“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 ...

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.

Billie Jean King started the Women's Sports Foundation ... "It reminds me of Chris Evert in 1971, when she changed everything at the U.S Open. Anytime a player can do well, she helps everybody." ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King started the Women’s Sports Foundation ... “It reminds me of Chris Evert in 1971, when she changed everything at the U.S Open. Anytime a player can do well ...

1967, 1971-1972, 1974 – US Open singles champion ... is rededicated as the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The Center is the home of the US Open. 2014 – Establishes the non ...

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 ...

“Billie doesn’t have just one meeting ... “Caitlin Clark is fantastic,” King said. “It reminds me of Chris Evert in 1971, when she changed everything at the U.S Open.

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: ...

Billie Jean King and 100 Athletes to Celebrate the 50th ... “It reminds me of Chris Evert in 1971, when she changed everything at the U.S Open. Anytime a player can do well, she helps everybody.” ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King started the Women’s Sports Foundation ... “It reminds me of Chris Evert in 1971, when she changed everything at the U.S Open. Anytime a player can do well ...