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 ...
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 ...
Grammy Award winner Reba McEntire and American Sign Language performer Daniel Durant perform the national anthem ahead of Super Bowl LVIII between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs ...
Tennis legend Billie Jean King, pictured in 2009, advised WNBA players not to blow the league’s growth opportunity with ...
After an ongoing landslide in Rancho Palos Verdes threatened dozens of homes, officials announced electricity would be restored to some areas after residents had gone with power and gas for months ...
King will celebrate the 50th anniversary of ... the federation resulted in a landmark $24 million settlement in 2022. “Billie doesn’t have just one meeting. She’d check in and follow up ...
Image: Belinda Bencic raises the Billie Jean King Cup after Switzerland defeat Australia to become 2022 champions The 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Finals, held between November 7-12 at the Estadio La ...
Billie Jean King won a dozen Grand Slam singles titles, including six Wimbledon championships and four U.S. crowns. She was ranked No. 1 in the world five years. She defeated such magnificent ...
Recommended Videos The Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup, along with the ITF, “are donating to the Cruz Roja, and we encourage all our fans and followers to contribute as well.” The ITF did ...
(Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images) Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from Canada's team in the Billie Jean King Cup finals. Tennis Canada said in a news release that Andreescu, from Mississauga ...
World No. 2 Iga Swiatek will join Poland’s squad for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals after initially planning to miss the event, which will take place from November 13-20 November in Malaga, Spain.
2006 – The United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York, is rededicated as the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The Center is the home of the ...