Billie Jean King
Awards And Accomplishments
| 1958 | Southern California Junior champion | ||
| 1961 | Wimbledon doubles champion with Karen Hantze; enrolls in Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences | ||
| 1966 | Wimbledon singles, U.S. indoor singles, and U.S. hard-court and indoor doubles tournaments (with Rosemary Casals) champion | ||
| 1967 | U.S. singles champion; Wimbledon singles champion and doubles champion (with Casals), U.S. Open, and South Africa champion; French mixed doubles champion; awarded Woman Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press | ||
| 1968 | U.S. singles champion; Wimbledon singles and doubles champion (with Casals); Australian singles and mixed doubles champion; U.S. indoor doubles champion | ||
| 1970 | Wimbledon doubles champion (with Casals); French mixed doubles champion; Italian singles and doubles champion; Wightman Cup | ||
| 1971 | U.S. singles and mixed doubles champion; Wimbledon doubles and mixed doubles champion | ||
| 1971 | First female athlete to earn $100,000 in prize money | ||
| 1972 | Named first Sportswoman of the Year by Sports Illustrated; "Tennis Player of the Year" by Sports magazine; U.S. doubles champion; Wimbledon singles and doubles champion (with Betty Stove); French singles and doubles champion | ||
| 1973 | Wins Battle of the Sexes against Bobby Riggs; U.S. mixed doubles champion; Wimbledon singles, doubles (with Casals), and mixed doubles champion | ||
| 1973-75, 1980-81 | President, Women's Tennis Association, which she co-founds | ||
| 1974 | U.S. singles and doubles champion; Wimbledon mixed doubles champion; plays World Team Tennis for Philadelphia Freedoms; first woman to coach a professional team (Philadelphia Freedoms) | ||
| 1975 | Wimbledon singles champion; announces partial retirement | ||
| 1975-78 | Plays World Team Tennis for New York Sets/Apples | ||
| 1976 | U.S. mixed doubles champion; captain of Federation Cup team; named Woman of the Year by Time magazine | ||
| 1977 | Wightman Cup | ||
| 1978 | U.S. doubles champion | ||
| 1979 | Wimbledon doubles champion with Martina Navratilova, breaking the record for most career wins at Wimbledon; Wightman Cup | ||
| 1980 | U.S. doubles champion | ||
| 1981 | Plays World Team Tennis for Oakland Breakers; is sued by Marlyn Barnett, leading to publicity about her sexuality | ||
| 1982 | Plays World Team Tennis for Los Angeles Strings | ||
| 1984 | First woman commissioner (World Team Tennis) in professional sports history | ||
| 1987 | Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame | ||
| 1990 | Listed as one of the "100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century" by Life magazine; inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame | ||
| 1994 | Ranked No. 5 in Sports Illustrated's "Top 40 Athletes" for significantly altering/elevating sports the last four decades | ||
| 1997 | Named one of the "Ten Most Powerful Women in America" by Harper's Bazaar magazine; named one of the "Twenty-five Most Influential Women in America" by World Almanac | ||
| 1998 | First athlete to receive the Elizabeth Blackwell Award, given by Hobart and William Smith College to a woman whose life exemplifies outstanding service to humanity | ||
| 1999 | Wins the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage for her fight to bring equality to women's sports | 2002 | Receives the Radcliffe Medal, awarded annually to a person whose life and work has significantly improved society |
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