Billie Jean King 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 won "The Battle of the Sexes" in 1973, in which she defeated Bobby Riggs, a former Wimbledon men's singles champion, for $100,000, winner take all. She completed a career tour all surfaces win-loss performance of 81.76% . Her win-loss performance in all Grand Slam singles tournaments was 82.00% , at the French Open 77.77% , at... Wimbledon 86.36% , at the US Open 80.55% , and at the Australian Open 80.00% . King is the founder of the Women's Tennis Association, the Women's Sports Foundation, and owner of World Team Tennis, which was founded by her former husband, Larry King, Dennis Murphy, Frank Barman, and Jordan Kaiser. Billie Jean Moffit was born in Long Beach, California, into a conservative Methodist family, the daughter of a fireman father and housewife mother.
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| Birthdate: | November 22, 1943 |
| Birthplace: | Long Beach, California |
| Age: | 68 |
| Height: | 5' 4" |
| Weight: | 133.8 lbs. |
| Also known as: | Billie Jean Moffit |