This website was created and maintained from May 2020 to May 2021 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Stars and Stripes operations in the Pacific.
It will no longer be updated, but we encourage you to explore the site and view content we felt best illustrated Stars and Stripes' continued support of the Pacific theater since 1945.
Martina Navratilova competes in Tokyo, 1989
Tokyo, February 5, 1989: Top-seeded Martina Navratilova reaches for the ball during her match against Lori McNeil in the finals of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament. Navratilova fought to a 6-7 (7-3), 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) win over seventh-seeded McNeil, who had upset Chris Evert and Zina Garrison on her way to the finals.
By R.J. Oriez | STARS AND STRIPES September 2, 2010
Tokyo, February 5, 1989: Top-seeded Martina Navratilova reaches for the ball during her match against Lori McNeil in the finals of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament. Navratilova fought to a 6-7 (7-3), 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) win over seventh-seeded McNeil, who had upset Chris Evert and Zina Garrison on her way to the finals.
