Helen Gourlay
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Helen Gourlay Cawley (born December 23, 1946) was a female tennis player from Australia.
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.
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 and was the runner-up there in 1974. And she was twice the runner-up at the French Open (1971 and 1977).
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[edit] Grand Slam singles finals
[edit] Runner-ups (2)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1971 | French Open |  Evonne Goolagong Cawley |
6–3, 7–5 |
| 1977 | Australian Open (December) | Evonne Goolagong Cawley |
6–3, 6–0 |
[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1977 (Dec.) | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | Career 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 | 2R | 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 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 41 |
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
