CLASS OF 1988

Evonne
Goolagong

Biography
Career Highlights
Born
July 31, 1951 in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia
Player Style
Right-handed
Category
Recent Player
TOP RANKING
World No. 1

13-TIME MAJOR CHAMPION, 13-TIME FINALIST

79.96%

OVERALL WIN PERCENTAGE

120
CAREER TITLES
722-181
OVERALL RECORD
704-165
SINGLES RECORD
18-16
DOUBLES RECORD

Fed Cup

Member of the Australian Federation Cup Team 1970-1976, 1982
- Overall Record 35-5
- Singles Record 22-3
- Doubles Record 13-2
Australian Fed Cup Captain 2002-2004

Grand Slams

AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Singles

Winner: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 (December)
Finalist: 1971, 1972, 1973

Doubles

Winner: 1971 (with Margaret Court), 1974 (with Peggy Michel), 1975 (with Peggy Michel), 1976 (with Helen Gourlay), 1977 (December, with Helen Gourlay)
Semi-Finalist: 1972 (with Virginia Wade), 1973 (with Janet Young)

FRENCH OPEN

Singles

Winner: 1971
Finalist: 1972
Semi-Finalist: 1973

Doubles

Semi-Finalist: 1971 (with Margaret Court)

Mixed Doubles

Winner: 1972 (with Kim Warwick)

WIMBLEDON

Singles

Winner: 1971, 1980
Finalist: 1972, 1985, 1986
Semi-Finalist: 1973, 1978, 1979

Doubles

Winner: 1974 (with Peggy Michel)
Finalist: 1971 (with Margaret Court)
Semi-Finalist: 1973 (with Janet Young)

Mixed Doubles

Finalist: 1972 (with Kim Warwick)
Semi-Finalist: 1979 (with John Newcombe)

US OPEN

Singles

Finalist: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

Doubles

Semi-Finalist: 1972 (with Lesley Hunt), 1973 (with Janet Young), 1974 (with Peggy Michel)
Grand Slam Results
Career Timeline
  • Vic Edwards becomes her coach, with Edwards protecting her from racial slurs, as she competed in big city tournaments, teaching her to believe in herself and talents.

  • At age 15, won the New South Wales Championship and competed in her first Australian Nationals. 

  • Always dreamed of winning Wimbledon, and eventually made her debut at the All England Club in 1970. 

  • Claimed a victory at Wimbledon and ended the 1971 touring season as the Associated Press female athlete of the year.

  • Goolagong became the first non-white to play in apartheid South Africa in a tournament.
  • Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire.

  • Made history in October, winning the third annual and season-ending Virginia Slims Championship played at the Los Angeles Sports Arena at age 23. 

  • Married fellow tennis player Roger Cawley and added the surname while still on tour.

  • Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia.
  • Injuries forced Goolagong into retirement. 
  • She moved to South Carolina, where she became the touring professional at the Hilton Head Racquet Club. The family purchased 70 acres and built a 20-court tennis center. She began working with Tennis Australia and launched the Evonne Goolagong Getting Started program for young girls.
  • Martina Navratilova told Sports Illustrated, “She was such a pretty player. She didn’t serve-and-volley, she would sort of saunter-and-volley.”
  • 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.
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