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Goolagong Cawley

American  
[goo-luh-gawng kaw-lee] / ˈgu lə gɔŋ ˈkɔ li /

noun

  1. Evonne born 1951, Australian tennis player.


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“I was as thrilled to be there as Ash was to have won,” Goolagong Cawley said in an interview.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2023

Australian icon Evonne Goolagong Cawley is the only mother to win Wimbledon in the Open Era, having lifted the title in 1980 three years after giving birth to her daughter.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2022

Rod Laver, 83, heaped his praise atop the embrace that Goolagong Cawley extended, hailing Barty as “the complete player” in winning a major on three different surfaces.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2022

After hugging Dellacqua, Barty was presented the winner’s trophy by another of her touchstones, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, a four-time Australian Open singles champion who, like Barty, is of Indigenous Australian heritage.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2022

After the match ended, Australian tennis legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley appeared to participate in the trophy presentation ceremony.

From Fox News ● Jan. 29, 2022

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