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{{Short description|Australian tennis player (born 1951)}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
| name                  = Evonne Goolagong Cawley<br>{{nobold|{{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC|MBE|size=80%}}}}
| fullname              = Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley
| image                 = Evonne Cawley 1973.jpg
| caption               = Goolagong in 1973
| image_upright         = .8
| country               = {{AUS}}
| birth_place           = [[Griffith, New South Wales]], Australia
| birth_date            = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|7|31}}
| height                = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin}}
| plays                 = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
| retired               = 1983
| careerprizemoney      = US$ 1,399,431
| tennishofyear         = 1988
| tennishofid           = evonne-goolagong
| singlesrecord         = {{tennis record|won=704|lost=165}}
| singlestitles         = 86
| highestsinglesranking = [[World number 1 ranked female tennis players|No. '''1''']] (1971, <small>[[Lance Tingay]]</small>)<br />[[List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players|No. '''1''']] (26 April 1976, WTA)
| AustralianOpenresult  = '''W''' ([[1974 Australian Open – Women's singles|1974]], [[1975 Australian Open – Women's singles|1975]], [[1976 Australian Open – Women's singles|1976]], [[1977 Australian Open (December)|1977<sup>Dec</sup>]])
| FrenchOpenresult      = '''W''' ([[1971 French Open – Women's singles|1971]])
| Wimbledonresult       = '''W''' ([[1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1971]], [[1980 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1980]])
| USOpenresult          = F ([[1973 US Open – Women's singles|1973]], [[1974 US Open – Women's singles|1974]], [[1975 US Open – Women's singles|1975]], [[1976 US Open – Women's singles|1976]])
| Othertournaments      = yes
| WTAChampionshipsresult = '''W''' ([[1974 Virginia Slims Championships|1974]], [[1976 Virginia Slims Championships|1976]])
| doublesrecord         =
| doublestitles         = 46
| highestdoublesranking =
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = '''W''' (1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977<sup>Dec</sup>)
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = SF (1971)
| WimbledonDoublesresult = '''W''' (1974)
| USOpenDoublesresult   = SF (1972, 1973, 1974)
| Mixed                 = yes
| mixedtitles           = 1
| FrenchOpenMixedresult = '''W''' (1972)
| WimbledonMixedresult  = F (1972)
| Team                  = yes
| FedCupresult          = '''W''' ([[1971 Federation Cup|1971]], [[1973 Federation Cup|1973]], [[1974 Federation Cup|1974]])
}}

'''Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AC|MBE}} (née '''Goolagong'''; born 31 July 1951) is an Australian former professional [[tennis]] player. She was ranked as the [[List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players|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 [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments|major]]s, and 46 doubles titles, including seven doubles majors.

At the age of 19, Goolagong won the [[French Open]] singles and the [[Australian Open]] doubles championships (the latter with [[Margaret Court]]). She won the women's singles tournament at [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] in [[1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1971]], becoming the 2nd woman in the Open Era to complete the [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Other concepts|Channel Slam]] (winning the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/07/03/archives/miss-goolagong-wins-at-wimbledon-evonne-goolagong-wins-wimbledon.html|title = Miss Goolagong Wins at Wimbledon|first=Fred|last=Tupper|newspaper =[[The New York Times]]|date = 3 July 1971}}</ref> Goolagong is the only woman to beat Court, [[Martina Navratilova]], and [[Chris Evert]] in a grand slam final. In [[1980 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1980]] she won Wimbledon again, this time as a mother and becoming the first mother to win the title in 66 years. She represented Australia in three [[Fed Cup]] competitions, winning the title in 1971, 1973 and 1974, and was Fed Cup captain for three consecutive years. After retiring from professional tennis in 1983, Goolagong played in senior invitational competitions, endorsed a variety of products, worked as a touring professional, and held sports-related leadership roles.

Goolagong was named [[Australian of the Year]] in 1971. She was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1972 and as an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1982. Goolagong was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 1985, the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in 1988, and the Aboriginal Sporting Hall of Fame in 1989.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.evonnegoolagongfoundation.org.au/about | title=About Evonne Goolagong-Cawley |publisher=Evonne Goolagong Foundation| access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref> She leads the Goolagong National Development Camp for [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] boys and girls, which encourages Indigenous youth to stay in school.

==Early life==
Evonne is the third of eight children<ref>{{cite news|author1=Judy Klemesrud|title=Goolagong discusses aborigine roots|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DAAhAAAAIBAJ&dq=roger-cawley%20husband&pg=1217%2C50984|work=[[The Day (New London)|The Day]]|date=1 November 1980|page=11|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> from an [[Australian Aborigine|Australian Aboriginal]] ([[Wiradjuri]]) family.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Dee Jefferson|title=Tennis champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley celebrated in new Australian play|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-03/evonne-goolagong-cawley-new-play-melbourne-theatre-company/11470946|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=4 September 2019}}</ref> Her father, Ken Goolagong, was a [[sheep shearer]] and her mother, Melinda, was a homemaker. Evonne was born in [[Griffith, New South Wales]], and grew up in the small country town of [[Barellan]].

Goolagong grew up during the time of the [[stolen generations]] in Australia, and was directly impacted by it:

<blockquote>Lucky not to be taken away by the stolen generation because I've had to hide a few times under the bed.  We visited my cousin in Griffith, which is where I was born, in the mission there. Every time a shiny car would come down the road, my mum used to say "you better run and hide, the welfare man's going to take you away." So I remember hiding very nervously under the bed, 'cause I didn't want to get taken away.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/evonne-goolagong-cawley-reveals-stolen-generations-scare/zqqfri50p | title=Evonne Goolagong-Cawley reveals Stolen Generations scare | date=June 10, 2021 | publisher=SBS | access-date=January 29, 2024}}</ref></blockquote>

Despite the widespread disadvantage and prejudice Aboriginal people experienced in Australia, Goolagong was able to play tennis in Barellan from childhood, thanks to an area resident, Bill Kurtzman, who saw her peering through the fence at the local courts and encouraged her to come in and play.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/29/tennis/evonne-goolagong-cawley-australian-open/|title=Evonne Goolagong: Defying prejudice to become a star|author=Matt Majendie|date=30 January 2015|work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

In 1965, Vic Edwards, the proprietor of a tennis school in [[Sydney]], was tipped off by two of his assistants, travelled to Barellan to take a look at the young Goolagong, and immediately saw her potential. He persuaded her parents to allow her to move to Sydney, where she attended [[Willoughby Girls High School]]. There, she completed her School Certificate in 1968 and, at the same time, lived with the family of Edwards, who had become her [[legal guardian]], coach, and manager.

==Playing career==
[[File:Evonne Goolagong 1971.jpg|thumb|upright|Goolagong at the [[1971 Dutch Open (tennis)|1971 Dutch Open]]]]

===Overall record===
With seven championships, Goolagong is 12th on the women's [[List of Grand Slam women's singles champions#Grand Slam|list of all-time singles Grand Slam winners]], and ended her career with 86 singles titles. She took singles and doubles titles at the [[Australian Open]] and [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] and singles and mixed doubles titles at the [[French Open]]. She never won the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]. She won seven Grand Slam singles titles in her career, reaching a total of 18 Grand Slam singles finals.

Goolagong reached four consecutive [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] singles finals, from 1973 to 1976, but lost them all. She is the only player in U.S. Championships history to have lost four consecutive finals.<ref>{{cite web|title=US Open – Women's Singles Champions 1887–2015|url=http://www.usopen.org/en_US/event_guide/history/wschamps.html|website=Usopen.org|publisher=[[United States Tennis Association]]}}</ref> Goolagong made seven consecutive finals at the Australian Open, winning three titles in a row. Despite reaching the final at her first two appearances in 1971 and 1972, after 1973 Goolagong did not compete at the Roland-Garros for a decade. The French Tennis Federation banned all World Team Tennis contracted players from the 1974 event, with the player's unions instigating legal action against the French authorities. As [[Jimmy Connors]] and Goolagong were the reigning Australian Open champions, they spearheaded the legal action as they were being deprived of the opportunity to attain the tennis calendar Grand Slam as a result of the decision. Connors admitted this was a huge distraction and later wrote both he and Goolagong were "hung out to dry".<ref>Connors, Jimmy. "The Outsider: My Autobiography". Corgi Paperback – 5 June 2014. {{ISBN|978-0552166416}}</ref> Goolagong boycotted the event even after the ban was lifted, but returned in 1983 for her final Grand Slam singles appearance. She lost in the last thirty-two to Chris Evert and did not compete in any further Grand Slam singles events. Her last appearance at Grand Slam level came at the following [[1983 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles#Section 4|1983 Wimbledon Championships]] when she partnered with [[Sue Barker]] to a first-round defeat in the doubles, having withdrawn from the singles event earlier.

Her career win/loss percentage was 81.0% (704–165). Her win/loss performance in all Grand Slam singles tournaments was 82.1% (133–29), at the French Open 84.2% (16–3), at Wimbledon 83.3% (50–10), at the US Open 81.3% (26–6), and at the Australian Open 80.4% (41–10).

Goolagong was ranked No. 1 in the world in women's tennis for two weeks in 1976, but it was not reported at the time because incomplete data was used to calculate the rankings. This was discovered in December 2007, 31 years later. She was the second woman to hold the top spot, but the 16th at the time she was finally recognised.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3169960 Computer glitch denied Goolagong No. 1 WTA ranking in '76], Associated Press, ESPN Sports, 31 December 2007.</ref>

===1970s===
[[File:Internationale tenniskampioenschappen bij Melkhuisje te Hilversum, Evonne Goolag, Bestanddeelnr 924-7659.jpg|thumb|upright|Goolagong in 1971]]
During the 1970s, Goolagong Cawley played in 17 Grand Slam singles finals, a period record for any player, man or woman.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}} From her first Grand Slam singles final appearance in January 1971, to December 1977 when she won her last Grand Slam title of the 1970s, she played in 21 Grand Slam events. Her only four defeats prior to the finals came at the 1972 US Open in the third round; 1974 Wimbledon, where she was defeated in the quarterfinals; and at the semifinal stages of the French Open and Wimbledon in 1973. To start the decade, she was defeated at the 1970 Australian Open in the quarterfinals and in the second round of the 1970 Wimbledon. In 1971, 1975, 1976 and 1977, Goolagong reached the final of every Grand Slam championship in which she competed.

Between 1973 and 1977, she reached the final of almost every Grand Slam singles event she entered. The exceptions were: [[French Open|Roland-Garros]], where she lost to [[Margaret Court]] in the semifinals in 1973; and Wimbledon, where she played in only two finals in that period, 1975 and 1976, losing both; she lost in 1973 to eventual champion [[Billie Jean King]] in the semifinals; and in 1974 to Australian [[Kerry Reid|Kerry Melville]] at the quarterfinal stage; she did not enter in 1977, the year her daughter was born. Also in 1974, she teamed with [[Peggy Michel]], her teammate on the [[Pittsburgh Triangles]] of the [[World Team Tennis]] league, to win the ladies' doubles title. She won the women's doubles title at the Australian Open five times and in Roland Garros once, as well as mixed doubles at Roland Garros once.

Following her victory at the season-ending WTA Championships in 1976<ref>{{cite magazine|author1=Joe Jares|title=A net gain for concentration|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=26 April 1976|volume=44|issue=17|pages=28–30, 33|url=https://www.si.com/vault/issue/43338/30/2}}</ref>—known at the time as the [[1976 Virginia Slims Championships|Virginia Slims Championships]]—her seventh tournament victory of the year, Goolagong continued to play on the [[WTA Tour]] until 1983, but never again played a full season. After her victory over [[Chris Evert]] in the WTA Championships, she only played in three competitive tournaments for the remainder of 1976, losing in both finals to Evert (Wimbledon and US Open) and the Sydney quarterfinals in November, which she played while four months pregnant. She focused instead on [[World Team Tennis|WTT Team Tennis]], winning the WTT Championship as a member of the Pittsburgh Triangles in 1975 and playing exhibition events.

Goolagong realised during the [[1976 US Open – Women's singles|1976 US Open]] final that she was pregnant and after one more tournament for the year, she did not play again on the regular tour until the summer of 1977, continuing through to Wimbledon 1978. 1976 had been her best season to date, winning seven titles, rising to number one in the world and losing only to Chris Evert, which she did five times and once to [[Dianne Fromholtz]] in Sydney, which she played in the second trimester of her pregnancy. No other players were able to score a victory over her in the year.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

After attempting a comeback in the summer of 1977, Goolagong decided to wait for the Australian season beginning later in the year for a full return. Her return to the tour proper kick-started a highly successful run of play, during which she won ten tournaments including the Australian Open in a run of five consecutive tournament wins and reached the final in two others, including the season-ending WTA Championships, where she lost to [[Martina Navratilova]].

At the Virginia Slims of Boston in March 1978, Goolagong beat both Navratilova and Evert back-to-back to win the title. It was her only post pregnancy victory over Navratilova and one of only two she scored over Evert. Prior to her first pregnancy, Goolagong led Navratilova 11–4 in their rivalry, but she lost 11 of their 12 matches after her daughter was born to trail 12–15 at the end of her career. From being un-ranked at the beginning of her return, Goolagong's ranking rose to No. 3 in the world, but during Wimbledon 1978, a career-threatening ankle injury forced her to miss the remainder of 1978, other than the exhibition Emeron Cup event played in December, where she played with her ankle heavily strapped and lost to both Navratilova and [[Virginia Wade]] in straight sets. She did not return to competitive play until March 1979, when she won four tournaments and ended the year ranked No. 4 in the world.

===1980s===
Injuries and illness at the beginning of 1980 kept her away from the tour for many weeks in the first six months of the year and only reached four finals, but she returned in triumph at Wimbledon, yet only played three further tournaments and the exhibition Lion's Cup for the remainder of the year after her final Grand Slam victory. For her Wimbledon triumph, Goolagong beat four top 10 players ([[Hana Mandlíková]] #9, [[Wendy Turnbull]] #6, [[Tracy Austin]] #2 and Chris Evert #3), the only champion in Wimbledon history to do so. She also beat two former Grand Slam finalists in earlier rounds, [[Sharon Walsh]] and [[Betty Stöve]]. She withdrew from the US Open, where she had been seeded fourth, due to a recurring back injury and the early stages of her second pregnancy, but she did play the Lion's Cup (losing to Evert) and the Australian Open championships at the end of the year despite being four and five months pregnant respectively. Other players, including Wendy Turnbull, publicly decried the decision by Tennis Australia to pay Goolagong appearance fees to compete at the Australian Open from 1980 onwards. Goolagong defended the decision to accept the fees to compete in her later autobiography.<ref>Goolagong Cawley, Evonne. Home!: The Evonne Goolagong story. Simon & Schuster Australia (1993).  {{ISBN|978-0731803811}}</ref>

Goolagong was then absent for almost all of 1981, returning to tournament play in Australia towards the end of the year and after losing in the first round in Perth, she reached the quarterfinals of the only other two tournaments she played for the year, losing to Evert in Sydney, and at the Australian Open to Navratilova. Her comeback was inconsistent and she did not play again until March 1982 when she pushed Evert to three sets and defeated reigning French Open champion Hana Mandlikova in the Citizen Cup played on clay in March 1982.

Goolagong then lost her first matches of all her next three tournaments; pulling out in the final set of the Family Circle Cup to Joanne Russell; losing to [[Pam Teeguarden]] at the Dow Classic and at Wimbledon 1982, where she was given a protected seeding of 16th by the All England Club, losing her only match to [[Zina Garrison]]. For the remainder of the year, Cawley played little, but did win two of her three matches in the Federation Cup. Cawley did not play competitively again until November when she lost in the first round to [[Sue Barker]] in Brisbane, but reached her only singles final at Sydney, where after defeating world no.3 [[Andrea Jaeger]], she lost in three sets to Navratilova. She followed this with a three-set loss to [[Candy Reynolds]] in the last 32 of the Australian Open. Despite the lack of play, Cawley ended the year ranked 17th and was given a spot in the WTA season ending championship, where she lost to [[Pam Shriver]].

In 1983, she failed to reach the quarterfinal of any event and played her last Grand Slam singles match at the French Open, where she lost to Evert in the third round. At the Dow Classic in [[Edgbaston]], she lost in the last 16 to [[Anne White]], before withdrawing from Wimbledon. Despite not playing the singles, she partnered Sue Barker in the Wimbledon doubles event, losing in the first round, her last Grand Slam appearance.

A brief return to competitive play came in 1985, when in May 1985, Goolagong accepted an invitation to compete at the Australian Indoor Championship, played on carpet. She lost her only match to another Australian veteran, Amanda Tobin Evans.

She is the only mother to have won the Wimbledon title since [[Dorothea Lambert Chambers]] in 1914. Married to Roger Cawley in 1975, she had a daughter in 1977.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

==Life after touring==
[[File:Evonne Goolagong Cawley 3.jpg|thumb|upright|Goolagong in 2012]]
Beginning during her playing days, Goolagong endorsed many products and appeared in numerous television and print commercials, extending these further once she retired from competitive play. Her various commercials included [[KFC]] (in which she appeared with her husband Roger),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZAxAzhFM98 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/aZAxAzhFM98| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Legendary Evonne Goolagong Cawley Serves up Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in Classic Australian Ad
|website=Youtube.com|date=11 November 2019 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[Geritol]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrsrWAOo9sQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/wrsrWAOo9sQ| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Geritol ad w/Evonne Goolagong, 1983|website=Youtube.com|date=9 May 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and ''[[Sears]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6putgIGA1EQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/6putgIGA1EQ| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=1983 Sears Commercial - Evonne Goolagong.mpg|website=Youtube.com|date=14 November 2010 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> where she also promoted her own sports clothing brand 'Go Goolagong'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mjp1nUR3HM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/_mjp1nUR3HM| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Sears ad w/Evonne Goolagong, 1983|website=Youtube.com|date=18 March 2017 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

A one-off return to competitive action came at the 1985 Australian Indoor Championship organised by the ITF, but Goolagong lost her only match.

In 1988, she was inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]].

In 1990, Goolagong began to play in senior invitational competitions, returning to Wimbledon to compete in the inaugural ladies senior invitational doubles, alongside compatriot [[Kerry Melville Reid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v34jIvfYZxo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/v34jIvfYZxo| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Evonne Goolagong Cawley Wimbledon 1990 interview|website=Youtube.com|date=21 November 2009 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Goolagong spent some time as a touring professional at the Hilton Head Racquet Club in South Carolina before returning to Australia.<ref name="independent">{{cite news|author1=John Roberts|title=Where Are they Now? Evonne Goolagong|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/where-are-they-now-evonne-goolagong-1456388.html|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=20 April 1993}}</ref>

Goolagong was a member of the Board of the [[Australian Sports Commission]] from 1995 to 1997 and since 1997 has held the position of Sports Ambassador to Aboriginal and [[Torres Strait Islander]] Communities. She was appointed captain of the Australian Fed Cup team in 2002. In 2003, she was the winner for the Oceania region of the [[International Olympic Committee]]'s 2003 "Women and Sports Trophy". She also runs an annual "Goolagong National Development Camp", with the aim of encouraging Aboriginal children to stay in school through playing competitive tennis.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2008-01-13-2268572235_x.htm Grand Slam champ Evonne Goolagong uses camp to search for next aboriginal player or coach] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317120221/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2008-01-13-2268572235_x.htm |date=17 March 2012 }}, 13 January 2008, By Dennis Passa, AP Sports Writer, ''USA Today''.</ref>

On 10 October 2023, Goolagong was one of 25 [[Australians of the Year]] who signed an [[open letter]] supporting the Yes vote in the [[2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum|Indigenous Voice referendum]], initiated by psychiatrist [[Patrick McGorry]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Butler | first=Josh | title=Australian of the Year winners sign open letter saying no vote in voice referendum would be a 'shameful dead end' | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=11 October 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/11/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-australians-of-the-year-open-letter | access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref><ref name=letter>{{cite web | last=Winter | first=Velvet | title=Voice referendum live updates: Australians of the Year Yes vote letter in full | website=[[ABC News (Australia)]] | date=10 October 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-11/live-updates-voice-referendum-latest-news-october-11/102958838 | access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
[[File:BarellanEvonneGoolagongPark2.JPG|250px|right|thumb|Evonne Goolagong Park, Barellan]]
[[File:Tennis Racquet Sculpture commemorating Evonne Goolagong 3.jpg|250px|right|thumb|The [[Australia's big things|"big" tennis racquet]] at Barellan, New South Wales, commemorates the achievements of Evonne Goolagong.]]
Goolagong was awarded Australian of the Year in 1971.<ref>{{cite book | author=Lewis, Wendy | author-link=Wendy Lewis | title=Australians of the Year | publisher=Pier 9 Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-74196-809-5 }}</ref> She was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1972 and made an [[Officer of the Order of Australia]] in 1982.  In 1985 she was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/evonne-cawley-goolagong/|title=Evonne Cawley (Goolagong)|publisher=[[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]]|access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref> In 1988, Goolagong was inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]]. In 2018, she was advanced to a [[Companion of the Order of Australia]] "for eminent service to tennis as a player at the national and international level, as an ambassador, supporter and advocate for the health, education and wellbeing of young Indigenous people through participation in sport, and as a role model".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/australia-day-honours-2018-the-full-list-20180125-h0o20j.html|title=Australia Day Honours 2018: The full list|date=26 January 2018|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=25 January 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1972, she played in a [[apartheid|segregated]] South African tournament. To spare her the discrimination experienced by non-whites, the South African authorities classified her as an [[honorary white]].<ref>{{cite news|title=How the Daughter of an Ancient Race Made It Out of the Australian Outback|first=Harry |last=Gordon|author-link=Harry Gordon (journalist)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/magazine/how-the-daughter-of-an-ancient-race-made-it-out-of-the-australian-outback.html|work=[[The New York Times Magazine]]|date=29 August 1971}}</ref>

In 1978 and 1980, she was awarded the [[WTA Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award|WTA Sportsmanship Award]].

The Evonne Goolagong Cawley Trophy, awarded to the female champion at the [[Brisbane International]], is named in her honour.<ref>[http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/brisbane-international-womens-womens-trophy-named-in-honour-of-evonne-goolagong-cawley/story-e6frep5o-1226229194033 Brisbane International women's trophy named in honour of Evonne Goolagong Cawley], ''Courier Mail'', 23 December 2011</ref>

In 1993, the [[State Transit Authority]] named a [[Sydney RiverCats|RiverCat ferry]] in Sydney after her. This rivercat travels daily from Parramatta to Circular Quay.
[[File:MV Evonne Goolagong.jpg|thumb|(Now Withdrawn and Scrapped) Rivercat MV Evonne Goolagong at Circular Quay as it came from the Parramatta River]]
The [[National Museum of Australia]] holds the Evonne Goolagong Cawley collection of memorabilia. This includes her 1971 and 1980 Wimbledon singles trophies, the trophy from her 1974 doubles win and two racquets used in these tournaments. The museum's collection also includes a signed warm-up jacket and a dress with a [[Shrug (clothing)|bolero style top]] designed by [[Ted Tinling]] in the early 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nma.gov.au/explore/collection/highlights/evonne-goolagong-cawley|title=National Museum of Australia - Evonne Goolagong Cawley tennis collection|website=Nma.gov.au|access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref>

In 2001, Goolagong was inducted into the [[Victorian Honour Roll of Women]] for her achievements as a tennis player.<ref>{{Cite book|title=2017 Victorian Honour Roll of Women Commemorative Booklet|publisher=Office of Prevention & Women’s Equality, State of Victoria|year=2017|isbn=978-0-7311-6655-8|location=Victoria|page=34}}</ref>

A {{convert|13.8|m|ft|adj=mid}} long replica of a [[tennis racquet]] used by Goolagong has been built in Evonne Goolagong Park in Goolagong's hometown of Barellan. Goolagong unveiled the exact [[scale model]] of the wooden [[Dunlop Sport|Dunlop]] racquet during Barellan's centenary celebrations on 3 October 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-sport/nsw-town-makes-a-racquet-for-goolagong-20091003-gh21.html |title=NSW town makes a racquet for Goolagong |website=Brisbane Times|date=3 October 2009 |first=Dennis|last=Passa|access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004193936/http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-sport/nsw-town-makes-a-racquet-for-goolagong-20091003-gh21.html |archive-date=4 October 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In February 2016, Goolagong and ten other Australian tennis players were honoured by Australia Post as the recipients of the 2016 Australia Post Legends Award and appeared on a postage stamp set named Australian Legends of Singles Tennis.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aussie tennis legends immortalised on stamps|url=http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2016/02/10/aussie-tennis-legends-immortalised-on-stamps|newspaper=[[Tennis Australia]]|date=10 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Australian Legends of Singles Tennis|work=Australia Post Shop |url=https://shop.auspost.com.au/stamp-and-coin-collectables/stamp-issues/australian-legends-of-singles-tennis|publisher=[[Australia Post]]}}</ref>

In April 2016, Goolagong was awarded an honorary doctorate from the [[University of South Australia]] in recognition of her distinguished service to the community.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Michèle Nardelli|author2=Mary–Jane McArdle|title=A break from tradition in honouring Australian role models|url=http://w3.unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2016/April/story2.asp#Evonne_Goolagong|publisher=[[University of South Australia]]|access-date=31 December 2016|date=April 2016}}</ref>

In June 2018, the [[International Tennis Federation]] (ITF) presented her with its highest accolade, the [[Philippe Chatrier Award]] for her contributions to tennis.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Courtney Walsh |title=ITF honours Evonne Goolagong Cawley with top gong at Paris awards night |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/tennis/itf-honours-evonne-goolagong-cawley-with-top-gong-at-paris-awards-night/news-story/10e3f37650ed16f8104f7e478bf205c5 |website=[[The Australian]] |date=7 June 2018}}</ref>

In 2025, she was awarded the National Sportsperson Lifetime Achievement Award at the [[National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sports Awards]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=joel@1318.com.au |date=2025-08-01 |title=2025 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sports Awards: Celebrating Excellence, Unity, and Resilience in Indigenous Sports - Indigenous Sports Network |url=https://indigenoussports.com.au/2025-national-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-sports-awards-celebrating-excellence-unity-and-resilience-in-indigenous-sports/ |access-date=2025-11-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Goolagong is generally regarded as one of the all-time greats of women's tennis.<ref>{{cite web|last=Le Miere|first=Jason|date=28 August 2015|title=Top 10 Women's Tennis Players Of All-Time: Where Does Serena Williams Rank On List Of Greatest Ever?|url=https://www.ibtimes.com/top-10-womens-tennis-players-all-time-where-does-serena-williams-rank-list-greatest-2073830|access-date=14 August 2021|website=International Business Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Jeff|date=2 September 2020|title=10 best women's tennis players of all time|url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/tennis/10-best-women-s-tennis-players-of-all-time-1.10632315|access-date=14 August 2021|website=Newsday|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Staff|first=T. C.|date=16 April 2021|title=What are the Top 10 Greatest Women's Tennis Players|url=https://tennisconnected.com/home/2021/04/16/what-are-the-top-10-greatest-womens-tennis-players/|access-date=14 August 2021|website=Tennis Connected|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal life==
When Victor Edwards became her coach, Goolagong went to live with him and his family. He became her legal guardian as well as her coach and manager. Goolagong later said that Edwards made sexual advances to her. When she met former junior British tennis player Roger Cawley in 1971, her relationship with Edwards became strained, but she was legally tied to Edwards, who controlled every aspect of her career and finances until her marriage to Cawley on 19 June 1975.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Thomas Rogers|title=People in Sports|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/20/archives/people-in-sports-evonne-goolagong-married.html?_r=0|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|page=14|date=20 June 1975}}</ref> Goolagong severed all contact with Edwards at that point, although he remained her official coach for Wimbledon 1975. During the tournament, Edwards sat on the opposite side of the players' box from Roger Cawley at her matches, and he and his protégée  were no longer on speaking terms. Cawley became her coach, hitting partner, and manager from the time they married.<ref name="Goolagong Cawley 1993"/> Following her wedding, she settled in [[Naples, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bodo |first1=Peter |title=Piece of My Heart |url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/piece-of-my-heart |website=Tennis.com |date=January 27, 2007}}</ref>

Goolagong's father Ken was killed in a car crash in 1974, shortly after Edwards had refused to release any of her money to purchase a new family vehicle when requested.<ref name="Goolagong Cawley 1993">{{cite book |last1=Goolagong Cawley |first1=Evonne |last2=Jarrett |first2=Phil |title=Home! the Evonne Goolagong story |date=1993 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=0731803817}}</ref> Her mother Melinda died in 1991. Intrigued by meeting so many [[Indigenous Australian]] relatives for the first time at the funeral, the Cawleys bought a home in [[Noosa Heads]], Queensland and settled there with their two United States-born children. Her daughter Kelly (born 1977)<ref>{{cite news|title=Evonne Gives Birth to Daughter|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wD41AAAAIBAJ&dq=kelly-cawley&pg=5018%2C6049656|work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]]|agency=AP|date=13 May 1977|page=3F|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> helps run her tennis camps, and her son Morgan Kiema Cawley (born 1981)<ref name="independent"/> was a [[National Soccer League]] player. Goolagong is also the maternal great aunt of [[National Rugby League]] player [[Latrell Mitchell]], born Latrell Goolagong.<ref>{{cite web|last=Matthey|first=James|date=7 April 2016|title=Evonne Goolagong Cawley snubbed Latrell Mitchell and his brother|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/evonne-goolagong-cawley-snubbed-latrell-mitchell-and-his-brother/news-story/d64de7add55f79f625c42652938e283b|publisher=news.com.au|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>

Goolagong's brother, Ian, was an amateur tennis player who never pursued the sport professionally, but he partnered with Evonne in the mixed doubles tournament at Wimbledon in 1982 (the pair lost their only match).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assets.wimbledon.com/archive/draws/pdfs/players/c72a7eb0-680f-4068-8e63-82b530471482_MX.pdf|title=Evonne Goolagong (AUS) : Mixed Doubles|website=Assets.wimbledon.com|access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref> {{As of|2015}}, Ian Goolagong was the president and coach at the [[Lalor, Victoria|Lalor]] Tennis Club in [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hinschen |first1=Katrina |title=Lalor Tennis Club president Ian Goolagong recognised for his commitment with a Leader Sports Star Services to Sport Award |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/sportsstar/lalor-tennis-club-president-ian-goolagong-recognised-for-his-commitment-with-a-leader-sports-star-services-to-sport-award/news-story/c98d0cb0416edd5dc96be3adffb3f0d9 |access-date=27 June 2021 |work=[[Herald Sun]]|date=24 November 2015}}</ref>

===Autobiography===
Goolagong Cawley, Evonne; Jarrett, Phil (1993). ''Home! The Evonne Goolagong Story''. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0731803817.

==In the arts and popular culture==
A play based on the life of Goolagong Cawley called ''Sunshine Super Girl'', written and directed by [[Andrea James (playwright)|Andrea James]], was to have [[première]]d with the [[Melbourne Theatre Company]] in 2020,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jefferson |first1=Dee |title=From small-town Australia to world number one: Evonne Goolagong's incredible life the focus of new play |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-03/evonne-goolagong-cawley-new-play-melbourne-theatre-company/11470946 |access-date=4 September 2019 |work=ABC News |date=3 September 2019 |language=en-AU}}</ref> but the event was cancelled owing to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia]]. Instead, it premiered in [[Griffith, New South Wales]], in October 2020<ref>{{cite web | title=Andrea James | website=AustralianPlays.org  | url=https://australianplays.org/playwright/ASC-432 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313104532/https://australianplays.org/playwright/ASC-432 | archive-date=13 March 2021 | url-status=dead | access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> before a run at the [[Sydney Festival]] in January 2021, produced by [[Performing Lines]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Sunshine Super Girl | website=[[Sydney Festival]]| url=https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/sunshine-super-girl/ | access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Rugendyke | first=Louise | title=Sunshine Super Girl is the amazing story of Evonne Goolagong Cawley | website=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] | date=2 January 2021 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/theatre/sunshine-super-girl-is-the-amazing-story-of-evonne-goolagong-cawley-20201229-p56qol.html | access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Syron | first=Liza-Mare | title=Sydney Festival review: Sunshine Super Girl is destined to become a legacy piece of Australian theatre | website= [[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] | date=13 January 2021 | url=http://theconversation.com/sydney-festival-review-sunshine-super-girl-is-destined-to-become-a-legacy-piece-of-australian-theatre-152167 | access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=In Conversation with Andrea James | website=Melbourne Theatre Company | date=3 December 2020 | url=https://www.mtc.com.au/discover-more/mtc-now-2021/in-conversation-with-andrea-james/ | access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref>

On 27 June, VicScreen and ABC announced the three part drama ''Goolagong'' with Lila McGuire taking on the role of Goolagong Cawley set for release in 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Game, set, match: Goolagong is a winner for Victoria |url=https://vicscreen.vic.gov.au/news/game-set-match-goolagong-is-a-winner-for-victoria |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=VicScreen |language=en}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{Main|Evonne Goolagong Cawley career statistics}}

===Grand Slam tournament performance timeline===
{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;
|-
!style="width:95px;"|Tournament!!1967!!1968!!1969!!1970!![[1971 Women's Tennis Circuit|1971]]!![[1972 Women's Tennis Circuit|1972]]!![[1973 WTA Tour|1973]]!![[1974 WTA Tour|1974]]!![[1975 WTA Tour|1975]]!![[1976 WTA Tour|1976]]!!colspan=2|[[1977 WTA Tour|1977]]!![[1978 WTA Tour|1978]]!![[1979 WTA Tour|1979]]!![[1980 WTA Tour|1980]]!![[1981 WTA Tour|1981]]!![[1982 WTA Tour|1982]]!![[1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1983]]
!style="width:45px;"|{{Tooltip| SR | Strike rate}}
!style="width:45px;"|{{Tooltip| W–L | Win–loss}}
!style="width:45px;"|{{nowrap|Win %}}
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"| [[Australian Open]]
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1967 Australian Championships – Women's singles|3R]]
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1968 Australian Championships – Women's singles|3R]]
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1969 Australian Open – Women's singles|2R]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1970 Australian Open – Women's singles|QF]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1971 Australian Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1972 Australian Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1973 Australian Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:lime;"|'''[[1974 Australian Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
| style="background:lime;"|'''[[1975 Australian Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
| style="background:lime;"|'''[[1976 Australian Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
|A
| style="background:lime;"|'''[[1977 Australian Open (December) – Women's singles|W]]'''
|A
|A
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1980 Australian Open – Women's singles|2R]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1981 Australian Open – Women's singles|QF]]
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1982 Australian Open – Women's singles|2R]]
|A
| style="background:#efefef;"|4 / 14
| style="background:#efefef;"|41–10
| style="background:#efefef;"|80.4
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"| [[French Open]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
| style="background:lime;"|'''[[1971 French Open – Women's singles|W]]'''
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1972 French Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1973 French Open – Women's singles|SF]]
|A
|A
|A
|colspan=2|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1983 French Open – Women's singles|3R]]
| style="background:#efefef;"|1 / 4
| style="background:#efefef;"|16–3
| style="background:#efefef;"|84.2
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"| [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|A
|A
|A
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1970 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|2R]]
| style="background:lime;"|'''[[1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1972 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1974 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1975 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1976 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
|colspan=2|A
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1978 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1979 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:lime;"|'''[[1980 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
|A
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1982 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|2R]]
|A
| style="background:#efefef;"|2 / 11
| style="background:#efefef;"|49–9
| style="background:#efefef;"|84.5
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"| [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1972 US Open – Women's singles|3R]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1973 US Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1974 US Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1975 US Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1976 US Open – Women's singles|F]]
|colspan=2|A
|A
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1979 US Open – Women's singles|QF]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
| style="background:#efefef;"|0 / 6
| style="background:#efefef;"|26–6
| style="background:#efefef;"|81.3
|-| style="background:#efefef;"
|align=left|Win–loss
|2–1
|2–1
|1–1
|3–2
|16–1
|15–4
|18–4
|14–2
|15–2
|16–2
|colspan=2|5–0
|4–1
|9–2
|7–1
|2–1
|1–2
|2–1
!{{nowrap|7 / 35}}!!{{nowrap|132–28}}!!82.5
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|align=left|{{nowrap|Year-end ranking}}
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
| style="background:#eee8aa;"|5
| style="background:thistle;"|2
|colspan=2|–
| style="background:#eee8aa;"|3
| style="background:#eee8aa;"|4
| style="background:#eee8aa;"|5
|–
|17
|37
|colspan=3|
|}

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Goolagong won the December edition. She was seeded fourth for the [[1980 US Open – Women's singles|1980 US Open Championships]], but withdrew from the tournament before play began.

===Grand Slam tournament finals===
====Singles: 18 (7–11)====
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Result
! Year
! style="width:170px" |Championship
! style="width:50px" |Surface
! style="width:160px" |Opponent
! style="width:140px" class="unsortable" |Score
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss
|[[1971 Australian Open|1971]]
|style="background:#ffc;"|[[Australian Open]]
|Grass
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Margaret Court]]
|6–2, 6–7<sup>(0–7)</sup>, 5–7
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win
|[[1971 French Open|1971]]
|style="background:#ebc2af;"|[[French Open]]
|Clay
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Helen Gourlay]]
|6–3, 7–5
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win
|[[1971 Wimbledon Championships|1971]]
|style="background:#cfc;"|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|Grass
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court
|6–4, 6–1
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss
|[[1972 Australian Open|1972]]
|style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Open
|Grass
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Virginia Wade]]
|4–6, 4–6
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss
|[[1972 French Open|1972]]
|style="background:#ebc2af;"|French Open
|Clay
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Billie Jean King]]
|3–6, 3–6
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss
|[[1972 Wimbledon Championships|1972]]
|style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon
|Grass
|{{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King
|3–6, 3–6
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss
|[[1973 Australian Open|1973]]
|style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Open
|Grass
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court
|4–6, 5–7
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss
|[[1973 US Open (tennis)|1973]]
|style="background:#ccf;"|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|Grass
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court
|6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>, 7–5, 2–6
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win
|[[1974 Australian Open|1974]]
|style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Open
|Grass
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Evert]]
|7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 4–6, 6–0
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss
|[[1974 US Open (tennis)|1974]]
|style="background:#ccf;"|US Open
|Grass
|{{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King
|6–3, 3–6, 5–7
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win
|[[1975 Australian Open|1975]]
|style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Open <small>(2)</small>
|Grass
|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Martina Navratilova]]
|6–3, 6–2
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss
|[[1975 Wimbledon Championships|1975]]
|style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon
|Grass
|{{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King
|0–6, 1–6
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss
|[[1975 US Open (tennis)|1975]]
|style="background:#ccf;"|US Open
|Clay
|{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert
|7–5, 4–6, 2–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win
|[[1976 Australian Open|1976]]
|style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Open <small>(3)</small>
|Grass
|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Renáta Tomanová]]
|6–2, 6–2
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss
|[[1976 Wimbledon Championships|1976]]
|style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon
|Grass
|{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert
|3–6, 6–4, 6–8
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss
|[[1976 US Open (tennis)|1976]]
|style="background:#ccf;"|US Open
|Clay
|{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert
|3–6, 0–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win
|[[1977 Australian Open (December)|1977]]
|style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Open<sup>(Dec)</sup> <small>(4)</small>
|Grass
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Helen Gourlay
|6–3, 6–0
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win
|[[1980 Wimbledon Championships|1980]]
|style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon  <small>(2)</small>
|Grass
|{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert
|6–1, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>
|}

====Doubles: 7 (6–1)====
[[File:Margaret_Court_doubles_Wimbledon_1971.jpg|thumb|Evonne Goolagong (right) partnering [[Margaret Court]] in a doubles semifinal at the [[1971 Wimbledon Championships]]]]
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Result
! Year
! style="width:170px" |Championship
! style="width:50px" |Surface
! style="width:160px" |Partner
! style="width:160px" |Opponents
! style="width:140px" class="unsortable" |Score
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win
|1971
|style="background:#ffc;"|[[Australian Open]]
|Grass
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Margaret Court]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jill Emmerson]]
{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lesley Hunt]]
|6–0, 6–0
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss
|1971
|style="background:#cfc;"|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|Grass
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rosemary Casals]]
{{flagicon|USA}} [[Billie Jean King]]
|3–6, 2–6
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win
|1974
|style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Open <small>(2)</small>
|Grass
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Peggy Michel]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kerry Harris]]
{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kerry Melville]]
|7–5 6–3
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win
|1974
|style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon
|Grass
|{{flagicon|USA}} Peggy Michel
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Helen Gourlay]]
{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Karen Krantzcke]]
|2–6, 6–4, 6–3
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win
|1975
|style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Open <small>(3)</small>
|Grass
|{{flagicon|USA}} Peggy Michel
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court
{{flagicon|URS}} [[Olga Morozova]]
|7–6, 7–6
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win
|1976
|style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Open <small>(4)</small>
|Grass
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Helen Gourlay
|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Renáta Tomanová]]
{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lesley Turner Bowrey]]
|8–1
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win
|1977
|style="background:#ffc;"|Australian Open [Dec.] <small>(5)</small>
|Grass
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Helen Gourlay
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mona Guerrant]]
{{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry Melville Reid
|Shared - rained out
|}
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.

====Mixed doubles: 2 (1–1)====
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Result
! Year
! style="width:170px" |Championship
! style="width:50px" |Surface
! style="width:160px" |Partner
! style="width:160px" |Opponents
! style="width:90px" class="unsortable" |Score
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win
|1972
|style="background:#ebc2af;"|[[French Open]]
|Clay
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kim Warwick]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Françoise Dürr]]
{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Claude Barclay]]
|6–2, 6–4
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss
|1972
|style="background:#cfc;"|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|Grass
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Kim Warwick
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rosemary Casals]]
{{flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[Ilie Năstase]]
|4–6, 4–6
|}

===Records===
* These records were attained in the [[Open Era]] of tennis.
* Records in '''bold''' indicate peer-less achievements.

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|- style="background:#efefef;"
|width=200|Championship||width=90|Years||width=200|Record accomplished||width=200|Player tied
|-
| Australian Open || 1971–1976 || [[List of Australian Open Singles Finals appearances#Women's most consecutive finals|6 consecutive finals]] || Martina Hingis 
|-
| Australian Open || 1975–1977{{ref label|1977|b|b}} || [[List of Grand Slam women's singles champions#Grand Slam|3 wins without losing a set]] || Steffi Graf 
|-
| [[Australian Open]] || 1974–1976 ||3 consecutive titles|| [[Margaret Court]] <br /> [[Steffi Graf]] <br /> [[Monica Seles]] <br /> [[Martina Hingis]] 
|-
| '''[[French Open]]''' || '''1971''' || '''Won title on the first attempt''' || '''Stands alone'''
|-
|Wimbledon
|1980
|Won Wimbledon as a mother
|[[Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers|Dorothea Lambert Chambers]]
|-
|'''Wimbledon'''
|'''1980'''
|'''Only singles champion to defeat four top ten seeds (Mandlikova #9, Turnbull #6, Austin #2, Evert-Lloyd #3)'''
|'''Stands alone'''
|-
| '''[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] '''||'''1973–1976'''||'''[[List of US Open Singles Finals appearances#Women|4 consecutive runner-ups]] '''||'''Stands alone'''
|}

==Footnotes==
* {{note label|First attempt|a|a}} [[Margaret Osborne duPont]] and [[Althea Gibson]] also hold these records; however, they attained those in the pre-[[Open Era (tennis)|Open Era]].
* {{note label|1977|b|b}}The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Goolagong Cawley did not play in the January edition but made the final in the December tournament.

==See also==
{{Portal|Tennis}}
* [[List of female tennis players]]
* [[Tennis performance timeline comparison (women)|Tennis performance timeline comparisons]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Tennis Australia|name=Evonne (Goolagong) Cawley}}

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