to tennis, including going to the gym or playing basketball to get in shape.
Q 21Evert won the third set of the 1985 French Open final against Navratilova by what score?
7-5
Navratilova had come back from 3-6, 2-4 down to level at 5-5 before losing.
Q 22Whom did Navratilova beat 6-3, 6-2 in the 1986 US Open final?
Helena Suková
She won the doubles that year too, with Pam Shriver, and finished 89-3.
Q 23Which two players had achieved the Open Era 'Triple Crown' before Navratilova at the 1987 US Open?
Margaret Court and Billie Jean King
She reached all four Grand Slam finals in 1987, winning Wimbledon and the US Open.
Q 14Navratilova's 1983 season record of 86-1 gave her a winning percentage of what?
98.9%
Her only defeat that year came in the fourth round of the French Open.
Q 15How many consecutive matches did Navratilova win in 1984, a record for a professional?
74
Helena Suková ended the streak in the semifinals of the 1984 Australian Open.
Q 16Navratilova and Pam Shriver won how many consecutive doubles matches between 1983 and 1985?
109
The left-right pairing also completed a calendar Grand Slam in women's doubles in 1984.
Q 17Which ITF president declared Navratilova's four straight major titles across 1983-84 a 'Grand Slam'?
Philippe Chatrier
Some observers objected because the titles were not won in a single calendar year.
Q 18Navratilova's 1984 season made her the first player to win majors on which three surfaces in one year?
Clay, grass and hard court
She held all four major titles simultaneously after winning the 1984 French Open.
Q 19What was Navratilova's final head-to-head record against Chris Evert?
43-37
She led 14-8 in Grand Slam matches and 10-4 in Grand Slam finals.
Q 20Which surface was the only one on which Evert held a winning record over Navratilova outdoors?
Clay
Evert led 11-3 on clay; indoors Navratilova was up 21-14.
Q 24How many career singles matches did Navratilova win against Steffi Graf out of 18?
Nine
Despite a 13-year age gap she split the series 9-9 and led 5-4 in majors, though all of Graf's major wins came in finals.
Q 25Whom did Navratilova beat 6-4, 6-1 in the 1990 Wimbledon final for her record ninth title there?
Zina Garrison
At 33 it was her last major singles title.
Q 26Navratilova played the third 'Battle of the Sexes' match in 1992 against which male star?
Jimmy Connors
He was allowed only one serve per point while she could hit into half the doubles court; he won 7-5, 6-2.
Q 27Navratilova lost the 1994 Wimbledon final at age 37 to which Spanish player?
Conchita Martínez
She retired from full-time singles later that year after losing to Sabatini at the Tour Championships.
Q 28With which Indian partner did Navratilova win 2003 mixed doubles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon?
Leander Paes
At 46 years and 8 months the wins made her the oldest major champion ever at the time.
Q 29Navratilova's win at the 2003 Australian Open completed a rare 'boxed set' of major titles. What is that?
Singles, doubles and mixed at all four majors
Only Margaret Court and Doris Hart had done it before her.
Q 30Navratilova's 2003 Wimbledon mixed title equalled whose record of 20 Wimbledon titles across all events?
Billie Jean King
Asked in 2006 about breaking the shared record, she said she just wanted to win one more title, period.