I was in the main draw from the start, my opening match was on Court One against Jan Eric Lundquist of Sweden who was about eight in the world at the time.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Even when I was No. 1 in the world, I was taking it one match at a time. I never was a player to look too far ahead, the way draws can pan out.
I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him 4-2.
I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.
I won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1980.
It wasn't my plan to create such a record. All I did was put in the effort to win every match I played and it went on for weeks, months and years until my defeat to Ross Norman in Toulouse in 1986.
I remember my second game for England - we lost 2-0 to Norway, I was subbed and didn't do myself justice and I thought that was the end of my England career.
Even with not having that many matches under my belt, I handled the match against Svitolina well. When I was younger, not having that many matches under my belt, I might not have done that.
I played my first match aged six. Neither my opponent nor I knew how to score, so our parents had to help us out from the sidelines.
I'm ashamed to say the first play I saw at the Royal Court was mine.
The very first tournament I watched is the U.S. Open when I was 13. And that was the year Juli Inkster won.