Here is a look at the life of tennis champion and LGBTQ activist Billie Jean King. Personal Birth date: November 22, 1943 Birth place: Long Beach, California Birth name: Billie Jean Moffitt Father: ...

1961 – Wins her first Wimbledon title ... is rededicated as the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The Center is the home of the US Open. 2014 – Establishes the non-profit, Billie ...

1961 – Wins her first Wimbledon title ... is rededicated as the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The Center is the home of the US Open. August 12, 2009 – Receives the Presidential ...

Carlos Alcaraz struggled with a stomach issue and looked far from the player who won two Grand Slams this year in losing to ...

Andy Schooler brings you his team-by-team guide to the Billie Jean King Cup Finals – and picks out 8/1 and 14/1 selections in ...

2. She won her first Wimbledon title in 1961. Billie Jean King during the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, 1982. / Bob Martin/GettyImages King won her first Wimbledon title in 1961—just ...

In 1972 she won Wimbledon, the French Open and the US ... the US Tennis Association named its main facility in New York City the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. In 2009, President Barack ...

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