Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley ( born July 31, 1951 in Griffith, New South Wales ) is a former Australian tennis player and one of the most successful Australian female tennis players ever. She is an Aboriginal woman from the tribe of the Wiradjuri.

Career

Four times won the Australian Open, Wimbledon twice and once the French Open. In her Grand Slam career, she was 18 times in the final. Your greatest successes they had in the 1970s. From 1974 to 1977 she was the great opponent of Chris Evert -Lloyd.

Surprisingly her Wimbledon victory in 1980 was against Chris Evert -Lloyd, then number 1 She was the first player with a child, which won one of the major tournaments.

  • Australian Open, from 1974 to 1976 and in December 1977, seven times in the final
  • French Open in 1971, twice in the final
  • Wimbledon, 1971 and 1980, five times in the final
  • The U.S. Open, she never won, failed to Court, King and Evert twice, four times in the final
  • Masters champion in 1974 and 1976, Final 1978

In her career she won 92 tournament successes and played with Australia seven times in the Federation Cup, she 1971, 1973 and 1974 won.

In 1971 she was elected by AP Athlete of the Year and was honored as Australian of the Year. Goolagong in 1972 Member of the Order of the British Empire (BE) and 1982, she was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO).

To the world ranked first she was curiously until 2007, when the WTA corrected a calculation error from the year 1976.

Goolagong in 2002 was captain of the Australian Federation Cup team.

Private life

Evonne Goolagong is married to British tennis player Roger Cawley since 1975, they have two children. After a long stay in the U.S. they live since 1991 in Queensland. Goolagong Evonne Goolagong founded the Sports Trust, a foundation that made ​​it their goal to help children from Aboriginal families get started in the sport of tennis. Together with the Indigenous Sports Foundation operates the family Goolagong Goolagong the annual National Development Camps, where players, coaches and managers will be formed.

Griffith (New South Wales) Associated Press Athlete of the Year List of WTA number 1 ranked players Tracy Austin Kim Clijsters Lindsay Davenport Dinara Safina Monica Seles Caroline Wozniacki
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