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born
California Long Beach
parent : Bill and Betty -
Tennis Debut
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Attended Los Angeles state college
located in California -
Won her first Wimbledon title (Tennis Match)
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Graduated from Los Angeles State College
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Tennis Champion
Wimbledon Singles Champion and the U.S. opens singles Championship -
Tennis Singles
Australian opens singles and Wimbledon singles Champion -
Tennis Match
U.S. opens tornament that offers the amount of prize money of 100,000 but it is for men only -
French Singles
Won the French singles and threatened to bow out -
Tournament
U.S. opens the first major tournament that offers the same prize money for men and women called the battle of the sexs that is when famously beat Bobby Riggs. After that she founded the women's tennis association -
Foundation
Helps create Women's Tennis Foundation -
Last Wimbledon
Plays her last Wimbledon Grand Slam singles match and is the champion -
President
She is President of the Women's Tennis Association for the 2nd time -
Lesbian
Acknowledges that she is lesbian -
USTA
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Player -
Meets Obama
Receives the Presidental Medal of Freedom -
Winter Olympics
Named as part of the presidential delegation to closing the ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
