Helen Gourlay
Full name | Helen Gourlay Cawley |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Launceston, Australia |
23 December 1946
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Retired | 1978 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Career record | {{#property:P564}} |
Highest ranking | No. 12 (1971) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | F (1977) |
French Open | F (1971) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1968, 1977) |
US Open | QF (1970) |
Doubles | |
Career record | {{#property:P555}} |
Career titles | 20 |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1971, 1975, 1977, 1977) |
French Open | F (1971, 1977) |
Wimbledon | W (1977) |
US Open | QF (1971, 1974) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1967) |
French Open | SF (1966) |
Wimbledon | SF (1970, 1974) |
US Open | QF (1971) |
Helen Gourlay Cawley (born 23 December 1946) is a retired female tennis player from Australia.
She was born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
Cawley reached the singles final of two Grand Slam tournaments, losing the 1971 French Open and the December 1977 Australian Open to countrywoman Evonne Goolagong Cawley. Despite both players marrying men with the same surname, they are not related to each other.[2]
An operation on her elbow sidelined her for 10 months in 1973.[3]
Cawley's greatest success was in women's doubles. She was a four-time winner of the Australian Open (1972, 1976, 1977 (January), 1977 (December)). She won Wimbledon in 1977 partnering JoAnne Russell and was the runner-up there in 1974. And she was twice the runner-up at the French Open (1971 and 1977).
In 1987 she was inducted into the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame and in 2000 received the Australian Sports Medal.[4]
Contents
Grand Slam finals
Singles (2 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1971 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 1977 | Australian Open (December) | Grass | ![]() |
3–6, 0–6 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
W | F | SF | QF | R# | RR | Q# | A | NH |
Tournament | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | Career SR | |
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Australia | QF | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | QF | A | QF | SF | A | 2R | 2R | SF | SF | F | A | A | 1R | 0 / 14 |
France | A | A | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | F | 4R | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | |
Wimbledon | A | A | 2R | 1R | 4R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | A | 4R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 11 | |
United States | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 41 |
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
See also
References
External links
- Helen Gourlay at the Women's Tennis Association
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- Living people
- Wimbledon champions
- Sportspeople from Launceston, Tasmania
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
- Australian Institute of Sport coaches