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singles and doubles at the same even a record 84
mes. Shew was ranked in the world's top 3 in sin-
gles for 15 years between 1977 and 1993. Her career
singles match win total of 1,442 is the most.
In 1981, a er becoming a U.S. ci zen, Mar na gave
in an interview in the New York Daily News where she
stated she was bisexual and revealed her rela onship
with author Rita Mae Brown. She quickly regre ed
the interview and asked for it not to be printed; but
the interview was printed, and Mar na became a
role model, not only for women in tennis but to the
LGBT Community. Now recognized as a lesbian, she
married her long- me girlfriend, former model Julia
Lemigova. (She proposed to Julia on the big screen
at the U.S. Open in 2014.) She also has become a
public figure for LGBT rights, becoming the recipient
of the Na onal Equality Award from the HRC (Human
Rights Campaign).
Mar na Navra lova has and will always be a posi ve
role model across the globe.
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