Last year, Clijsters became the first mother to take home a major trophy since Evonne Cawley in 1980.

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The 26-year-old becomes the first mother to win a Grand Slam since 1980 when Evonne Goolagong Cawley won Wimbledon.

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However, in the land of Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, John Newcombe, Pat Cash, Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong Cawley, that simply is not good enough.

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