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She reached just one singles final at Sydney, where she lost in three sets to Navratilova, and lost her only match at Wimbledon to Zina Garrison before retiring after Wimbledon Goolagong was ranked No. This was discovered in December , 31 years later. She was the second woman to hold the top spot, but the 16th at the time she was finally recognized. While competing in the doubles event of the Wimbledon warm-up event in Eastbourne she did not enter the singles competition , Goolagong married former junior British tennis player Roger Cawley in London, on 19 June She continued in the doubles tournament, losing two days later in the final partnering with Peggy Michel.

As the draw had already taken place prior to the marriage ceremony, Wimbledon was unable to record her entry as Mrs R. Cawley in the official draw sheet until the second round.

Following her wedding, she settled in Naples, Florida. Goolagong reached four consecutive US Open singles finals, from to , but lost them all. She is the only player in U. Championships history to have lost four consecutive finals. Goolagong made seven consecutive finals at the Australian Open, winning three titles in a row. Despite reaching the final at her first two appearances in and , after Goolagong did not compete at the Roland Garros for a decade.

The French Tennis Federation banned all World Team Tennis contracted players from the event, with the player's unions instigating legal action against the French authorities. As Jimmy Connors and Goolagong were the reigning Australian Open champions, they spearheaded the legal action as they were being deprived of the opportunity to attain the tennis calendar Grand Slam as a result of the decision.

Connors admitted this was a huge distraction and later wrote both he and Goolagong were "hung out to dry". Goolagong boycotted the event even after the ban was lifted, but returned in for her final Grand Slam singles appearance. She lost in the last thirty-two to Chris Evert and did not compete in any further Grand Slam singles events.

Her last appearance at Grand Slam level came at the following Wimbledon Championships when she partnered Sue Barker to a first-round defeat in the doubles, having withdrawn from the singles event earlier. She was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in In , she played in a segregated South African tournament. To spare her the discrimination experienced by non-whites, the South African authorities classified her as an honorary white.

Goolagong was awarded Australian of the Year in Three of her wins came without losing a set, a remarkable mark shared only with Graf. The only asterisk on her championship-filled career was the U. Open, where she was a finalist four consecutive times , and unable to claim a championship, though the , , and defeats all came in tightly-contested three set matches against Court, King, and Evert.

Goolagong was nearly perfect in doubles, winning seven major tournaments; Australian with Court, Australian and Wimbledon alongside American Peggy Michell; Australian with Michell; and Australian with compatriot Helen Gourlay. Goolagong made history in October, She upset King in the semifinals, , , and then upset Chris Evert in the final, , Goolagong also won the season-ending Slims in , again defeating Evert.

She was a finalist in , losing to Martina Navratilova. She ranked in the Top 10 for nine years. She married Roger Cawley in and added the surname while still on tour. Nagging injuries forced her into retirement in The family purchased 70 acres and built a court tennis center.

The Evonne Goolagong Story was published in Since , 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. Accept and Close. Search Support. Hall of Famers. Hours and Admission. Hall of Fame Open. Private Event Rentals. In the Museum. From the GNDC, mentored school scholarships and employment opportunities are offered.

Since , Evonne has awarded and assisted with scholarships to outstanding camp participants at schools around Australia. Mentored school scholarships are awarded from the GNDC. To date, almost youngsters have entered the programme and in thirty youngsters have progressed to the GNDC Twenty camp graduates have successfully completed their coaching certificates with one having experienced a year coaching overseas in England and in addition, five graduates began a career in sports administration.

Nine further graduates are undertaking various levels of Coaching Certificates. Another scholarship student, Kyah Stewart who was given her first racquet by Evonne when she was eight, received the Group Training Australia Australian Trainee of the Year Indigenous Award in and has since been rewarded with a full development officer role with the NSW Government.

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