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Margaret Court, also known as Margaret Smith Court, is an Australian former world number 1 tennis player. Her 24 women's singles major titles and total of 64 major titles are the most in women's tennis history.
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Born 16 July 1942 · Q202342
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They have never phoned me. Nobody has spoken to me directly about it. I think they would rather not confront it. “They brought Rod in from America. If they think I’m just going to turn up, I don’t think that is right. I think I should be invited. I would hope they would pay my way to come like they paid for his, and honour me. If they are not going to do that, I don’t really want to come.
I don’t feel any of that should be brought into my tennis career,
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“They have never phoned me. Nobody has spoken to me directly about it. I think they would rather not confront it. “They brought Rod in from America. If they think I’m just going to turn up, I don’t think that is right. I think I should be invited. I would hope they would pay my way to come like they paid for his, and honour me. If they are not going to do that, I don’t really want to come.”
“I don’t feel any of that should be brought into my tennis career,”
“Hold on to your beliefs, no matter how unpopular, no matter if saying your piece is going to get you in trouble.”
“But those couple that led took young ones into parties and things. What you get at the top is often what you”
““I wasn’t one who looked for it, I didn’t know I was getting it, I was very honoured when I was told I was”
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“Everything we have in life is a choice. That’s the freedom God gave us. That’s their choice. I don’t hate them for their choice”
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BBC: Why is Australia's mushroom killer back in court this week?
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The Guardian: ‘Here come Miss Ann’: Black people know the likes of Margaret Court all too well
The Guardian: Margaret Court says Serena Williams played in ‘much easier’ era
The Guardian: ‘We don’t trust in governments’ or UN, Scott Morrison tells Margaret Court’s Perth church
The Guardian: More than $500k in jobkeeper given to Margaret Court’s Pentecostal church
Awarded Companion of the Order of Australia (2021).
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The Guardian: Margaret Court says she was not invited to this year's Australian Open
The Guardian: Australia Day honours 2021: Malcolm Turnbull says 'irony' in getting award along with Margaret Court
The Guardian: Kerry O'Brien rejects Australia Day honour in protest against Margaret Court's award
The Guardian: Margaret Court to be honoured on Australia Day, sparking a furious backlash
“I think a lot of it is because of being a minister and making a stand for my beliefs. I have had a lot of bullying. But we should be able to say what we believe. I’ve got nothing against anybody”
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Was advanced to a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), for "eminent service to tennis as an internationally acclaimed player and record-holding grand slam champion, and as a mentor of young sportspersons"
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The Guardian: Andy Murray backs calls to remove Margaret Court's name from tennis arena
The Guardian: Margaret Court claims discrimination after treatment by Tennis Australia
The Guardian: Navratilova and McEnroe say sorry but it’s time Margaret Court did the same | Kevin Mitchell
The Guardian: Badly served: should tennis be celebrating Margaret Court?
The Guardian: John McEnroe slams Margaret Court as the 'crazy aunt' of tennis
The Guardian: Tennis Australia treads warily for Margaret Court’s slam anniversary
The Guardian: Margaret Court overlooked for Australian Open trophy presentation
Her Margaret Court Community Outreach charity was denied a Lotterywest grant for a freezer truck on the basis of her public statements on gay people
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The Guardian: Margaret Court accepts Australian Open invitation to mark 50th anniversary of grand slam sweep
The Guardian: Margaret Court calls on Tennis Australia to honour her grand slam anniversary
Arguing that the organisation should disregard her views on same-sex marriage, as her tennis achievements are from "a different phase of my life from where I am now and if we are not big enough as a nation and a game to
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“I do not cherry pick to be popular. God has made his feelings clear, and they are my feelings, too.”
It was described by The West Australian as "one of WA's biggest stand-alone food charities", supplying around 25 tonnes of food each week
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An LGBT rights protest group called for the renaming of Margaret Court Arena
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Opposed proposed same-sex marriage reforms
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Awarded Officer of the Order of Australia (2007).
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Was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), for her services to tennis, as a mentor and to the community
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Awarded Philippe Chatrier Award (2006).
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Was awarded the International Tennis Federation's (ITF) accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award
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Court became the recipient of the 2003 Australia Post Australian Legends Award
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Won Centenary Medal (2001).
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Awarded Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001).
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Was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women
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Was awarded the Centenary Medal for her service to Australian tennis
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Won Australian Sports Medal (2000).
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Court was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for her impressive tennis career
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Court established Victory Life Community Services, later rebranded as Margaret Court Community Outreach (MCCO)
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Founded a Pentecostal church known as the Victory Life Centre in Perth
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Awarded Australian Tennis Hall of Fame (1993).
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In Melbourne, she was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame
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Court was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame and then elevated to Legend status in 1998
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Gained a theological qualification from the Rhema Bible Training Centre, and in 1991 was ordained as an independent Pentecostal minister and so speaks publicly about her faith
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Court was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
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Won the Australian Open Women with _Retired Tennis (1973).
Won the French Open Women with _Retired Tennis (1973).
But returned to tennis later in the year and won three major singles titles in 1973
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Won the Australian Open Women with _Retired Tennis (1971).
Won the Australian Open Women with _Retired Tennis (1970).
Also won a Western Australian honour, the Walter Lindrum Award
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Part of a record six consecutive major singles victories
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The mixed doubles Grand Slam in 1963 with fellow Australian Ken Fletcher and the mixed doubles Grand Slam in 1965 with three different partners (Fletcher, John Newcombe and Fred Stolle)
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("South Africans have this thing better organised than any other country, particularly America") and her criticisms of Navratilova in 1990 ("a great player but I'd like someone at the top who the younger players can look
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Won the Australian Open Women with _Retired Tennis (1969).
Where at the beginning of the season, she lost to Billie Jean King in the finals of the Western Australia Championships and the Australian National Championships
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Married Barry Court, whose father, Charles Court, and brother, Richard Court, were premiers of Western Australia
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And 1967, Court played as an amateur until the advent of the Open Era in 1968
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And 1969 are not always counted in Court's Grand Slam win total because the finals were never played
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And 1970, she became winner of the ABC Sportsman of the Year Award
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(8 of 12), 1964 (7 of 12), 1965 (9 of 12), 1969 (8 of 12), 1970 (7 of 11) and 1973 (6 of 11)
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Played for Australia Billie Jean King Cup team (1963–1970).
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Aged 17, she won the first of seven consecutive Australian Open singles titles
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And Steffi Graf in 1988 are the only other women who have won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments during the same calendar year
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Born 1942-07-16.
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