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Evonne Goolagong Cawley, a Wiradjuri Aborigine, is one of Australia's most successful tennis players and the first Australian Aboriginal to win Wimbledon.
Evonne won the Italian Open in 1973 and was the Virginia Slims circuit champion in 1974 and 1976. She won the Australian Open in 1974, 1975, 1976, and late 1977, the French Open in 1971 and won Wimbledon in 1971 and again in 1980, her last tournament victory.
Nine years separated Evonne's two Wimbledon triumphs. She was also the first mother to win Wimbledon since 1914. In 1972 in the New Year's Honour List, Evonne was awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). On Australia Day the same year, she was named Australian of the Year. In 1982, she received her second honour, Order of Australia (AO) and was inducted into the Sports Australia Hall of Fame in 1985.
In 1988, she was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame and in 2000 she was awarded a Centenary medal and appointed captain of the Federation Cup in 2002.
In 1983, Evonne retired from professional tennis winning 92 professional tournaments.
Based in: QLD Sunshine Coast