More than 20 years after her career ended, the Australian tennis legend Evonne Goolagong has finally been recognised as a former number one world player.
The status has always been denied to her because of a calculation error in 1976. The international Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has now corrected the error and admitted Ms Goolagong to the 16-strong list of world-ranking singles players.
When the list was introduced in 1976 it was not, according to the WTA, perfect and did not include Ms Goolagong, who was ranked the best tennis player in the world in April and May of that year.
Ms Goolagong has said that her long-delayed Number 1 status came as a complete surprise, but that she is very happy about it.
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5577302/Goolagongs-Number-1-21-years-late
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