Billie Jean King made her professional tennis debut in Cannes, in the South of France, in the spring of 1968. That sounds like a suitably glamorous birthplace for such a storied pro career ...

But when I ask those same students if they recognize the name Billie Jean King, only a handful can do ... made difficult sacrifices in her life and career. Like Robinson, she is often identified ...

Along came Billie Jean, just at the moment ... formed World Team Tennis. In early 1975, Seventeen magazine polled its readers and found that King was the most admired woman in the world.

“Billie doesn’t have just one ... We need to continue to do that for women’s sports.” King and the ‘Original Nine’ helped market the early women's professional tennis circuit, and ...

Tory Burch will be the official outfitter of the Billie Jean King Cup winners' jacket for the third consecutive year. First ...

A fter a season finale in which she lost the 1st position in the WTA ranking, Iga Swiatek wants to end her year in the best possible way, trying to obtain a historic first triumph ...

Leylah Annie Fernandez, Rebecca Marino, Gabriela Dabrowski, and Marina Stakusic will represent Canada at the Billie Jean King ...

Billie Jean King Cup: 'Sensational' Emma Raducanu gives ... As she did against Garcia, Raducanu grew into the contest. She was broken early by Parry, fought back to parity and then faltered ...

The Billie Jean King Cup matches are scheduled for Nov. 13-20, and the Davis Cup — the last event of 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal's career — is set for Nov. 19-24, all in Malaga.

Billie Jean King won ... "Open" era in 1968, King turned pro. This time she received more than a trophy for winning Wimbledon. She was on her way to earning $1,966,487 in career prize money.