Evonne Goolagong-Cawley

Evonne Goolagong Cawley is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She has a total of 14 Grand Slam titles – including 7 singles, 6 doubles, and 1 mixed doubles. Goolagong Cawley is also a former World Number 1, ranked so by the WTA in April 1976.

Player Profile

Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley AC MBE (née Goolagong) was born on July 31, 1951 in Griffith, New South Wales in Australia. She stands 168 cm tall and she is right-handed with a one-handed backhand. She is from an Australian Aboriginal family.

Her first coach was Vic Edwards, the proprietor of a tennis school in Sydney. With Edwards’ help, she moved to Sydney to attend the Willoughby Girls High School. In her professional career, she earned a total of US$ 1,399,431 in prize money.

Career

As a singles player, she has 86 career titles. In 1971, she was ranked Number 1 by Lance Tingay. Later in 1976, she was officially ranked Number 1 by the WTA.

In total, she has four Australian Open singles titles, one French Open singles title, and two Wimbledon singles titles. She has also made it to four US Open finals but was defeated by fellow big names in tennis at the time including Margaret Court, Chris Evert, and Billie Jean King.

In addition to her singles wins, she also has 6 women’s doubles grand slam titles – winning 5 in the Aussie Open and one in Wimbledon. In 1972, she also won the mixed doubles title at the French Open.

Career Record

Singles

• Career Record: 704–165 (81.0%)
• Career Titles: 86

• Highest Singles Ranking: 1 (April 26, 1976 WTA)

Best Grand Slam Singles Performances

• Australian Open - W (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977Dec)
• French Open - W (1971)
• Wimbledon - W (1971, 1980)
• US Open - F (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)

Other Tournaments

• Tour Finals - W (1974, 1976)

Doubles

• Career Record: 18–16
• Career Titles: 46

Grand Slam Doubles Performances

• Australian Open - W (1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977Dec)
• French Open - SF (1971)
• Wimbledon - W (1974)
• US Open - SF (1972, 1973, 1974)

Mixed Doubles

• Career Titles: 1

Grand Slam Mixed Doubles Performances

• French Open - W (1972)
• Wimbledon - F (1972)

Team Competitions

• Fed Cup - W (1971, 1973, 1974)

People Ask

When was Evonne Goolagong Cawley inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame?

>She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 1988.

How many Grand Slam titles has Evonne Goolagong Cawley won?

>She has a total of 14 Grand Slams, 7 of those singles titles. She also has 6 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title.

How many times did Evonne Goolagong Cawley win the WTA Finals?

>Twice. She won the WTA Finals twice. The first time on 1974 and she won it again in 1976.