Billie Jean King said (via WTA). "Chrissie did that for tennis in 1971. I was there, so I can tell you all about it." Notably, in 1971, at just 16 years old, Evert made waves by winning 30 of 32 ...

Tennis legend and champion for equity Billie Jean King is the grand marshal for the 136th Rose Parade on Wednesday, Jan. 1.

She nimbly got into the car marked “Grand Marshal,” a dusty blue, 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III, and sat beside her wife, ...

Billie Jean King, with her distinctive dark hair ... that in 1970 she joined the Virginia Slims Tour for women, and in 1971 became the first woman athlete to earn over $100,000 in prize money.

Renowned figures from the tennis world, including Billie Jean King and her former peers Martina ... At just 16, Evert made an unforgettable debut at the 1971 US Open, reaching the semifinals.

Tennis legend Billie Jean King poses alongside the 2025 Rose Parade ... 1970 she joined the Virginia Slims Tour for women, and in 1971 became the first woman athlete to earn over $100,000 in ...

Billie Jean King won six Wimbledon singles championships ... King became the first woman athlete to earn $100,000 in prize money in a year (1971), and President Richard Nixon called to ...

Fashion designer Ralph Lauren, whose name has become synonymous with preppy-chic, was awarded the Presidential Medal of ...

Let Billie Jean King, the leading pioneer of women’s professional tennis ... “Chrissie did that for tennis in 1971. I was there, so I can tell you all about it.” Evert won 30 of 32 matches that year, ...

Australia’s great tennis hope was perilously close to exposing himself or having to run a marathon thanks to the backroom ...

From an early age, Evert excelled in junior categories and made her Grand Slam debut at 16 during the 1971 US Open, where she reached the semifinals, losing to first seed Billie Jean King. Her ...