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Margaret Court was given Australiaâs highest civilian honour to address a gender disparity created five years ago when Rod Laver became the first tennis player to be made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).
Members of the Council for the Order of Australia, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the decisive argument behind the decision to elevate Court to an AC was that our greatest womenâs player deserved the same level of recognition as our greatest menâs player.
Margaret Court, AC, says she is honoured to be in the same company as Rod Laver.