Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Evonne Goolagong Cawley
AC MBE

Goolagong in 1973
Full name	Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1951-07-31) 31 July 1951 (age 73) Griffith, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Retired	1983
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,399,431
Int. Tennis HoF	1988 (member page)
Singles
Career record	704–165
Career titles	86
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1971, Lance Tingay) No. 1 (26 April 1976, WTA)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977Dec)
French Open	W (1971)
Wimbledon	W (1971, 1980)
US Open	F (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1974, 1976)
Doubles
Career record	18–16
Career titles	46
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977Dec)
French Open	SF (1971)
Wimbledon	W (1974)
US Open	SF (1972, 1973, 1974)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	W (1972)
Wimbledon	F (1972)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (1971, 1973, 1974)

Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley AC MBE (née Goolagong; born 31 July 1951) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s. Goolagong won 86 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including seven singles majors, and 46 doubles titles, including seven doubles majors.

At the age of 19, Goolagong won the French Open singles and the Australian Open doubles championships (the latter with Margaret Court). She won the women's singles tournament at Wimbledon in 1971.^[1] In 1980 she won Wimbledon again, this time as a mother and becoming the first mother to win the title in 66 years. She represented Australia in three Fed Cup competitions, winning the title in 1971, 1973 and 1974, and was Fed Cup captain for three consecutive years. After retiring from professional tennis in 1983, Goolagong played in senior invitational competitions, endorsed a variety of products, worked as a touring professional, and held sports-related leadership roles.

Goolagong was named Australian of the Year in 1971. She was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1972 and as an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1982. Goolagong was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985, the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1988, and the Aboriginal Sporting Hall of Fame in 1989.^[2] She leads the Goolagong National Development Camp for Indigenous boys and girls, which encourages Indigenous youth to stay in school.