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 ...

The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Juniors Finals get underway in Antalya, Turkiye on Monday and here are the stats and facts you need to know ...

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 ...

When they arrive at college, they feel the same way. But when I ask those same students if they recognize the name Billie Jean King, only a handful can do so. That’s unfortunate, because King ...

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 ...

Hillary Clinton, Bernice King, more stars celebrate Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination Before Battle of the Sexes, watch the original Billie Jean King-Bobby Riggs tennis match Battle ...

Billie Jean King started the Women's Sports Foundation with a $5,000 check. She's turned that investment into $100 million and a half century of helping girls and women achieve their dreams ...

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 ...

Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup Encourage Donations for Spanish Flood Recovery Efforts MALAGA, Spain (AP) — With the finals of the Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup set to be played in ...

The two Finals get underway on Monday with teams bidding to be crowned the world’s best in the 16-and-under age category ...

Sports trailblazer and iconic tennis player Billie Jean King joins TODAY to discuss the “Billie Jean King Cup,” the largest annual women’s tennis team competition. She also talks about being ...

on Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo) MALAGA – With the finals of the Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup set to be played in Malaga, Spain, this month, the International Tennis Federation is making a ...