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| Player name | Billie Jean King | | Country | United States | | Residence | USA | | Date of birth | November 22, 1943(age 72) | | Place of birth | Long Beach, California | | Height | 5 ft 4½ in (164 cm) | | Turned pro | 1968 | | Retired | 1983 | | Plays | Right-handed | | Career prize money | US$1,966,487 | | Int. Tennis HOF | 1987 | | Career record | 695 � 155 (as shown on WTA website) | | Career titles | 129 (84 during open era) | | Highest ranking | 1 (1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1974) | | Australian Open | W (1968) | | French Open | W (1972) | | Wimbledon | W (1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975) | | US Open | W (1967, 1971, 1972, 1974) | | Career record | 87 � 37 (as shown on WTA website) | | Australian Open | F (1965, 1969) | | French Open | W (1972) | | Wimbledon | W (1961, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979) | | US Open | W (1964, 1967, 1974, 1978, 1980) | | Career record | n/a | | Career titles | 11 | | Australian Open | W (1968) | | French Open | W (1967, 1970) | | Wimbledon | W (1967, 1971, 1973, 1974) | | US Open | W (1967, 1971, 1973, 1976) |
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Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943 in Long Beach, California) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society. She is known for "The Battle of the Sexes" in 1973, in which she defeated Bobby Riggs, a former Wimbledon men's singles champion.
King is the founder of the Women's Tennis Association, the Women's Sports Foundation, and World Team Tennis, which she founded with her former husband, Lawrence King.
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