‘Know Yourself Before You Are in a Relationship’ – Billie Jean King’s Golden Advice to Chris Evert During Her Break-Up With Jimmy Connors

Chris Evert is one of the best tennis players women’s tennis has ever seen. She has 18 Grand Slam titles under her name and has claimed the ranking of world no.1 seven times. Apart from her tennis, people cherish her for being down to earth and having no malice towards her opponents.

In fact, she shares a very strong bond with fellow tennis players and the founder of WTA Billie Jean King. From fighting for equality together to having each other’s back. Evert and King have portrayed the best and purest form of friendship. Recently, the American tennis legend shared a story of how King’s friendship and advice helped her in the toughest times of her life.

Chris Evert Speaks About How Helpful BJK Has Been Over the Years

While speaking to Jon Guerrica, Evert shared a lot of stories from her tennis days and spoke about the ups and downs of both her personal and professional life. She also addressed how Billie Jean King has always been an excellent advisor to her. Evert said, “Billie Jean has always been like a mentor to me and is the wisest person I know, and she has always given me a lot of advice.”

Thereafter, she shared how King’s wise words helped her when she was dealing with a breakup. She said, “I remember when Jimmy and I were breaking up our engagement. She goes this is the right thing, you have to grow up and you have to really know yourself before you are in a relationship. So she gave me always advice my relationship.” Jimmy Connor and Chris Evert were dating in the late 70s and were about to tie the knot, but after Evert’s abortion, they parted their ways.

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Further, the former world no.1 jokingly said, “She even gave me advice on the funniest thing. She gave me advice on how to raise kinds and she never had kids.”

Good News for Evert Fans

Chris Evert was diagnosed with 1C ovarian cancer during a preventive hysterectomy in January 2022. As soon as cancer surfaced, Evert decided to pursue medical help. Following that, she informed her fans about the same. And since then her fans have been eagerly waiting for some positive updates about her health.

Recently she took on Twitter to break joyful news to her fans. The 67-year-old informed her fans that she has successfully completed six chemotherapy sessions. Chris shared a clip of hers accepting the completion certificate and ringings the chimes for goodwill.

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Thereafter, with a broad smile on her face, Evert thanked the medical staff for helping her in the entire process.