People: Sep. 10, 1984

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Courtiers at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadow, N.Y., last week could easily get the impression that the only kind of purses women tennis players think about are the ones that go to the winners. Wrong. The proof lies in the pages of "Women in Tennis," a 1985 calendar produced by the Women's Tennis Association. It serves up 15 players from around the world, including Martina Navratilova, 27, and Chris Evert Lloyd, 29, in a flattering array of off-court couture. The profits from the calendars, priced at $10 each, will go to the W.T.A., which takes care of such things as players' health plans and tournament costs. Cover Girl Evert Lloyd thinks they might grant some additional benefits. Says she: "This way, people will be seeing women tennis players as women and not only as athletes." Evert Lloyd's colleagues obviously agree: there are already 68 applicants for the 1986 edition.

—By Guy D. Garcia