Chris “Chrissie” Evert won the first of her 18 Grand Slam tennis titles in 1974 on the way to becoming one of the most decorated female athletes in history. With a game born on the courts of Fort Lauderdale’s Holiday Park and honed by her father, the late Jimmy Evert, she would go on to win at least one Grand Slam title over the next 13 years, piling up 157 Tour titles. Evert’s legacy on the court is surpassed only by contributions to her community over the last 29 years since her 1989 retirement from the game. She has been a staunch advocate for children, raising more than $24 million through the Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic to fight drug abuse and child neglect in South Florida. In addition to her extensive charity work, Chris co-owns the Evert Tennis Academy in Boca Raton, publishes Tennis Magazine and also serves as a tennis analyst for ESPN.