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1994 newspaper with GORGEOUS back-page color photograph of MARTINA NAVRATILOVA as she announces her retirement from professional tennis as the all-time winningest player in WOMEN"S TENNIS!! Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the New York Newsday (NY, NY) dated November 16, 1994 with displayable back-page historic photograph and headline announcing that PROFESSIONAL TENNIS CHAMPION MARTINA NAVRATILOVA RETIRES from professional tennis. AT the time of her retirement, Navratilova held countless WOMEN'S TENNIS records including singles wins (167), WIMBLEDON titles (9) and number of weeks ranked #1 in the world (332)!!! DISPLAYABLE WOMEN'STENNIS HISTORY in this 1994 newspaper!! Martina Navratilova retires from professional tennis as the greatest female player in history!!! This piece BEGS to framed and hung with your tennis collection!! Navratilova was World No. 1 for a total of 332 weeks in singles, and a record 237 weeks in doubles, making her the only player in history to have held the top spot in both singles and doubles for over 200 weeks. She was year-end singles No. 1 seven times, including a record five consecutive years, as well as year-end doubles No. 1 five times, including three consecutive years during which she held the ranking for the entire year. She won 18 singles titles, 31 major women's doubles titles (an all-time record), and 10 major mixed doubles titles. She reached the singles final 12 times, including nine consecutive years from 1982 through 1990, and won the women's singles title at Wimbledon a record nine times (surpassing 's eight Wimbledon titles),including a run of six consecutive titles – the best performance by any professional player at a major event. She and each won 20 Wimbledon titles, an all-time record. Navratilova is one of just three women ever to have accomplished a in singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles (called the Grand Slam "boxed set"), a distinction she shares with and . Navratilova holds the records for most singles titles (167) and for most doubles titles (177) in the . Her record as No.1 in singles (1982–86) is the most dominant in professional tennis. Over five consecutive seasons, she won 428 of 442 singles matches, averaging fewer than 3 losses per year to 87 wins, for a sustained winning percentage of 96.8%. She holds the best season win-loss record for the open era, 86-1 (98.9%) in 1983, and four of the top six open era seasons. She recorded the longest winning streak in the open era (74 consecutive matches) and three of the six longest winning streaks. She is the only professional player to have won six major singles crowns without the loss of a set. Navratilova, Margaret Court and share the record for the most consecutive major singles titles (six). Navratilova reached 11 consecutive major singles finals, second all-time to 's 13, and is the only woman ever to reach 19 consecutive major semi-finals. Navratilova also won the season-ending for top ranked players a record eight times and made the finals a record 14 times. She is the only person of either sex to have won eight different tournaments at least seven times. She was ranked in the world's top 10 in singles for a record 20 consecutive years (1975-1994), a span which included 19 years in the top 5, 15 years in the top 3, and 7 years as the world No.1 ranked singles player. Very good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. 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