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Athlete
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Famoose for
Winning seven major singles titles with an elegant all-court tennis game.
French Open · Australian Open
- Born
- 31 July 1951
- Birthplace
- Griffith, Australia
More people
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Evonne Goolagong Cawley is an Australian former tennis player and one of the sport’s leading champions of the 1970s.
Early life
Barellan
Grew up in a small New South Wales town.
Training
Moved to Sydney to develop her tennis.
Career
- 1960s
Junior development
Rose through Australian competition.
- 1970s
Major champion
Won titles across three of the four majors.
- 1980
Wimbledon return
Won the singles title after becoming a mother.
Achievements
French Open
Won her first major singles title.
Australian Open
Won four titles: 1974, 1975, 1976 and December 1977.
Wimbledon
Claimed her second singles crown there.
Beyond tennis
Heritage
Is a Wiradjuri woman.
Opportunity
Established programmes supporting Indigenous young people through tennis.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Photo: Australian Information Service. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
