Helen Gourlay

Helen Gourlay
Full name Helen Gourlay Cawley
Country (sports)  Australia
Born (1946-12-23) 23 December 1946
Launceston, Australia
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Retired 1978
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Career record no value
Highest ranking No. 12 (1971)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open F (1977Dec)
French Open F (1971)
Wimbledon 4R (1968, 1972, 1977)
US Open QF (1970)
Doubles
Career record no value
Career titles 20
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open W (1972, 1976, 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 (née Gourlay; born 23 December 1946) is a retired female tennis player from Australia.

Personal

She was born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. She married Richard Leon Cawley in January 1977, and married William Timothy Cape in October 1986.

Career

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).


Grand Slam finals

Singles (2 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up1971French OpenClayAustralia Evonne Goolagong3–6, 5–7
Runner-up1977Australian Open (December)GrassAustralia Evonne Goolagong Cawley3–6, 0–6

Doubles (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up1971French OpenClayAustralia Kerry HarrisFrance Françoise Dürr
France Gail Chanfreau		4–6, 1–6
Winner1972Australian OpenGrassAustralia Kerry HarrisAustralia Patricia Coleman
Australia Karen Krantzcke		6–0, 6–4
Runner-up1974WimbledonGrassAustralia Karen KrantzckeAustralia Evonne Goolagong
United States Peggy Michel		6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Winner1976Australian OpenGrassAustralia Evonne GoolagongCzechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová
Australia Lesley Turner Bowrey		8–1
Winner1977(Jan)Australian OpenGrassAustralia Dianne FromholtzAustralia Kerry Melville Reid
United States Betsy Nagelsen		5–7, 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up1977French OpenClayUnited States Rayni FoxCzechoslovakia Regina Maršíková
United States Pam Teeguarden 		7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Winner1977WimbledonGrassUnited States JoAnne RussellCzechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
Netherlands Betty Stöve		6–3, 6–3
Winner1977(Dec)Australian OpenGrassAustralia Evonne GoolagongUnited States Mona Guerrant
Australia Kerry Melville Reid		Shared - final rained out

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Tournament19641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980Career SR
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 4R 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 played.

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Coaching

Gourlay was one of the inaugural coaches of the Australian Institute of Sport tennis program when it was established in Canberra in 1981.[4] Gourlay left the program in 1986.

Recognition

In 1987 she was inducted into the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame and in 2000 received the Australian Sports Medal.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bostic, Stephanie, ed. (1979). USTA Player Records 1978. United States Tennis Association (USTA). p. 181.
  2. ↑ "Evonne Goolagong routs Cawley to win 4th lid". Bangor Daily News. 2 January 1978. p. 16.
  3. ↑ Jack Gurney (14 April 1974). "Helen Gourlay's Persistence Typifies Aussie Standards". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. p. 4-D.
  4. 1 2 "Helen Gourlay (Cawley)". www.dpac.tas.gov.au. Tasmanian Government.
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