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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Martina Subertova is born on Oct. 18 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She assumes the name Navratilova when her mother remarries in 1959.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Begins hitting a tennis ball against a cement wall when she is 4.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Martina's stepfather, Mirek Navratil, becomes her first coach.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Reaches the semifinals in her first tournament. Navratilova soon begins winning junior tournaments.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Soviet tanks enter Czechoslovakia, ending the so-called &#147;Prague Spring.&#148; Fed up with the occupation, Navratilova begins playing more tennis abroad.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Wins the Czech national championship at age 15.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Ranked her country's top player, Navratilova turns professional and flies to the U.S. for the first time.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Defects to the U.S. to live and train in Florida. She reaches the semifinals of the U.S. Open, where she loses to Chris Evert. It is the start of a rivalry that will last more than a decade.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Defeats Evert at Wimbledon to win her first of 18 Grand Slam singles titles.<br>";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Gains U.S. citizenship and reveals she is bisexual, losing millions of endorsement dollars. ";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Compiles a 90-3 record, including a record 15 singles titles, 14 doubles titles, and the first of six straight Wimbledon crowns. She becomes the first female athlete to earn more than $1 million in a year.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Finishes the year 86-1, losing only to Kathy Horvath in the fourth round of the French Open. She starts a streak of 109 straight doubles wins with Pam Shriver.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Flirts with the Grand Slam with wins at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the French, but loses to Helena Sukova in the semifinals of the Australian Open.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Defeats Evert at Wimbledon again, gaining the upper-hand in their long-time rivalry.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Loses the No. 1 ranking to Steffi Graf after holding the top spot for 331 weeks, second only to Graf's 373. ";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Plays her 80th and final match against Evert. Navratilova wins, compiling a 43-37 career record against her rival.<br>";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Wins her ninth Wimbledon title at age 33, breaking the record she shared with Helen Wills Moody.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Defeats No. 1 ranked Monica Seles in Paris for her final major singles victory.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Having won 18 Grand Slam titles, she officially retires from singles competition.<br>";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Returns to professional tennis, but only in doubles play.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>At 45, wins the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon with Leander Paes.";

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spt_NavratilovaTimeline[i-1].body = "<font color=green><headline/></font><br>Now 47, Navratilova returns to singles play at Wimbledon for the first time in a decade. She defeats Catalina Castano in the first round, becoming the oldest woman since 1922 to win a match at the tournament. Her return falls short against Gisela Dulko in the second round. <p><font color=blue><b>Olympic debut</b></font><br>After playing professional tennis for more than 30 years and winning an unprecedented 167 titles, Navratilova has been named to her first Olympic team. She'll be representing the U.S. in doubles, looking to add a gold medal to her collection of Grand Slam titles.<br>";

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