Martina Navratilova

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Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova (Czech: Martina Navrátilová; born Martina Subertová on October 18, 1956, in Prague, Czechoslovakia)^[1] is a Czech-American retired tennis player who has been World No. 1.^[1]

Navratilova is openly lesbian.^[2] In February 2010, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The following month she had surgery to remove it.^[3]

References [change]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Sony Ericsson WTA Tour - Players - Info - Martina Navratilova". sonyericssonwtatour.com. http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/player/martina-navratilova_2257889_5744. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
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v t e Women's Tennis Association (WTA) World No. 1 singles players

Chris Evert (1975/1985 – 260 w) • Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1976 – 2 w) • Martina Navratilova (1978/1987 – 331 w) • Tracy Austin (1980 – 22 w) Steffi Graf (1987/1997 – 377 w) • // Monica Seles (1991/1996 – 178 w) • Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1995 – 12 w) • Martina Hingis (1997/2001 – 209 w) Lindsay Davenport (1998/2006 – 98 w) • Jennifer Capriati (2001/2002 – 17 w) • Venus Williams (2002 – 11 w) • Serena Williams (2002/2010 – 123 w) Kim Clijsters (2003/2011 – 20 w) • Justine Henin (2003/2008 – 117 w) • Amélie Mauresmo (2004/2006 – 39 w) • Maria Sharapova (2005/2008 – 17 w) Ana Ivanović (2008 – 12 w) • Jelena Janković (2008/2009 – 18 w) • Dinara Safina (2009 – 26 w) • Caroline Wozniacki (2010/2012 – 67 w) • Victoria Azarenka (2012/2013 – 47 w)

WTA rankings began on November 3, 1975 • (year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) • current No. 1 in bold, as of January 14, 2013

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