American tennis player and pioneering advocate for gender equity in sport; won 39 Grand Slam titles across singles, doubles and mixed doubles and defeated Bobby Riggs in the 1973 televised Battle of the Sexes match.
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Career Highlight39 Grand Slam titles, including 12 singles titles, six of them at Wimbledon; founded the Women's Tennis Association in 1973 and won the Battle of the Sexes exhibition match against Bobby Riggs that same year. 1 Classification
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Source US Open, Official History (Tennis)
Source The Championships, Wimbledon, Official History
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
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American tennis player and pioneering advocate for gender equity in sport; won 39 Grand Slam titles across singles, doubles and mixed doubles and defeated Bobby Riggs in the 1973 televised Battle of the Sexes match.
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Section 1973: Riggs vs. KingQuote, Section 1973: Riggs vs. King
Rather than playing her own usual aggressive game, King mostly stayed at the baseline, at least at first, easily handling Riggs's lobs and soft shots, making him cover the entire court as she ran him from side to side and beat him at his own defensive style of play.
The Championships, Wimbledon, Official History
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet ClubCompeted In: Wimbledon
US Open, Official History (Tennis)
United States Tennis AssociationCompeted In: US Open (Tennis)
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