Q 01/05

In 1976 Evert became the first woman in tennis to pass which mark in career prize money?

A) $100,000

B) $1 million

C) $10 million

D) $100 million

Answer · why

B) $1 million

$1 million. In 1972, still a schoolgirl amateur, she had won the tour's season-ending championship but could not accept its first prize.

Q 02/05

Who was Evert's greatest rival?

A) Billie Jean King

B) Steffi Graf

C) Tracy Austin

D) Martina Navratilova

Answer · why

D) Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova. They met 80 times, starting when the Czech was a 16-year-old newcomer, and stayed close friends through the fiercest rivalry in t...

Q 03/05

On which surface was Evert most dominant?

A) Clay

B) Grass

C) Hard court

D) Indoor carpet

Answer · why

A) Clay

Clay. She learned the game on the slow public clay courts of her Florida home town, and the surface suited a patient baseliner who simply outlasted he...

Q 04/05

Evert's manner on court earned her which nickname?

A) Golden Girl

B) Iron Lady

C) Ice Maiden

D) Little Mo

Answer · why

C) Ice Maiden

Ice Maiden. Her father had coached her never to show emotion on court, so that opponents could not tell what she was thinking, and she kept the poker ...

Q 05/05

Which stroke did Evert help make standard on the women's tour?

A) One-handed backhand

B) Serve-and-volley

C) Slice forehand

D) Two-handed backhand

Answer · why

D) Two-handed backhand

Two-handed backhand. As a small girl she was not strong enough to swing the racket with one hand, so she used two, and a generation of young players c...