BILLIE JEAN KING - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 2230
Price: $180.00
BILLIE JEAN KING
Black and white publicity photograph of a younger Billie Jean King holding a
tennis racket inscribed to a fan.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "Go for it, Jeffrey!/Billie Jean
King". B/w, 4¾x6¾. Billie Jean King (born Billie Jean Moffitt in 1943), who
was ranked in the top 10 of tennis for 17 years, is the holder of 20
Wimbledon titles (including singles champ six times) and was U.S. champ
four times. Credited with establishing the first successful women's
professional tennis tour and paving the way for other female athletes, she was
the first woman athlete to earn $100,000 in one year (1971). In 1973,
29-year-old King beat 55-year-old Bobby Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in the
nationally televised "Battle of the Sexes" to win $100,000 at the
Astrodome, spurring new interest in tennis. In 1965, she married Larry King,
with whom she founded the unique World Team Tennis, which has a co-ed
format that King calls "the future". A member of the International Tennis
Hall of Fame and the National Women's Hall of Fame, King led the U.S.
team to a gold medal sweep at the 1996 Olympic Games and continues to coach.
Lightly creased at corners. Fine condition.
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