Evert/Shriver – Wimbledon/Newport 1985
…Janine

Pam Shriver, back then ranked 3 or 4, Chris #1, was complaining to the press that she never got to play Chris, but always Martina, inferring she could possibly win more if she got to play Chris instead. She had not played Chris in almost 3 years. I think she had lost in the semis or quarters of Wimbledon to Martina and made the comment then. So a month later, they got to play in the Newport finals. It was on grass, Pam’s favorite, and she went up 2-0. But Chris was on one of those ‘I will not give you one point’ frames of mind when she thought someone had been “out of line” as Pam had been in suggesting she would beat Chris. From 0-2, Chris lost only 3 more games, and won 6-4 , 6-1 with some of the best tennis I ever saw her play. When she got riled, there was no one who could beat her.