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2. Billie Jean King - Wikipedia

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   The Billie Jean King Main Library is located in Downtown Long Beach, and has exhibited King's Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Fed Cup, the premier international team competition in women's tennis, was renamed the Billie Jean King Cup in September 2020 in her honor. 2020 World Series champion as part owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers [177]

3. Battle of the Sexes (tennis) - Wikipedia

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   Paraphernalia from the Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs match The dress worn by King during the match. Suddenly in the national limelight following his win over Court, Riggs taunted all female tennis players, prompting King to accept a lucrative financial offer to play Riggs in a nationally televised match in prime time on ABC that the promoters dubbed the "Battle of the Sexes".

4. Billie Jean King career statistics - Wikipedia

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   King's overall win–loss record at the French Championships/Open was 22–6 .786 in 7 years (1967–1970, 1972, 1980, 1982). (Her win total does not include any first round byes but does include one walkover.) King was 1–0 in finals, 1–1 in semifinals, and 2–4 in quarterfinals. She failed to reach the quarterfinals only once, in 1982 ...

5. Olympics-Pioneer Billie Jean King hails extraordinary ...

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   The focus on gender equity at the Paris Olympics is the latest win in a terrific run of progress for women's sports, tennis champion and pioneer Billie Jean King told Reuters, as organisers ...

6. 50 years after the iconic 'Battle of the Sexes,' Billie Jean ...

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   King was 29 and the No. 1 women’s player in the world. Riggs, then 55 and a thorn in the side of feminists , had been a top men’s player in the late 1930s and ‘40s. Bobby Riggs,Billie Jean ...

7. Tennis Legend Billie Jean King, 79, Shares the #1 ... - AOL

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   Billie Jean King has been in the spotlight for decades. The winner of 39 grand slam titles, King was at one point the number one tennis player in the world. A fierce advocate for gender equality ...

8. Battle of the Sexes (2017 film) - Wikipedia

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   Battle of the Sexes is a 2017 sports comedy-drama film directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton and written by Simon Beaufoy. The plot is loosely based on the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. The film stars Emma Stone and Steve Carell as King and Riggs, leading an ensemble cast including Andrea Riseborough ...

9. Elliott: Billie Jean King's 'Battle of the Sexes' triumph ...

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   Fifty years ago, Billie Jean King won the "Battle of the Sexes," inspiring women to pursue their dreams and giving muscle to the women's rights movement.