“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.

Women's sports had a colossal presence at the 2024 FN Achievement Awards, as Billie Jean King, Angel Reese and Gabby ... to get a signature sneaker in 1971. "I played this guy, I don't know ...

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 ...