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Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 1 of first mothers to win a singles major, becomes a grandmother
NAMBOUR, Australia - Evonne Goolagong Cawley, one of the few women to win a Grand Slam singles title as a mother in the Open Era, is a grandmother.
Goolagong Cawley and her husband, Roger Cawley, were at Nambour Hospital on the Sunshine Coast north of Brisbane on Wednesday when their son Morgan's fiancee, Sophia, gave birth to daughter Beau Maya. The first grandchild for the seven-time Grand Slam champion weighed 3.8 kilograms (8 pounds, 6 ounces).
"I used to say during my career that the biggest gift was having my children," Goolagong Cawley said. "But this is my second-best gift and better than any trophy. I'm very excited. Both are well and looking fantastic. I can't wait to babysit."
Goolagong Cawley won Wimbledon in 1980, three years after the birth of the couple's other child, daughter Kelly. Kim Clijsters won the U.S. Open in 2009 after a two-year retirement and following the birth of her daughter Jada, a 29-year gap of mothers winning Grand Slam singles titles.
Fellow Australian Margaret Court won three Grand Slam titles in 1973 after the birth of her first child a year earlier, the only other woman in the Open Era to win a major after childbirth.
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