Billie Jean King's Battle of Roland Garros was won on the hard ...

a two-part look back at Billie Jean King's one and only Roland Garros title—won 50 years ago, in 1972, and which completed a career Grand Slam ...

we complete a two-part look back at Billie Jean King's one and only Roland Garros title—won 50 years ago, in 1972, and which completed a career ...

Tribute to Billie Jean King on 50th anniversary of her RG triumph

King had only made the journey across the Atlantic to the red clay courts of Roland-Garros four times prior to her watershed 1972 triumph, where ...

Billie Jean King - Wikipedia

Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943), also known as BJK, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam titles: ...

battle of the sexes tennis match billie jean king bobby riggs - CNN

Bobby Riggs said he could beat the top women's tennis players. 50 years ago today, he got his chance.

The Open's Breakthrough of 1973 - The New York Times

Billie Jean King unified her fellow players, won the Battle of the Sexes and secured equal purses at the United States Open.

Battle of the Sexes (tennis) - Wikipedia

... Billie Jean King, which King won in three sets. The match was viewed by an estimated fifty million people in the United States and ninety ...

1972 French Open: Billie Jean King defeats Evonne Goolagong

Billie Jean King defeated Virginia Wade (6-1 6-3), Helga Masthoff (6-4 6-4) and Evonne Goolagong to win the French Open in 1972.

The Tennis 128: No. 28, Billie Jean King

She defeated Court in three of five meetings, once each on grass, clay, and hard. As Billie Jean tirelessly promoted the tour and began ...

Australian Open - Billie Jean King Cup

That same year, she played in the infamous Battle of the Sexes at the Houston Astrodome, defeating 1939 Wimbledon champion Bobby Riggs 6-4 6-3 6-3 – a symbolic, ...

Tennis and equality: Progress, but there is still some way to go 50 ...

The American hard-court major led the way in equal prize money thanks to the efforts of Billie-Jean King, but in many smaller tournaments ...

Year by Year | History of the US Open - A USTA Event - USOpen.org

Billie Jean King, who led the charge for equal pay, presented Gauff with her trophy after she received her $3 million champion's check. "Thank you, Billie, for ...

The most difficult challenge in tennis: The French-Wimbledon double

King – who won her only French Open singles title in 1972 – said the first time she played on clay as a teenager she felt as though she had ...

Rafael Nadal, 22-time Grand Slam champion and 'King of Clay,' to ...

... Roland Garros and in the shadow of its main stadium, Court Philippe Chatrier. ... On 50th anniversary of Billie Jean King's 'Battle of the Sexes ...

How did Bobby Riggs handily defeat Margaret Court, and then lose ...

How did Bobby Riggs handily defeat Margaret Court, and then lose to Billy Jean King a few months later?

How 'flop era' criticism spurred Coco Gauff to WTA Finals win and ...

Roland-Garros · Wimbledon · US Open · All Competitions · Sign In ... Gauff is not playing for the USA at this week's Billie Jean King Cup Finals.

Why beating Swiatek at Roland Garros is the hardest feat in tennis

He had just turned 22 when he won the fourth. Swiatek just won her fourth, less than two weeks after turning 23. Nadal won his fifth in 2010, ...

Nadal: 'This means everything' - Roland-Garros - The official site

A new chapter was added to the most prolific reign on Court Philippe-Chatrier as the Spaniard prevailed 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 over the 23-year-old first ...

Billie Jean King: "I want Spain to put in the same effort for its girls as ...

So I was able to give Rafa his 14th trophy. Winning 14 Roland Garros (she gestures as if her head is exploding) is impossible (she says in ...

Expert picks: Who will win Roland Garros in 2024? - Australian Open

2011 US Open champion and now Australian Billie Jean King Cup captain. Todd Woodbridge: A 22-time Grand Slam doubles champion. Jelena Dokic ...