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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 ).
Jun 10, 2021 · 50-year rewind: Goolagong Cawley reflects on first slam triumph at RG - Roland-Garros - The official site. Australian’s love of Paris begins with a title victory on the red clay as a 19-year-old on debut. Image courtesy of Tennis Australia. Thursday 10 June 2021 - Dan Imhoff.
- Dan Imhoff
Nov 8, 2022 · Evonne Goolagong Cawley: Blazing a trail. By career’s end, Goolagong Cawley had been ranked number one in the world twice and was a finalist in 18 Grand Slam singles events, winning Wimbledon twice, the Australian Open four times, the French Open once and being runner-up four years in succession at the US Open.
Jan 1, 2024 · Fifty years ago, on New Year’s Day in 1974, Wiradjuri woman Evonne Goolagong delighted spectators at Melbourne’s Kooyong Tennis Club by defeating American Chris Evert to win the women’s singles...
- Gary Osmond
Her introduction to tennis has perhaps the most humble origins in tennis history, yet she overcame major stumbling blocks to become the No. 1 player in the world, won 13 majors and ranked 12 th all-time in championship wins.
Kelly, Evonne and Roger Cawley, pictured when Goolagong received the Georgina Clark WTA Mother Award in Melbourne in 2018. WTA. She’s a woman with a great sense of humor that has been passed on to my brother, who is the most hilarious person I know. I inherited her laugh, which I liken to a witch’s cackle – and it seems my daughter Lucy ...
On arriving in Melbourne for the 1974 championships Evonne Goolagong Cawley must have wondered what it took to win her home Grand Slam title. The 23-year-old had already made three-consecutive finals appearances, falling twice to Margaret Court (in 1971 and '73) and once to Virginia Wade (in 1972).
