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Billie Jean Moffitt
Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 major titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. King was a member of the victorious United States team in seven Federation Cups and nine Wightman Cups. For three years, she was the U.S. captain in the Federation Cup. King is an advocate of gender equality and has long been a pioneer for equality and social justice. In 1973, at age 29, she won the " Battle of the Sexes" tennis match against the 55-year-old Bobby Riggs. King was also the founder of the Women's Tennis Association and the Women's Sports Foundation. She was instrumental in persuading cigarette brand Virginia Slims to sponsor women's tennis in the 1970s and went on to serve on the board of their parent company Philip Morris in the 2000s. Regarded by many as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, King was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Incorporated in 1897, Long Beach lies in Southern California in the southern part of Los Angeles County. Long Beach is approximately south of downtown Los Angeles, and is part of the Gateway Cities region. The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports. The city is over an oilfield with minor wells both directly beneath the city as well as offshore. The city is known for its waterfront attractions, including the permanently docked and the Aquarium of the Pacific. Long Beach also hosts the Grand Prix of Long Beach, an IndyCar race and the Long Beach Pride Festival and Parade. California State University, Long Beach, one of the largest universities in California b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Australian Championships (tennis)
The 1965 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, Melbourne, Australia from 22 January to 1 February. It was the 53rd edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 15th held in Melbourne, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Australians Roy Emerson and Margaret Smith. Champions Men's singles Roy Emerson defeated Fred Stolle 7–9, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–1 Women's singles Margaret Smith defeated Maria Bueno 5–7, 6–4, 5–2 retired Men's doubles John Newcombe / Tony Roche defeated Roy Emerson / Fred Stolle 3–6, 4–6, 13–11, 6–3, 6–4 Women's doubles Margaret Smith / Lesley Turner defeated Robyn Ebbern / Billie Jean Moffitt, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 Mixed doubles Robyn Ebbern / Owen Davidson and Margaret Smith / John Newcombe (final not played) Notes References External links Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 U
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motors, Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day (Panama), Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Wimbledon Championships
The 1979 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 25 June until 7 July. It was the 93rd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1979. This edition was the first to introduce the tiebreak with the scores at 6–6 instead of 8–8. Prize money The total prize money for 1979 championships was £277,066. The winner of the men's title earned £20,000 while the women's singles champion earned £18,000. * per team Champions Seniors Men's singles Björn Borg defeated Roscoe Tanner, 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 *It was Borg's 8th career Grand Slam title, and his 4th Wimbledon title. Women's singles Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert Lloyd, 6–4, 6–4 *It was Navratilova's 2nd career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd (consecutive) Wimbledon title. Men's doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Wimbledon Championships
The 1973 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was scheduled to be held from Monday 25 June until Saturday 7 July 1973 but rain on the final Friday meant that the women's singles final was postponed until Saturday and the mixed doubles final was rescheduled to Sunday 8 July. It was the 87th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1973. Jan Kodeš and Billie Jean King won the singles titles. King became the first player in the open era to claim the triple crown, the second time in her career she won all three titles open to women players. Her three victories necessitated playing six matches on the final weekend of the tournament: The singles final, the doubles semi-final and final and the mixed doubles quarter-final, semi-final and final, which was played on the extended Sunday schedule. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Wimbledon Championships
The 1972 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was scheduled to be held from Monday 26 June until Saturday 8 July 1972 but rain on the final Saturday meant that the men's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles finals were played on Sunday 9 July. It was the first time in the tournament's history that finals were played on a Sunday. It was the 86th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1972. Due to the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) ban on World Championship Tennis (WCT) contract players competing in their tournaments, the reigning men's singles champion John Newcombe was prevented from defending his title. Other players banned from competing included Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall and Arthur Ashe among others. Stan Smith and Billie Jean King won the singles titles. Prize mone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Wimbledon Championships
The 1971 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 21 June until Saturday 3 July 1971. It was the 85th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1971. John Newcombe and Evonne Goolagong won the singles titles. Prize money The total prize money for the 1971 championships was £37,790. The winner of the men's title earned £3,750 while the women's singles champion earned £1,800. * per team Champions Seniors Men's singles John Newcombe defeated Stan Smith, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 *It was Newcombe's 4th career Grand Slam title (his 2nd in the Open Era), and his 3rd (and last) Wimbledon title. Women's singles Evonne Goolagong defeated Margaret Court, 6–4, 6–1 *It was Goolagong's 2nd career Grand Slam title, and her 1st Wimbledon title. Men's doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Wimbledon Championships
The 1970 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 22 June until Saturday 4 July 1970. It was the 84th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1970. Prize money The total prize money for 1970 championships was £41,650. The winner of the men's title earned £3,000 while the women's singles champion earned £1.500. * per team Champions Seniors Men's singles John Newcombe defeated Ken Rosewall, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 *It was Newcombe's 3rd career Grand Slam title (his 1st in the Open Era), and his 2nd Wimbledon title. Women's singles Margaret Court defeated Billie Jean King, 14–12, 11–9 *It was Court's 19th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd (and last) Wimbledon title. Men's doubles John Newcombe / Tony Roche defeated Ken Rosewall / Fred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Wimbledon Championships
The 1968 Wimbledon Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 24 June until Saturday 6 July 1968. It was the 82nd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1968. This tournament started the Open Era for Wimbledon, as it became the second Grand Slam tournament to offer prize money and allow professionals to compete after the 1968 French Open. Singles champions Rod Laver and Billie Jean King had already won Wimbledon twice before in the amateur era. Prize money The 1968 championships was the first edition of the tournament to offer prize money. The total prize money for the event was £26,150. The winner of the men's title earned £2,000 while the women's singles champion earned £750. It was the last tournament at which the Men's Singles final was played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Wimbledon Championships
The 1967 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 26 June until Saturday 8 July 1967. It was the 81st staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1967. John Newcombe and Billie Jean King won the singles titles. Launch of colour television The first colour television broadcast in the UK, as well as in Europe, took place on 1 July 1967, the first Saturday of the Championships, when, starting at 2pm, four hours of live coverage of the Championships was shown on BBC2 presented by David Vine and with commentary from Keith Fordyce. The first match broadcast in colour was Cliff Drysdale against Roger Taylor and was played on the Centre Court. Additional colour broadcasts were made during the afternoons of the following week as well as 30-minute highlight programmes shown each evening. Champions Seniors Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Wimbledon Championships
The 1965 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 21 June until Saturday 3 July 1965. It was the 79th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1965. Roy Emerson and Margaret Smith won the singles titles. Champions Seniors Men's singles Roy Emerson defeated Fred Stolle, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 Women's singles Margaret Smith defeated Maria Bueno, 6–4, 7–5 Men's doubles John Newcombe / Tony Roche defeated Ken Fletcher / Bob Hewitt, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4 Women's doubles Maria Bueno / Billie Jean King defeated Françoise Dürr / Janine Lieffrig, 6–2, 7–5 Mixed doubles Ken Fletcher / Margaret Smith defeated Tony Roche / Judy Tegart, 12–10, 6–3 Juniors Boys' singles Vladimir Korotkov defeated Georges Goven, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 Girls' singles Olga Morozova def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Wimbledon Championships
The 1962 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 25 June until Saturday 7 July 1962. It was the 76th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1962. Rod Laver and Karen Susman won the singles titles. Champions Seniors Men's singles Rod Laver defeated Martin Mulligan, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 Women's singles Karen Susman defeated Věra Suková, 6–4, 6–4 Men's doubles Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle defeated Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 Women's doubles Billie Jean Moffitt / Karen Susman defeated Sandra Price / Renée Schuurman, 5–7, 6–3, 7–5 Mixed doubles Neale Fraser / Margaret duPont defeated Dennis Ralston / Ann Haydon, 2–6, 6–3, 13–11 Juniors Boys' singles Stanley Matthews defeated Alex Metreveli, 10–8, 3–6, 6–4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
