1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Zina Garrison. This was the first time since the 1986 US Open that Graf did not reach a Grand Slam final, ending a record of 13 consecutive major finals. Martina Navratilova defeated Garrison in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships. This was Navratilova's ninth singles title at Wimbledon, which would be her 18th and final Grand Slam singles title, tying the then - Open Era record of Chris Evert. Steffi Graf "(Semifinals)"
Martina Navratilova in 2006. In 1981, shortly after becoming a United States citizen, Navratilova gave an interview to "New York Daily News" sports reporter Steve Goldstein, coming out as bisexual and revealing that she had a sexual relationship with Rita Mae Brown, but asked him not to publish the article until she was ready to come out publicly. However, the "New York Daily News" published the article on July 30, 1981. Navratilova and Nancy Lieberman, her girlfriend at the time, gave an interview to "Dallas Morning News" columnist Skip Bayless, where Navratilova reiterated that she was bisexual and Lieberman identified herself as