Billie Jean King won six Wimbledon singles championships and four U.S. Open titles. She was ranked No. 1 in the world five years. She defeated such magnificent players as Martina Navratilova ...

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 ...

Billie Jean King made her professional tennis debut in ... BJK was the defending champion at Wimbledon and Forest Hills in ’68, but she was still staying in friends’ houses on the road.

Despite thrashing the alternate Daria Kasatkina in her final round-robin contest, Swiatek did not qualify for the semifinal. That made the Pole just the fourth woman in the last 20 years to win two ...

Raducanu's presence would undoubtedly boost Team Great Britain's hopes ahead of their first-round tie against Germany on ...

In the absence of some big name players 19-year-old Marina Stakusic put in a star turn for Canada in their run to a maiden Billie Jean King Cup title ... play the final of Wimbledon, so it ...

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

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 ...