Overview

• Filming is underway across Melbourne and regional Victoria on the three-part Werner Film Productions series depicting Goolagong Cawley’s rise from Barellan to tennis stardom.
• Lila McGuire stars as the seven-times grand slam champion with Marton Csokas portraying coach Vic Edwards in the production.
• Evonne Goolagong Cawley and her husband Roger Cawley serve as executive producers, ensuring strong Indigenous representation both on and off screen.
• Supported by VicScreen's production fund and rebate, the series is expected to inject more than $9 million into the Victorian economy and create some 1,300 jobs.
• Wayne Blair directs a screenplay by Steven McGregor and Megan Simpson Huberman, with BBC Studios overseeing international sales for a planned 2026 ABC TV and iview premiere.