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Evonne Goolagong

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Evonne Goolagong Cawley is an Australian former tennis player of Aboriginal descent who won multiple Grand Slam singles titles, including Wimbledon and the Australian Open, across the 1970s and early 1980s, becoming one of the most celebrated Indigenous athletes in Australian history.

Facts
Birth Year
1951 2
Birth Date
1951-07-31 1
Nationality
Australian 1
Career Highlight
Won 86 WTA Tour-level singles titles including seven Grand Slam singles majors, and was ranked world number one in women's singles. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
Connections

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Tennis, Sports
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1. Wikipedia, Evonne Goolagong
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  • Lead sentence, birth date
    Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley (née Goolagong; born 31 July 1951) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s. Goolagong won 86 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including seven singles majors, and 46 doubles titles, including seven doubles majors.
  • Lead sentence, nationality
    Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley (née Goolagong; born 31 July 1951) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s. Goolagong won 86 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including seven singles majors, and 46 doubles titles, including seven doubles majors.
  • Lead paragraph, career summary
    Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley (née Goolagong; born 31 July 1951) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s. Goolagong won 86 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including seven singles majors, and 46 doubles titles, including seven doubles majors.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley (née Goolagong; born 31 July 1951) is an Australian former professional tennis player.
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2. Wikidata: Evonne Goolagong
Wikidata Q228559, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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