‘Even after I won Wimbledon, I still had to fold the laundry and load the dishwasher at home. He made sure I never got too big for my britches,’ she says. ‘We talked every day, right up until his death. ![]() Her pro-tennis coach father Jimmy Evert, who died last year aged 91, was her biggest inspiration. I think I need to be by myself to grow and know myself before I even consider getting into another relationship.’ Chris was also engaged, at 19, to Men’s Wimbledon Champion Jimmy Connors, another tumultuous relationship.īorn in Fort Lauderdale, Chris’s upbringing was strict and conservative. It’s a little bit like a liberation for me. ‘Since I can remember, I’ve always been with someone, always had a husband, so it’s been really good for me to be on my own and learn to feel comfortable with myself. When I tell my friends that, they all say “You’re Lying” but it’s true. I don’t know if I’ll ever marry again - never say never - but I’m not looking. ‘I have no-one in my life right now apart from my sons - my three boys - and my work. I don’t have any enemies in life,’ says Chris, who has described this private tumult as a delayed reaction to the discipline, tunnel-vision, determination and self-restraint required of champions.Įvert's first marriage to fellow tennis player John Lloyd lasted eight years before their divorce in 1987 ‘John and I are great, Andy and I are great, Greg and I are.fine, let’s put it that way. She insists there is no lingering ill-will. While all her exes have remarried, Chris has been single ever since splitting from Norman. They divorced in 1987 after reports of her affair with British singer and actor Adam Faith. It was third-time unlucky for Chris, whose first marriage in 1979 to the golden boy of British tennis, John Lloyd, lasted eight years. They divorced in December 2009, amid rumours of a massive clash of egos and tensions between Norman and her sons. Her marriage to Norman began with a lavish 100-guest £1.3m wedding which took place in the Bahamas in June 2008, but was over just 15 months later. He lives 15 minutes away from me in Florida, so we spend time with each other and as a family.’ It is a very comfortable love between two people now leading separate lives. ‘The nice thing is we still love each other. ![]() There have been times in my life when I haven’t been true to myself, and that was one of them. ![]() ‘If I’d been a bit stricter with my personal boundaries, maybe things might have worked out differently.
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