Who is Goolagong?

Answer 1

Evonne Goolagong is considered one of Australia's greatest tennis players. Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley was born at Griffith, New South Wales, on 31 July 1951, one of eight children. As a professional tennis player, Goolagong was the first female Aboriginal Australian to achieve prominence in a sport. Goolagong's tennis career includes 92 pro tournament victories. She won the Australian Open four times, Wimbledon twice, the French Open once, and she represented Australia seven times in the Federation Cup, winning in 1971, 1973 and 1974. In 1971, she was named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year. Goolagong retired in 1982, but has still maintained her links with competition tennis in Australia, being appointed captain of the Federation Cup team for 2002.