Athletes

Billie Jean King

Citation Formats

General Reference

Sport and Games Atlas. "Billie Jean King." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-sport.interactiveatlas.org/athletes/billie-jean-king.

APA Style

Sport and Games Atlas. (n.d.). Billie Jean King. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-sport.interactiveatlas.org/athletes/billie-jean-king

BibTeX

@misc{sportandgamesatlas-billie-jean-king,
  author = {Sport and Games Atlas},
  title = {Billie Jean King},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-sport.interactiveatlas.org/athletes/billie-jean-king},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

American tennis player and pioneering advocate for gender equity in sport; won 39 Grand Slam titles across singles, doubles and mixed doubles and defeated Bobby Riggs in the 1973 televised Battle of the Sexes match.

Facts

Birth Year

1943 1

Nationality

United States 1

Career Highlight

39 Grand Slam titles, including 12 singles titles, six of them at Wimbledon; founded the Women's Tennis Association in 1973 and won the Battle of the Sexes exhibition match against Bobby Riggs that same year. 1

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