Evonne Goolagong (Wiradjuri) wins Wimbledon

Evonne Goolagong (Wiradjuri) wins Wimbledon. Evonne Goolagong beats Margaret Court in the first all-Australian final in the 87 year history of Women’s Singles at the Wimbledon Open in London The match takes just 63 minutes and propels Evonne to the same heights scaled some years earlier by Lionel Rose. Evonne repeats the triumph when a mother in 1980. She wins her second Wimbledon title and becomes the first mother in 66 years to do so