July 31: Fourteen-time Grand Slam winner Evonne Goolangong Cawley turns 51. The Australian former No. 1 won 68 career titles including seven Grand Slam singles - taking the Australian Open in four straight years (1974-1977), the French Open in 1971 and Wimbledon in 1971 and 1980. She just missed completing the career Grand Slam, losing the US Open final four straight years between 1973-1976.
In addition, she won the Australian Open doubles title five times and Wimbledon once, and the French Open mixed doubles title in 1972. Goolagong married fellow Australian tennis player Roger Calwey in 1973, and had a daughter Kelly in 1977. When she won Wimbledon in 1980, she became the first mother to win a Grand Slam tournament since before World War I. In 2010, Kim Clijsters joined her in this remarkable club.
Current WTA No. 1 Victoria Azarenka turns 23. She is the first native of Belarus to win a Grand Slam or be ranked No. 1. Azarenka made a name for herself early in her career by taking the mixed doubles titles at the US Open in 2007 and Wimbledon in 2008. She entered the Top 10 in singles in 2009 and won the Australian Open to start 2012, climbing to No. 1 in the world with a 24-0 start to the season.
August 2: American doubles ace Jared Palmer turns 41. The former national champion at Stanford won 28 career titles -- including the 1995 Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2001.
August 3: Russia's Anastasia Pavyluchenkova turns 21. The junior Grand Slam champion is currently ranked No. 29 in the world, having been ranked as high as 13th in 2011. She has three WTA titles to her credit.
August 4: Twenty-two time doubles Grand Slam champion Pam Shriver turns 50. Shriver won 21 singles titles and 112 doubles crowns in her career. going 21-5 in women's doubles Grand Slam finals, including winning the single-season doubles Grand Slam in 1984. She added a gold medal in women's doubles at the 1988 Olympic Games at age 36. Shriver continues to be an integral part of the game with her work in broadcasting.
France's Henri Leconte turns 49. Leconte helped the French win the 1991 Davis Cup and reached a career-high ranking of No. 5 in the world. In 1988, he reached the French Open final, the first native son to do so in five years, but lost in three sets to Mats Wilander.
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