Martina Navratilova age 34, Navratilova defeated Graf the last time they played in a major in the semifinals of the 1991 US Open 7–6(2), 6–7(6), 6–4, to end their Grand Slam rivalry 5-4 up. It is worthy to note that all 4 of Graf's Grand Slam victories over Navratilova came in the finals of a Slam. This is reflected in the Grand Slams Finals chart below. Navratilova's final major singles triumph was in 1990. In the final, the 33-year-old Navratilova swept Zina Garrison 6–4, 6–1 to claim an all-time record ninth Wimbledon singles crown. Though that was her last major singles title,
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