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 Evonne Goolagong Story was published in 1993. Since 2005, she has run the Goolagong National Development Camp for Indigenous girls and boys, which uses tennis as a vehicle to promote better health, education and employment.

2024年1月1日 · 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 ...

Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, AO, MBE (born 31 July 1951) is an Australian tennis player. She was one of the world's most successful players in the 1970s and early 1980s. She ranked No. 1 in the world in 1976. [source?] Goolagong won 14 Grand Slam titles.

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2023年11月16日 · Evonne Goolagong Cawley ranked in the top 10 for nine years and climbed to world No.1 for two weeks in 1976. She won four Australian Open singles between 1974 and 1977, though not in consecutive championships, as she missed the January 1977 Open and won the December 1977 event.

At Wimbledon in 1980, Evonne became the first mother in over 66 years to claim the title. Her career of challenging the status quo for indigenous athletes and women makes her the inaugural winner of the 2021 The Dawn Award.

Evonne Goolagong-Cawley AC MBE was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985 as an Athlete Member for her contribution to the sport of tennis and was elevated as a Legend of Australian Sport in 1994.

Evonne Goolagong Cawley was ranked in the top 10 for nine years and climbed to the top of the rankings for two weeks in 1976. She won four consecutive Australian championships between 1974 and 1977 and finished her career with 13 majors.

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).