Navratilova

[ nav-ruh-ti-loh-vuh, nahv- ]

/ ˌnæv rə tɪˈloʊ və, ˌnɑv- /

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noun

Martina, born 1956, U.S. tennis player, born in the former Czechoslovakia.

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How to use Navratilova in a sentence

She has won 71 percent of the 638 games she’s played, compared with Navratilova, who won slightly less than 71 percent of 617 games.
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In other ways, though, both Navratilova and Graf outdid Świątek.
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Then there are the names like Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, Sheryl Swoopes, Brian Boitano and others.
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That reaction shows how the landscape has shifted in the time since Navratilova came out.
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So was tennis great Martina Navratilova, who played in the 2004 Athens games.
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We see her liberal Libra spirit in other Scales ladies like Susan Sarandon, Janeane Garofalo, and Martina Navratilova.
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British Dictionary definitions for Navratilova

Navratilova

/ (næˌvrætɪˈləʊvə) /

noun

Martina. born 1956, Czech-born US tennis player: winner of 59 Grand Slam titles (1974–2006), comprising eighteen singles titles (including a record nine at Wimbledon), 31 doubles titles (a record) , and ten mixed doubles titles

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