Chris Evert, the American tennis veteran, executed one of the most flawless tennis careers. She, alongside Martina Navratilova, gave a fresh start to women’s tennis. Further, her caliber still serves as a parameter to determine greatness. However, unlike Evert’s almost perfect professional life, her personal life saw some rough patches.

The 18-time Grand Slam champion wandered a lot in search of her soulmate. The first person in whom she tried to find her forever was her fellow tennis ace, John Lloyd. People believe the main reason behind them parting ways was the difference in their achievements, but Lloyd believes otherwise.

Was Evert’s success hurting Lloyd’s ego?

Evert was the best on the women’s tour whereas the British professional couldn’t outweigh the legends of that time. Therefore, fans assumed that he would be plagued with the bitter feeling of not being as good as his wife.

But when asked about the same in a recent interview, he said, “You don’t think of it at the time and then you go to places. When you marry someone who’s as famous as that, you have to swallow your ego and leave it a door, the front door.”

Thereafter, Lloyd added, “There were times when I was referred to Mr. Evert, and all that sort of stuff. I’m pretty easygoing with that stuff. Rather than get confrontational about it, I just sort of let it roll off the back, you know. I got a fair amount of celebrity as British No 1. English style, British style should I say.”

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Lloyd during his playing days, achieved the career highest ranking of World no.20 and held the title of Briths No.1 for two consecutive years. Also, he made it to the finals of the Australian Open in 1977.

Other partners of Chris Evert

After breaking ties with the Brit in 1987, the seven-time French Open champion married the Alpine ski racer Andy Mill. She tied the knot with Mill in 1988 and the couple had three children name Alexander, Nicholas, and Colton.

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In the year 2006, Evert decided to move out of the almost 19 year long marriage and later fell for the Australian golfer Greg Norman. However, their union didn’t last long, and the couple divorced in 2010 after just 15 months of being together.