Overview
- Evert said on Instagram that CT and PET scans over the weekend showed the cancer had returned and that she has already had surgery with chemotherapy planned in the coming weeks.
- She will step away from her media work for several months and will not travel to Wimbledon to report for ESPN this year.
- Evert stressed optimism, thanked her medical team and supporters, and received public messages of support from peers including Martina Navratilova.
- This is the latest episode in a multi-year fight that began with a January 2022 diagnosis, included reported remissions in 2023 and 2024, and a prior recurrence noted in December 2023; her sister Jeanne’s death from the same disease shaped earlier monitoring.
- The announcement coincides with the release of the Netflix documentary about Evert and Navratilova, a timing that has focused renewed public attention on her treatment and could affect sports coverage and awareness of ovarian cancer.