5 greatest French Open women's singles finals of all-time

# Chris Evert vs Martina Navratilova (1986)

Navratilova and Evert posing with the 1986 French Open runner-up and winners trophies respectively

1986 was the third straight year that the two American legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova would meet in the final. Navratilova defeated Evert in 1984 quite comfortably, while Evert won an epic three-set contest in 1985. The match-up against the greatest clay court player of all-time, Chris Evert vs the greatest grass-court player of all-time, Martina Navratilova was always an enticing contest.

The two women with 18 Grand Slam titles apiece had faced off against each other on numerous occasions over a 15-year period with Evert dominating the first six years and Navratilova edging it in the next nine years.

The 1986 French Open final saw top-seed Navratilova face-off against second-seeded Evert. Navratilova started off very strong and took the first set in a breeze. Playing with renewed determination and grit, Evert won the next two sets to clinch her seventh career French Open and 18th and final Grand Slam singles title.