1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Mary Joe Fernández withdrew due to a knee injury. She was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Anna Ivan. 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
Martina Navratilova Radwańska struggled in the first half of the season, the pair decided to part ways. In 1985, Navratilova released an autobiography, co-written with "The New York Times" sports columnist George Vecsey, titled "Martina" in the U.S. and "Being Myself" in the rest of the world. She had earlier co-written a tennis instruction book with Mary Carillo in 1982, entitled "Tennis My Way". She later wrote three mystery novels with Liz Nickles: "The Total Zone" (1994), "Breaking Point" (1996), and "Killer Instinct" (1997). Navratilova's most recent literary effort was a health and fitness book entitled "Shape Your Self," which came out