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What is Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s Net Worth?
Evonne Goolagong Cawley is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. Evonne Goolagong Cawley has a net worth of $1 million. Among the world’s top players in the 1970s and early 1980s, she won numerous singles and doubles titles, including 14 Grand Slam titles, in addition to three Confederations Cups. After retirement, Gulagon worked as a tour professional, competed in senior invitational tournaments, and held various sports leadership roles.
Early life and education
Evonne Goolagong was born in 1951 to an Aboriginal Wiradjuri family in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia. Her mother, Melinda, was a housewife, and her father, Ken, was a nomadic shearer. She is the third of eight children. As a child, Gulagon grew up in the small town of Barreland, where she learned to play tennis. Later, encouraged by tennis school owner Vic Edwards, she moved to Sydney to attend Willoughby Girls’ High School. Goolagong lives with Edwards’ family, who becomes her legal guardian, manager and coach.
Careers in the 1970s
From the very beginning of her career, Gulagon has been successful on the field. In 1971, at the age of 19, she won the French Open singles and Australian Open doubles titles, as well as the Wimbledon singles title. For the next five years, Gulagon continued her Grand Slam success. In 1972, she reached the finals of all majors except the US Open, and in 1973 she reached the finals or semifinals of all four majors. From 1974 to 1976, she reached the U.S. Open final every year and reached the quarterfinals or better at Wimbledon. In addition, from 1974 to 1977, Goulagon won the Australian Open every year.
Goolagong had the best year of her career in 1976, winning seven titles including the season-ending WTA Championship. She also rose to No. 1 in the world. However, Guragón realized she was pregnant during that year’s U.S. Open, leading her to withdraw from the regular tour. In 1977, she returned with enthusiasm, winning 10 races. The following year, at Slims, Virginia, in Boston, Gulagon defeated Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova to win the championship. During the 1978 Wimbledon tennis tournament, a serious ankle injury forced her to miss the remainder of the season. Goolagong returned to the arena in 1979, winning four matches and finishing the year fourth in the world. Overall, Gulagon played a record 17 Grand Slam singles finals over the decade.
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last playing period
Despite her injury-plagued early 1980s, Gulagón made a strong comeback, winning Wimbledon, her final Grand Slam title. She remains the only champion in Wimbledon history to beat four top-10 players and the only mother to win the title. The next few years were uneventful for Goolagong. She missed almost the entire season in 1981 and suffered a series of championship losses in 1982. In 1983, she failed to reach the quarterfinals of any tournament and played her final Grand Slam singles match at the French Open, losing to Chris Evert. Her last Grand Slam appearance was in the doubles match at Wimbledon, where she was beaten in the first round.
Goolagong, who has won seven titles in her career, is ranked 12th on the list of women’s singles Grand Slam champions. Overall, she won 86 singles titles.
post-match career
After retiring from competitive racing, Gulagon continued her professional endorsement deal, appearing in ads for brands including KFC, Sears and Geritol. She started competing in the Senior Invitational in 1990, returning to Wimbledon for the inaugural Women’s Senior Invitational. From 1995 to 1997 Gulagon was a board member of the Australian Sports Commission and since 1997 has been a sports ambassador for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. In addition, Gulagon runs a development camp for Aboriginal children, using competitive tennis to encourage them to stay in school.
personal life
In 1975, Gulagon married former British junior tennis player Roger Cowley. From the moment they got married, Cowley became her coach, manager and hitting partner, replacing Vic Edwards, who had been abusive to Gulagon when he was her legal guardian. In 1974, shortly after Edwards refused to give Gulagon money to buy a new family car, Gulagón’s father was killed in a car accident.
After their marriage, Gulagon and Cowley settled in Naples, Florida. They have two children, daughter Kelly and son Morgan, a National Football League player. Gulagon is also the aunt of NFL player Ratrell Mitchell. In the early 90s, inspired by meetings with Australian Aboriginal relatives, the Cawleys bought a house in Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia.
honor
Among her many accolades, Gulagon was named Australian of the Year in 1971. The following year, she was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire. In 1982 she became an officer of the Order of Australia and was inducted into the Australian Sports Hall of Fame in 1985. He was then inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1988.
In 2016, Gulagon was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of South Australia for his numerous services to the community. Two years later, she received the Philippe Chatelier Award from the International Tennis Federation, the organization’s highest honor.
