She surely knew what it had meant to beat Navratilova even if "the lege" had sent a ghastly second serve into the middle of the net to end the match.
Evert beat Navratilova en route to her last grand slam final in the Australian Open in 1988, at the age of 33.
Zvereva, who was seeded eighth, is a rising young player who has beaten Navratilova twice this year.
She was volleying especially well, beating Navratilova to the net.
Mandlikova, who beat Navratilova in the 1987 Australian Open final, double-faulted nine times and was broken five times.
Reid capped her last year on the professional tour in 1979 by beating Navratilova for the first time in tournament play.
Maleeva-Fragniere, ranked ninth in the world, beat Navratilova, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
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Seles beat Navratilova there too before falling to Steffi Graf in the final, but she did it quietly, and today Seles did the same to Tauziat.
Last week, Seles beat Navratilova in three sets at Chicago.