A tidy oasis of trim turf and ivy-covered buildings, the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club has stood since 1877 as a monument to British upper-class imperturbability. But last week Wimbledon, as the club is more commonly known, lost its haughty heart to the dusky daughter of an Australian sheepshearer and to a fair young girl from the middle-class groves of Florida. Evonne Goolagong, 20, as bubbling as the sound of her Aboriginal name, met cool, calm Chris Evert, 17, in the most publicized women's match since the glory days of Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills Moody. The fact that Evonne...
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