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In 1973, she made the quarterfinals, where she lost 67, 46 to Evonne Goolagong. Graf dominated the first half of the 1987 season including defeating Navratilova in straight sets in the semi-finals of the Miami Open and in the final of the French Open, 64, 46, 86. [10] Navratilova has been openly lesbian since 1981, and has been an activist for LGBT issues. , end time: 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z, Czechoslovakia Federation Cup Team Her move to the United States came as women's professional tennis was blossoming, with popular and electric stars like Billie Jean King and Chris Evert. She is from . It will not be the first retirement for Navratilova, as she announced that it was the end once before, in 1994, only to then return to tennis in 2000. ; she finished runner-up to Joe Swash. In 1996, Navratilova was featured with American football player Art Monk in an endorsement for PowerBook in an ad series "What's on Your PowerBook? [85], Navratilova has described herself as a vegetarian. [7][8] She became a US citizen in 1981. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. The 49-year-old, who is twice the age of most of the women in her sport and three times older than some, brought the curtain down on her tennis life by winning the mixed doubles at the US Open yesterday to extend her portfolio of major titles to 59. "How gratifying it must have been for her," Frank Deford wrote. Two years later, she defected. Graf also defeated Navratilova in the finals of the WTA Tour Championships their third and final match of the year. While searching for clues, she clashes with her old archrival Kelly Kendall, renegade agent Jimmy Bennett, and the in-your-face lesbian sports sensation Dagmar Olafson. Her mother moved the family to rural Revnice, just outside Prague, and in 1962, she remarried, to Marislav Navratil. Martina Navratilova looks on after the Women's Singles Final match during the 2022 U.S. Open in New York.