Roland Garros Re-Lived 1985: Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova – The Rivalry

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Tennis, Sports & Recreation, Wimbledon, Sports

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova met 80 times in total, and their 1985 French Open final, won 7-5 in the third set by Evert, was one of their best ever matches.

In an exclusive interview, Evert explains why she will be inextricably bound in history with Navratilova, the way they were portrayed as opposites, the reasons Navratilova was the favourite ahead of their 1985 Roland Garros final, why this victory stands out as her greatest, and the way it lengthened her career.

The Tennis Podcast is presented by Catherine Whitaker and David Law, featuring Matt Roberts. It is produced weekly year-round, and daily during the Grand Slam tournaments. It is crowdfunded by listeners each December.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Mary and Bartoli.
0:02.0	I'm Matt Vylander.
0:03.0	This is Mary Carillo.
0:04.0	I'm Stan Ravinka.
0:05.0	I'm Lainey Nutt.
0:06.0	I'm Andy Murray.
0:07.0	This is Janik Noah and you're listening to Tenis Podcast.
0:21.0	We're back to relive more Tenis to folks.
0:23.0	It is the third instalment of Roland Garros relived after Janik Noah's story a couple of days ago.
0:29.0	A couple of days ago and John McInero's heartbreak, the haunting of John McInero by Ivan Lendel yesterday, we have the rivalry.
0:37.0	The rivalry of all rivalries, I think, between Chris Evans and Martina Navratelova to discuss today.
0:44.0	From 1985, we're going to be concentrating on one of their three successive French open final meetings.
0:51.0	We've just watched it all together.
0:53.0	After every one of those, I feel like I need to have a little bit of a lie down and think about it before we start talking.
0:59.0	Because Catherine, it's just...
1:01.0	There's so much to take in, isn't there?
1:04.0	It's an emotional experience.
1:06.0	It's a wonderful Tenis match in its own right and it has such significance.
1:11.0	You've spoken to Chris Evans for this show.
1:13.0	You're going to be hearing from Chris Evans here in an exclusive interview on the Tenis Podcast.
1:18.0	I don't know, just watching it on its own was enough. Let alone hearing from her. That's an added extra.
1:23.0	Yeah, it's making me want more and making me angry that more high quality footage and archive footage of their many, many finals isn't available.
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