Martina Navratilova has condemned comments made by Aussie tennis legend Margaret Court due to her controversial stance on lesbian tennis players and transgender children.

The Czech icon penned a scathing open letter to the Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne, urging them to change their name in response to the recent furore.

74-year-old Court, who is now a church pastor, revealed in an outspoken interview that she believed transgender children were the “work of the devil”.

In 1990, Court also said that Navratilova was a poor role model for young tennis players because of her homosexuality.

Navratilova’s letter was published by Australia’s Fairfax newspaper.