“The main thing Billie Jean had was a passion,” said her ex ... A pair of examples came in the last two rounds of King’s 1971 US Open title run. In the semis, playing Chrissie Evert for ...

The sky is the limit for Billie Jean King. The tennis legend — dubbed “Equality Champion” — is setting her sights on a new ...

Billie Jean King won a dozen Grand Slam singles titles ... athlete to earn $100,000 in prize money in a year ($117,000 in 1971), and President Richard Nixon called to congratulate her.

King likened Clark's arrival in the WNBA to the arrival of 16-year-old tennis sensation Chris Evert at the 1971 US Open ...

Tennis legend Billie Jean King recalled the difficulties she faced to obtain an abortion in 1971. King, 78, wrote that she underwent the procedure — which required approval from a hospital ...

It was left to the most famous of those older players, top-seeded Billie Jean King, to end Evert’s charmed run in the semis in straight sets. But that wasn’t before Billie Jean, who knew a ...

1974 — Billie Jean King def. Evonne Goolagong, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. 1973 — Margaret Smith Court def. Evonne Goolagong, 7-6 (5-2), 5-7, 6-2. 1972 — Billie Jean King def. Kerry Melville, 6-3, 7-5.

Examples of how sports contribute to the easing of tensions between countries include ping-pong diplomacy of 1971 when United ...

Played on the hardcourt at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens ... Lucille Wilson from 1943 until he passed away in 1971. Queen Anne Bedroom where jazz trumpeter and ...

This year, the drink runs $23 and is sold across concession stands at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ... at the London tournament since 1971, while at the French Open in Paris ...

Billie Jean King won six Wimbledon singles championships ... King became the first woman athlete to earn $100,000 in prize money in a year (1971), and President Richard Nixon called to ...