Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; birthed November 22, 1943) is an American former globe No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in ladies s increases, and also 11 in combined doubles. She often represented the United States in the Federation Mug and the Wightman Mug. She belonged to the successful United States team in 7 Federation Mugs and 9 Wightman Mugs. For 3 years, she was the USA captain in the Federation Mug.
King is an advocate for sex equality and has long been a leader for equality and social justice. In 1973, at age 29, she won the Battle of the Sexes tennis match versus the 55-year-old Bobby Riggs. She was also the founder of the Female s Tennis Organization as well as the Female s Sports Structure. She was additionally instrumental in persuading cigarette brand Virginia Slims to fund ladies s tennis in the 1970s and also went on to serve on the board of their parent business Philip Morris in the 2000s.

Regarded by lots of in the sporting activity as one of the biggest women s tennis gamers of perpetuity, King was inducted right into the International Tennis Hall of Popularity in 1987. The Fed Cup Award of Quality was bestowed on her in 2010. In 1972, she was the joint victor, with John Wooden, of the Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Year honor and was just one of the Time Folks of the Year in 1975. She has actually likewise received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year lifetime success award. She was inducted into the National Female s Hall of Fame in 1990, and also in 2006, the USTA National Tennis Facility in New York City was renamed the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. In 2018, she won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Honor.
Standing at just 1.64 m (5 ft 4 +1 ⁄ 2 in), King is the fastest gamer to have ever won a conquest in tennis.

With a victory against the French Open winner Barbora Krejcikova, Angelique Kerber has balanced at the Billie Jean King Cup in the first group match against hosts Czech Republic to the 1: 1. The 33-year-old Kieler defeated the World Ranking List third with 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 0, 6: 4 on Monday in Prague. Previously Andrea Petkovic had lost 1: 6, 3: 6 against Marketa Vontrousova. This concludes the decision in the final double. Kerber turned her first matchball after 2:16 hours. The second group game denies the German ladies on Tuesday (17.00 clock) against Switzerland. Only the first of the four groups reach the semifinals on Friday.

It felt for me today fame in the square, but she has it very, very well done, Petkovic said after her sober defeat in 1:15 hours and paid respect for her opposite. She had the ball so well in the thug. It was simply crazy for me today. If it was important, she made the points, said the German number two.

Even before the late showdown in the double, the 34-year-old intestinal städter looked at the next heavy task. The Swiss are entitled with Olympic Champion Belinda Bencic and feature a strong and balanced team like the Czech. Our group is just the horror group, said Petkovic and spoke of difficult challenges because they were unused as tennis players in a regular tournament mode, to play again after defeats the next day.

Kerber fights back

Kerber went with the mortgage of winning-need in the duel with this year s Roland Garros winner in singles and double. She was fast 0: 3, but fought himself into the match. Since this week, the 33-year-old Kieler as a number nine of the world, for the first time after more than two years, is back under the top ten. Against the ranked third Krejcikova, they awarded two sentence balls, had to go to Tiebreak – and like Petkovic a few hours before the first passage with a double error. She also led a short self-conversation like her teammate under the towel. But instead of bidding or doubt, Kerber played concentrated and quiet and decided sentence two with 6: 0 for themselves.

Krejcikova was treated at the calf, the Czech trumpeter made among the nearly 10,000 spectators for international atmosphere. In the third round, a thrilling duel developed with partly high-class ball changes. On 4: 3 Kerber managed the preliminary break.