This is a list of the main career statistics of former Australian tennis player Evonne Goolagong Cawley. During her career, which lasted from 1967 to 1983, Goolagong won seven singles titles at a Grand Slam event and was a runner-up in 11 occasions. In addition, she won five Grand Slam doubles titles, partnering Margaret Court, Peggy Michel and Helen Gourlay, as well as one mixed doubles title with Kim Warwick. In total she won 84 singles titles, 53 doubles titles and 6 mixed doubles titles. She achieved the No. 1 singles ranking for a two-week period in April–May 1976, although this was only officially recognized in 2007.[a] She was a member of the Australian Federation Cup teams that won the cup in 1971, 1973 and 1974.
Note: The shared women's doubles title at the Australian Open in 1977 (December) isn't traditionally counted in Goolagong's win total because the finals were never played. Evonne Cawley is occasionally credited incorrectly with winning the 1977 Ladies Doubles event at Wimbledon, due to the confusion regarding the married name of her compatriot Helen Gourlay who in fact took the trophy. Both women were listed in tournaments as Mrs. R. Cawley (Goolagong was Mrs. R.A.Cawley and Gourlay Mrs. R.L.Cawley). Goolagong Cawley did not participate at Wimbledon 1977.
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in '77, in January and December. Goolagong won the December edition. She was seeded #4 for the 1980 US Open Championships, but withdrew from the tournament before play began.
*Due to bad weather, the 1976 Australian Open doubles final was played for one special set.
Most Titles w/ Doubles Partners:
10 w/ Patricia Edwards
7 w/ Margaret Court
7 w/ Peggy Michel
6 w/ Helen Gourlay
6 w/ Janet Young
Mixed doubles (6 titles)
5 November 1970 – Australian Hardcourt Championships (w/Bob Giltinan) defeated Patricia Edwards and Ross Case 6–2, 7-5
4 June 1972 – French Open (w/Kim Warwick) defeated Françoise Dürr and Jean-Claude Barclay 6-2 6-4
14 January 1973 – New Zealand Open (w/Ross Case) defeated Janet Young and Dick Crealy 6–1, 6-3
27 November 1973 – South African Open (w/Jürgen Fassbender) defeated Ilana Kloss and Bernard Mitton 6-3 6-2
19 January 1974 – New Zealand Hard Court Championships (w/Russell Simpson) defeated Sue Barker and John Lloyd 6–3, 6-4
11 October 1980 – Hilton Head, South Carolina, World Couples Championships (w/Stan Smith) defeated Andrea Jaeger and Dick Stockton 7-5 6-4
Federation Cup
Goolagong played in 26 ties in the then-named Federation Cup between 1970 and 1982. Of the seven years she played, the Australian team won in three: 1971, 1973 and 1974. She accumulated a total of 35 wins over her career, which ties with Margaret Court and Dianne Balestrat as the third-most ever from an Australian. She holds a 22–3 singles record and a 13–2 record in doubles.
Italian Open, Rome: R32 Lost Christine Jolissaint 4-6 2-6
Swiss Open, Lugano: Quarter Final abandoned v Bettina Bunge
French Open, Paris: R32 Lost Chris Evert 2-6 2-6
Dow Classic, Edgbaston UK: R16 Lost Anne White 2-6 5-7
1985 (Won 0 of 1 tournament)
Australian Indoor Championships, Sydney: 1RD lost Amanda Tobin-Evans 3-6 2-6
Rivalries
Every Grand Slam singles champion from 1962 to 1986 was an active player at some point during Goolagong-Cawley's career. Of these eighteen other players (excluding Evonne herself), she never played a competitive singles match against either Maria Bueno or Karen Hantze-Susman. Of the other sixteen, she scored at least one victory over all these opponents throughout her career, with the exception of Ann Haydon-Jones. Jones won all three of their competitive matches from 1969 to 1971.
Billie Jean King: Grand Slam Wins 1 – Losses 6. Total Career Wins 4 – Losses 13^.
Chris Evert: Grand Slam Wins 4 – Losses 6. Total Career Wins 13 – Losses 26.
1972 Wimbledon SF W 4–6, 6–3, 6-4
1972 Bonnie Belle Cup F L 3–6, 6–4, 0-6
1972 Indianapolis, Indiana F L 6–7, 1-6
1973 Sarasota, Florida F L 3–6, 2-6
1973 Miami Beach, Florida F L 6–3, 3–6, 2-6
1973 St. Petersburg, Florida F L 2–6, 6–0, 4-6
1973 Italian Open F W 7–6, 6-0
1973 Bonnie Belle Cup RR W 6–4, 6-3
1973 Cincinnati, Ohio F W 6–2, 7-5
1973 Johannesburg, South Africa F L 3–6, 3-6
1974 Australian Open F W 7–6, 4–6, 6-0
1974 Sarasota F L 4–6, 0-6
1974 U.S. Open SF W 6–0, 6–7, 6-3
1974 Denver F W 7–5, 3–6, 6-4
1974 Virginia Slims Championships F W 6–3, 6-4
1974 Hilton Head, South Carolina SF L 2–6, 1-6
1975 Boston, Massachusetts SF W 2–6, 6–4, 6-2
1975 Houston, Texas SF L 6–4, 4–6, 6-7
1975 Virginia Slims Championships SF L 1–6, 4-6
1975 Amelia Island, Florida SF L 1–6, 1-6
1975 U.S. Open F L 7–5, 4–6, 2-6
1975 Hilton Head, South Carolina F L 1–6, 1-6
1976 Austin, Texas F L 5–7, 1-6
1976 Sarasota, Florida F L 3–6, 0-6
1976 San Francisco F L 5–7, 6-7
1976 Philadelphia F W 6–3, 7-6
1976 Slims Championships/L.A. F W 6–3, 5–7, 6-3
1976 Wimbledon F L 3–6, 6–4, 6-8
1976 U.S. Open F L 3–6, 0-6
1978 Boston F W 4–6, 6–1, 6-4
1979 Wimbledon SF L 3–6, 2-6
1979 Indianapolis F L 4–6, 3-6
1979 U.S. Open QF L 5–7, 2-6
1980 Chichester, England F L 3–6, 7–6, 5-7
1980 Wimbledon F W 6–1, 7-6
1980 Tokyo Lion (Emerson) Cup SF L 4–6, 0-6
1981 Sydney, Australia QF L 2–6, 0-6
1982 Palm Beach Gardens SF L 7–5, 1–6, 4-6
1983 French Open 3R L 2–6, 2-6
Virginia Wade: Grand Slam Wins 5 – Losses 1. Total Career Wins 30 – Losses 10.
Martina Navratilova: Grand Slam Wins 2 – Losses 2. Total Career Wins 12 – Losses 15.
1973 Hingham, Massachusetts, USA 1R W 6-4 6-4
1973 Sarasota, Florida, USA 1R W 6-2 6-1
1973 French Open QF W 7-6 6-4
1973 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia SF W 6-3 7-5
1973 Charlotte, N.C., USA SF W 6-2 6-3
1975 Australian Open F W 6-3 6-2
1975 Detroit, USA SF W 7-6 6-3
1975 Boston, USA F L 2-6 6-4 3-6
1975 Dallas, USA SF L 6-3 3-6 2-6
1975 Federation Cup F L 3-6 4-6
1975 Charlotte, N.C., USA F L 6-4 2-6 5-7
1976 Chicago, USA SF W 7-6 6-2
1976 Sarasota, Florida, USA SF W 6-4 6-1
1976 Dallas, USA F W 6-1 6-1
1976 Virginia Slims Championships RR W 6-4 7-5
1978 Chicago, USA F L 7-6 2-6 2-6
1978 Boston, USA SF W 7-6 7-6
1978 Virginia Slims Championships F L 6-7 4-6
1978 Wimbledon SF L 6-2 4-6 4-6
1978 Tokyo, Japan 1R L 3-6 2-6
1979 Atlanta, USA SF L 1-6 3-6
1980 Colgate Series Championships RR L 3-6 2-6
1980 Oakland, California, USA F L 1-6 6-7
1980 Dallas, USA F L 3-6 2-6
1980 Avon Championships SF L 2-6 6-3 0-6
1981 Australian Open QF L 3-6 1-6
1982 Sydney, Australia F L 0-6 6-3 1-6
Rosie Casals: Grand Slam Wins 2 – Losses 0. Total Career Wins 12 – Losses 1.
Margaret Court: Grand Slam Wins 2 – Losses 6. Total Career Wins 4 – Losses 16^.
Tracy Austin: Grand Slam Wins 1 – Losses 0. Total Career Wins 4 – Losses 4.
Sue Barker: Grand Slam Wins 1 – Losses 0. Total Career Wins 7 – Losses 2.
Wendy Turnbull: Grand Slam Wins 1 – Losses 0. Total Career Wins 5 – Losses 0.
Françoise Dürr: Grand Slam Wins 2 – Losses 0. Total Career Wins 3 – Losses 0.
Helen Gourlay: Grand Slam Wins 4 – Losses 0. Total Career Wins 5 – Losses 0^.
^Incomplete data available.
Notes
↑ Due to an oversight some of her tournament records in 1976 were not properly transferred to a computer, which meant that Goolagong did not receive the No. 1 ranking at the time. The mistake was acknowledged by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in December 2007 and after correcting the records she retroactively received the No. 1 ranking.[1][2]
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