Object Details
- Evert, Chris
- thru institution
- Sports Illustrated
- Wilson Sporting Goods Company
- Description
- This broken-stringed Wilson racket once belonged to Chris Evert (b. 1954), one of the most successfull professional tennis players of all-time. With a determined attitude, a steady baseline playing style, and a powerful two-hand backhand. the native Floridian won more than 100 titles, including 18 Grand Slam Championships between 1974-1984.
- Twice the President of the Women's Tennis Association, Evert was Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1995.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Chris Evert
- ca 1978
- ID Number
- 1979.0617.01
- accession number
- 1979.0617
- catalog number
- 1979.0617.01
- Object Name
- tennis racket
- racket, tennis
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- nylon (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 27 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 69.215 cm x 23.495 cm x 3.81 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- level of sport
- Professional
- web subject
- Sports
- name of sport
- Tennis
- web subject
- Women
- Record ID
- nmah_673849
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-e4c7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
