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Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley AC MBE (née Goolagong; born 31 July 1951) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. Goolagong was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s. At the age of 19, she won the French Open singles and the Australian Open doubles championships (the latter with Margaret Court).
The umpire became confused during the early stages of the final and simply referred to the players as Evonne or Helen to avoid confusion. [2] The second of the two Australian Opens held in 1977 started on 19 December and ended on 31 December. For the first Australian Open held in 1977, see: 1977 Australian Open (January).
James' play Sunshine Super Girl, about Wiradjuri champion tennis player Evonne Goolagong Cawley, has been produced by Performing Lines. It premiered in Griffith, New South Wales in October 2020 [ 3 ] (its Melbourne Theatre Company debut having been postponed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria [ 4 ] ), subsequently being performed at the ...
Early life Court was born on 16 ... Evonne Goolagong: 7–6, 5–7, 6–2 Records. Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements. All-time Grand Slam tournament records
Evonne Goolagong at the 1971 Dutch Open. This is a list of the main career statistics of former Australian tennis player Evonne Goolagong Cawley . During her career, which lasted from 1967 to 1983, Goolagong won seven singles titles at a Grand Slam event and was a runner-up in 11 occasions.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley defeated Chris Evert Lloyd in the final, 6–1, 7–6 (7–4) to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was her seventh and last major singles title, and Goolagong Cawley became the first (and still only) mother to win the Wimbledon singles title since World War I.
Two-time defending champion Evonne Goolagong defeated Renáta Tomanová in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1976 Australian Open. It was her fifth major singles title, as well as her sixth consecutive Australian Open final.
Virginia Wade defeated Evonne Goolagong in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1972 Australian Open. Margaret Court was the three-time reigning champion, but did not compete that year due to pregnancy.