Women's tennis: 4 great Grand Slam Champions who never won the US Open

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#4 Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Evonne Goolagong Cawley is probably Bjorn Borg’s equivalent on the women’s circuit in a sense that despite making the Finals of the US Open multiple times neither could cross the final hurdle to lift the trophy. Goolagong won 68 WTA titles (6th in the all-time charts) and reached 18 Grand Slam finals (5th highest of all-time), winning seven of them. But in New York, she always fell just short.

Evonne Goolagong Cawley reached the finals of the US Open on 4 successive years between 1973 to 1976 inclusive. In 1973 final, she lost to Margaret Court Smith in 3 sets. In 1974 and 1975, she lost her finals match to Billie-Jean King and Chris Evert in 3 sets each. On both these occasions, she lost after winning the first set. A straight sets loss to defending champion Chris Evert followed in 1976 as her dream of winning the elusive US Open continued.

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