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Won 39 Grand Slam titles across singles and doubles.
King collected 12 singles, 16 women’s doubles, and 11 mixed doubles major titles.
GOTDONE ARCHIVE · 1943 to present
3 public itemsBillie Jean King
Tennis player and equality advocate
PHOTO: Claire Fridkin / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Combined championship tennis with institution-building that changed pay, power, and opportunity in women’s sport.
What Billie got done.
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Spearheaded the founding of the Women’s Tennis Association.
King brought players together and became the new organization’s first president.
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Won the Battle of the Sexes.
Her straight-sets victory over Bobby Riggs became a widely watched cultural moment for equality in sport.