Tennis Racket used by Chris Evert
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1978
name: label: user
content: Evert, Chris
label: thru institution
content: Sports Illustrated
label: maker
content: Wilson Sporting Goods Company
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: Twice the President of the Women's Tennis Association, Evert was Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1995.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Tennis
label: web subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chris Evert
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0617.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0617
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0617.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tennis racket
label: Object Name
content: racket, tennis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: 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