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King became the captain of the United States Fed Cup team and coach of its women's Olympic tennis squad. She guided the U.S. to the Fed Cup championship in 1996 and helped Lindsay Davenport , Gigi Fernández , and Mary Joe Fernández capture Olympic gold medals.
Oct 7, 2024 · King remained active in tennis and since the mid-1990s served as coach for several Olympic and Federation Cup teams; in 2020 the Federation Cup was renamed the Billie Jean King Cup. The United States Tennis Association honoured King in August 2006, when it renamed the National Tennis Center, home of the U.S. Open, the Billie Jean King National ...
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Nov 2, 2023 · In 1970, she coaxed the players now known as the Original 9 to make the risky leap onto the path-breaking Virginia Slims circuit. In 1973, she founded the WTA, still the most successful women’s...
1974: First woman to coach a co‐ed team in professional sports (Philadelphia Freedoms, WTT) 1974: Elton John wrote his No. 1 hit Philadelphia Freedom for Billie Jean to congratulate her on co-founding WTT and playing and coaching for the Philadelphia Freedoms tennis team. 1974: Founded the Women’s Sports Foundation.
Known for beating Bobby Riggs in 1973’s “Battle of the Sexes,” King also helped establish the Women’s Tennis Association, the organization that oversees women’s professional tennis. Billie Jean King was born Billie Jean Moffitt on November 22, 1943 in Long Beach, California.
A trailblazer for women’s tennis, equal rights and also one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. Billie Jean King paved the way on court and off court from the 50s onwards with her guiding principles of equality, empowerment and access.
Nov 8, 2023 · Emerging on the global tennis scene in the early ‘60s, King captured attention with her self-directed motivational comments, intermittent thigh slaps, and enough energy to fuel a rocket ship....
