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50 years after Evonne Goolagong's Australian Open win, we should remember her achievements – and the racism she overcame

  • Written by Gary Osmond, Associate Professor of Sport History, The University of Queensland

Readers are advised this article contains offensive language about Aboriginal peoples.

Fifty years ago, on New Year’s Day in 1974, Wiradjuri woman Evonne Goolagong delighted spectators at Melbourne’s Kooyong Tennis Club by defeating American Chris Evert to win the women’s singles Australian Open championship.

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