Chris Evert will star on 'CSI' for a tennis-mystery episode

Chris Evert will guest star on CSI along with fellow tennis players Lindsay Davenport and Justin Gimelstob.

Chris Evert won 18 Grand Slam singles titles during her time in tennis.

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November 19, 2012

Retired tennis stars Chris Evert and Lindsay Davenport will guest star on an episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" in January.

Evert, Davenport and Justin Gimelstob will play themselves in an episode of the CBS show about the death of a professional female tennis player.

Evert, a Hall of Famer, won 18 Grand Slam singles titles. Davenport won three, along with an Olympic gold medal. Gimelstob, a former top-ranked U.S. junior player, is now best known as a TV commentator.