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Evonne Goolagong
| Australian tennis player Date of Birth: Country: Australia |
Content:
- Biography of Evonne Goolagong
- Early Life and Career
- Grand Slam Success
- Later Life and Legacy
- Personal Life
Biography of Evonne Goolagong
Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, born on July 31, , in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, is an Australian tennis player.
Evonne goolagong cawley biography
She was the first representative of the Indigenous Australian population to achieve significant success on the world stage. Goolagong, a former world No. 1, was one of the leading players in the world in the s and early s, winning 14 Grand Slam titles.
Seven of these titles were in singles (four at the Australian Open, two at Wimbledon, and one at the French Open), six were in doubles, and one was in mixed doubles.
Early Life and Career
Evonne Goolagong was the third of eight children of Kenny Goolagong, a sheep shearer, and Melinda, a Wiradjuri woman.
She grew up in the small town of Barellan, New South Wales. Desp