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Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King in 2016
Born	Billie Jean Moffit (1943-11-22) November 22, 1943 (age 81) Long Beach, California, U.S.
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Tennis career
Country (sports)	United States
Turned pro	1959
Retired	1983
Plays	Right-handed (one handed-backhand)
College	California State University, Los Angeles
Prize money	US $1,966,487
Int. Tennis HoF	1990 (member page)
Official website	billiejeanking.com
Singles
Career record	695–155 (81.76%)
Career titles	129 (67 during open era)
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1966)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (1968)
French Open	W (1972)
Wimbledon	W (1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975)
US Open	W (1967, 1971, 1972, 1974)
Doubles
Career record	87–37 (as shown on WTA website)
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1967)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1965, 1969)
French Open	W (1972)
Wimbledon	W (1961, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979)
US Open	W (1964, 1967, 1974, 1978, 1980)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	11
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (1968)
French Open	W (1967, 1970)
Wimbledon	W (1967, 1971, 1973, 1974)
US Open	W (1967, 1971, 1973, 1976)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (1963, 1966, 1967, 1976) (as player and captain) W (1977, 1978, 1979, 1996) (as captain)
Coaching career
Tim Mayotte Martina Navratilova

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Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943) is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. She won the singles title at the inaugural WTA Tour Championships. She often represented the United States in the Federation Cup and the Wightman Cup. She was a member of the victorious United States team in seven Federation Cups and nine Wightman Cups. For three years, she was the United States' captain in the Federation Cup.

King is an advocate for 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. She was also the founder of the Women's Tennis Association and the Women's Sports Foundation. She was also 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 in the sport as one of the greatest women's tennis players of all time, King was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987. The Fed Cup Award of Excellence was bestowed on her in 2010. In 1972, she was the joint winner, with John Wooden, of the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year award and was one of the Time Persons of the Year in 1975. She has also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year lifetime achievement award. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1990, and in 2006, the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City was renamed the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. In 2018, she won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award.

Early life

Billie Jean Moffitt was born in Long Beach, California, into a conservative Methodist family, the daughter of Betty (née Jerman), a housewife, and Bill Moffitt, a firefighter. Her family was athletic; her mother excelled at swimming, her father played basketball, baseball and ran track. Her younger brother, Randy Moffitt, became a Major League Baseball pitcher, pitching for 12 years in the major leagues for the San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, and Toronto Blue Jays. She also excelled at baseball and softball as a child, playing shortstop at 10 years old on a team with girls 4–5 years older than her. The team went on to win the Long Beach softball championship.

She switched from softball to tennis at age 11, because her parents suggested she should find a more ladylike sport. She saved her own money, $8, to buy her first racket. She learned tennis on the many free public courts in Long Beach, taking advantage of the free lessons tennis professional Clyde Walker offered at those courts. One of the city's tennis facilities has subsequently been named the Billie Jean Moffitt King Tennis Center. As a kid playing in her first tennis tournaments, she was often hindered by her aggressive playing style. Bob Martin, sportswriter for the Long Beach, Press-Telegram wrote about her success in a weekly tennis column.

She attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School. After graduating in 1961, she attended Los Angeles State College now California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA). She did not graduate, leaving school in 1964 to focus on tennis. While attending Cal State, she met Larry King in a library in 1963. The pair became engaged while still in school when Billie Jean was 20 and Larry 19 years old and married on September 17, 1965 in Long Beach.

Career

King's triumph at the French Open in 1972 made her only the fifth woman in tennis history to win the singles titles at all four Grand Slam events, a "career Grand Slam." She also won a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. In women's doubles, only the Australian Open eluded her.

King won a record 20 career titles at Wimbledon – six in singles, 10 in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles.

King played 51 Grand Slam singles events from 1959 through 1983, reaching at least the semifinals in 27 and at least the quarterfinals in 40 of her attempts. King was the runner-up in six Grand Slam singles events. An indicator of her mental toughness in Grand Slam singles tournaments was her 11–2 career record in deuce third sets, i.e., third sets that were tied 5–5 before being resolved.

King won 129 singles titles, 78 of which were WTA titles, and her career prize money totaled US$1,966,487.

In Federation Cup finals, she was on the winning United States team seven times, in 1963, 1966, 1967, and 1976 through 1979. Her career win–loss record was 52–4. She won the last 30 matches she played, including 15 straight wins in both singles and doubles. In Wightman Cup competition, her career win–loss record was 22–4, winning her last nine matches. The United States won the cup ten of the 11 years that she participated. In singles, King was 6–1 against Ann Haydon-Jones, 4–0 against Virginia Wade, and 1–1 against Christine Truman Janes.

The early years: 1959 through 1963

As King began competing in 1959, she began working with new coaches including Frank Brennan and Alice Marble, who had won 18 Grand Slam titles as a player herself. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 1959 U.S. Championships at age 15. She lost in the first round. She began playing at local, regional, and international tennis championships. Sports Illustrated already claimed her as "one of the most promising youngsters on the West Coast." She won her first tournament the next year in Philadelphia at the 1960 Philadelphia and District Grass Court Championships. At her second attempt at the U.S. Championships, King made it to the third round, losing to Bernice Carr Vukovich of South Africa. Also in 1960, she reached the final of the National Girl's 18 and Under Championships, losing to Karen Hantze Susmen. Her national tennis ranking improved from number 19 in 1959 to number 4 1960. Despite the success, Marble terminated her professional relationship with King because for reasons stemming from King's ambition.

King first gained international recognition in 1961 when the Long Beach Tennis Patrons, Century Club, and Harold Guiver raised $2,000 to send her to Wimbledon. There, she won the women's doubles title in her first attempt while partnering Karen Hantze. King was 17 and Hantze was 18, making them the youngest team to win the Wimbledon Doubles Title. King had less luck that year in the 1961 Wimbledon Women's Singles, losing to fifth-seeded Yola Ramírez Ochoa in a two-day match on Centre Court. For the 1962 singles tournament at Wimbledon, King upset Margaret Court, the World No. 1 and top seed, in a second round match by attacking Court's forehand This was the first time in Wimbledon history that the women's top seed had lost her first match. That same year, King and Hantze repeated their doubles victory at Wimbledon. In 1963, King again faced Margaret Court at Wimbledon. This time they met in the finals with Court prevailing.

1964

In 1964, King won four relatively minor titles but lost to Margaret Court in the Wimbledon semifinals. She defeated Ann Haydon-Jones at both the Wightman Cup and Fed Cup but lost to Court in the final of the Federation Cup. At the U.S. Championships, fifth-seeded Nancy Richey Gunter upset third-seeded King in the quarterfinals. Late in the year, King decided to make a full-time commitment to tennis. While a history major at Los Angeles State College King made the decision to play full-time when businessman Robert Mitchell, offered to pay her way to Australia so that she could train under the great Australian coach Mervyn Rose. While in Australia, King played three tournaments that year and lost in the quarterfinals of the Queensland Grass Court Championships, the final of the New South Wales Championships (to Court), and the third round of the Victorian Championships.

1965

In early 1965, King continued her three-month tour of Australia. She lost in the final of the South Australian Championships and the first round of the Western Australia Championships. At the Fed Cup in Melbourne, she defeated Ann Haydon-Jones to help the United States defeat the United Kingdom in the second round. However, Margaret Court again defeated her in the final. At the Australian Championships two weeks later, she lost to Court in the semifinals in two sets. At Wimbledon, she again lost in the semifinals, this time in three sets to Maria Bueno. Her last tournament of the year was the U.S. Championships, where she defeated Jones in the quarterfinals and Bueno in the semifinals. In the final, King led 5–3 in both sets, was two points from winning the first set, and had two set points in the second set before losing to Court in straight sets. She said that losing while being so close to winning was devastating, but the match proved to her that she was "good enough to be the best in the world. I'm going to win Wimbledon next year." She won six tournaments during the year. For the first time in 81 years, the annual convention of the United States Lawn Tennis Association overruled its ranking committee's recommendation to award her the sole U.S. No. 1 position and voted 59,810 to 40,966 to rank Nancy Richey Gunter and King as co-U.S. No. 1.

Prime competitive years: 1966 through 1975

Overview of these years

Six of King's Grand Slam singles titles were at Wimbledon, four were at the U.S. Championships/Open, one was at the French Open, and one was at the Australian Championships. King reached the final of a Grand Slam singles tournament in 16 out of 25 attempts and had a 12–4 win–loss record in those finals. In the nine tournaments that she failed to reach the final, she was a losing semifinalist twice and a losing quarter finalist five times. From 1971 through 1975, she won seven of the ten Grand Slam singles tournaments she played. She won the last seven Grand Slam singles finals she contested, six of them in straight sets and four of them against Evonne Goolagong. All but one of her Grand Slam singles titles were on grass.

King's Grand Slam record from 1966 through 1975 was comparable to that of Margaret Court, her primary rival during these years. One or both of these women played 35 of the 40 Grand Slam singles tournaments held during this period, and together they won 24 of them. During this period, Court won 31 of her career 64 Grand Slam titles, including 12 of her 24 Grand Slam singles titles, 11 of her 19 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and eight of her 21 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. Court reached the final of a Grand Slam singles tournament in 14 out of 25 attempts and had a 12–2 win–loss record in those finals. Court won seven of the 12 Grand Slam finals she played against King during these years, including 2–1 in singles finals, 4–1 in women's doubles finals, and 1–3 in mixed doubles finals.

King was the year-ending World No. 1 in six of the ten years from 1966 through 1975. She was the year-ending World No. 2 in three of those years and the World No. 3 in the other year.

King won 97 of her career 129 singles titles during this period and was the runner-up in 36 other tournaments.

1966

In 1966, King defeated Dorothy "Dodo" Cheney (then 49 years old) for the first time in five career matches, winning their semifinal at the Southern California Championships 6–0, 6–3. King also ended her nine match losing streak to Margaret Court by defeating her in the final of the South African Tennis Championships. At the Wightman Cup just before Wimbledon, King defeated Virginia Wade and Ann Haydon-Jones. After thirteen unsuccessful attempts to win a Grand Slam singles title from 1959 through 1965, King at the age of 22 finally won the first of her six singles titles at Wimbledon and the first of twelve Grand Slam singles titles overall, defeating Court in the semifinals 6–3, 6–3 and Maria Bueno in the final. King credited her semifinal victory to her forehand down the line, a new shot in her repertoire. She also said that the strategy for playing Court is, "Simple. Just chip the ball back at her feet." At the U.S. Championships, an ill King was upset by Kerry Melville Reid in the second round.

1967

King successfully defended her title at the South African Tennis Championships in 1967, defeating Maria Bueno in the final. She played the French Championships for the first time in her career, falling in the quarterfinals to Annette Van Zyl DuPlooy of South Africa. At the Federation Cup one week later in West Germany on clay, King won all four of her matches, including victories over DuPlooy, Ann Haydon-Jones, and Helga Niessen Masthoff. King then successfully switched surfaces and won her second consecutive Wimbledon singles title, defeating Virginia Wade in the quarterfinals 7–5, 6–2 and Jones. At the Wightman Cup, King again defeated Wade and Jones. King won her second Grand Slam singles title of the year when she won the U.S. Championships for the first time and without losing a set, defeating Wade, DuPlooy, Françoise Dürr, and Jones in consecutive matches. Jones pulled her left hamstring muscle early in the final and saved four match points in the second set before King prevailed. King won the singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles titles at both Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships, the first woman to do that since Alice Marble in 1939. King then returned to the Australian summer tour in December for the first time since 1965, playing seven events there and Judy Tegart-Dalton in six of those events (winning four of their matches). King lost in the quarterfinals of the New South Wales Championships in Sydney to Dalton after King injured her left knee in the second game of the third set of that match. However, King won the Victorian Championships in Melbourne the following week, defeating Dalton, Reid, and Lesley Turner Bowrey in the last three rounds. At a team event in Adelaide, King won all three of her singles and doubles matches to help the U.S. defeat Australia 5–1. To finish the year, King lost to Dalton in the final of the South Australian Championships in Adelaide.

1968

In early 1968, King won three consecutive tournaments to end her Australian tour. In Perth, King won the Western Australia Championships, defeating Margaret Court in the final. In Hobart, King won the Tasmanian Championships by defeating Judy Tegart-Dalton in the final. King then won the Australian Championships for the first time, defeating Dalton in the semifinals and Court in the final. King continued to win tournaments upon her return to the United States, winning three indoor tournaments before Nancy Richey Gunter defeated King in the semifinals of the Madison Square Garden Challenge Trophy amateur tournament in New York City before 10,233 spectators. The match started with Gunter taking a 4–2 lead in the first set, before King won 9 of the next 10 games. King served for the match at 5–1 and had a match point at 5–3 in the second set; however, she lost the final 12 games and the match 4–6, 7–5, 6–0. King then won three consecutive tournaments in Europe before losing to Ann Haydon-Jones in the final of a professional tournament at Madison Square Garden. Playing the French Open for only the second time in her career and attempting to win four consecutive Grand Slam singles titles (a "non-calendar year Grand Slam"), King defeated Maria Bueno in a quarterfinal before losing to Gunter in a semifinal 2–6, 6–3, 6–4. King rebounded to win her third consecutive Wimbledon singles title, defeating Jones in the semifinals and Dalton in the final. At the US Open, King defeated Bueno in a semifinal before being upset in the final by Virginia Wade. On September 24, she had surgery to repair cartilage in her left knee and did not play in tournaments the remainder of the year. King said that it took eight months (May 1969) for her knee to recover completely from the surgery. In 1977, King said that her doctors predicted in 1968 that her left knee would allow her to play competitive tennis for only two more years.

1969

King participated in the 1969 Australian summer tour for the second consecutive year. Unlike the previous year, King did not win a tournament. She lost in the quarterfinals of the Tasmanian Championships and the semifinals of the New South Wales Championships. At the Australian Open, King defeated 17-year-old Evonne Goolagong in the second round 6–3, 6–1 and Ann Haydon-Jones in a three-set semifinal before losing to Margaret Court in a straight-sets final. The following week, King lost in the semifinals of the New Zealand Championships. Upon her return to the United States, King won the Pacific Coast Pro and the Los Angeles Pro. King then won two tournaments in South Africa, including the South African Open. During the European summer clay court season, King lost in the quarterfinals of both the Italian Open and the French Open. On grass at the Wills Open in Bristol, United Kingdom, King defeated Virginia Wade in the semifinals (6–8, 11–9, 6–2) before losing to Court. At Wimbledon, King lost only 13 points while defeating Rosemary Casals in the semifinals 6–1, 6–0; however, Jones upset King in the final and prevented King from winning her fourth consecutive singles title there. The week after, King again defeated Wade to win the Irish Open for the second time in her career. In the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, King lost in the quarterfinals of the US Open to Nancy Richey Gunter 6–4, 8–6. This was the first year since 1965 that King did not win at least one Grand Slam singles title. King finished the year with titles at the Pacific Southwest Open in Los Angeles, the Stockholm Indoors, and the Midland (Texas) Pro. She said during the Pacific Southwest Open, "It has been a bad year for me. My left knee has been OK, but I have been bothered by a severe tennis elbow for seven months. I expect to have a real big year in 1970, though, because I really have the motivation now. I feel like a kid again."

1970

In 1970, Margaret Court won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments and was clearly the World No. 1. King lost to Court three times in the first four months of the year, in Philadelphia, Dallas, and Johannesburg (at the South African Open). Court, however, was not totally dominant during this period as King defeated her in Sydney and Durban, South Africa. Where Court dominated was at the Grand Slam tournaments. King did not play the Australian Open. King had leg cramps and lost to Helga Niessen Masthoff of West Germany in the quarterfinals of the French Open 2–6, 8–6, 6–1. At Wimbledon, Court needed seven match points to defeat King in the final 14–12, 11–9 in one of the greatest women's finals in the history of the tournament. On July 22, King had right knee surgery, which forced her to miss the US Open. King returned to the tour in September, where she had a first round loss at the Virginia Slims Invitational in Houston and a semifinal loss at the Pacific Coast Championships in Berkeley, California. To close out the year, King in November won the Virginia Slims Invitational in Richmond, Virginia and the Embassy Indoor Tennis Championships in London. During the European clay court season, King warmed-up for the French Open by playing in Monte Carlo (losing in the semifinals), winning the Italian Open (saving three match points against Virginia Wade in the semifinals), playing in Bournemouth (losing to Wade in the quarterfinals), and playing in Berlin (losing to Masthoff in the semifinals). The Italian Open victory was the first important clay court title of King's career. Along the way, she defeated Masthoff in a three-set quarterfinal and Wade in a three-set semifinal, saving two match points at 4–5 in the second set. The twelfth game of that set (with King leading 6–5) had 21 deuces and lasted 22 minutes, with Wade saving seven set points and holding sixteen game points before King won. In Wightman Cup competition two weeks before Wimbledon but played at the All England Club, King defeated both Wade and Ann Haydon-Jones in straight sets.

1971

Although King won only one Grand Slam singles title in 1971, this was the best year of her career in terms of tournaments won (17). According to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, she played in 31 singles tournaments and compiled a 112–13 win–loss record.

She started the year by winning eight of the first thirteen tournaments she played, defeating Rosemary Casals in seven finals. King's five losses during this period were to Françoise Dürr (twice), Casals (once), Ann Haydon-Jones (once), and Chris Evert (in St. Petersburg). At the time, King said that retiring from the match with Evert after splitting the first two sets was necessary because of leg cramps. But in early 1972, King admitted that cramps associated with the abortion caused the retirement.

At the tournament in Hurlingham, United Kingdom in early May, King lost a second round match to an old rival, Christine Truman Janes (now 30 years old), 6–4, 6–2. But King recovered the next week to win the German Open in Hamburg on clay. Four weeks later at the Queen's Club tournament in London, King played Margaret Court for the first time in 1971, losing their final. At Wimbledon, King defeated Janes in the fourth round (6–2, 7–5) and Durr in the quarterfinals before losing unexpectedly to Evonne Goolagong in the semifinals 6–4, 6–4. Two weeks after Wimbledon, King won the grass court tournament in Hoylake, United Kingdom, beating Virginia Wade, Court, and Casals in the last three rounds. She then played two clay court tournaments in Europe, winning neither, before resuming play in the United States.

In August, King won the indoor Houston tournament and the U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships in Indianapolis. King then switched back to grass and won the US Open without losing a set, defeating Evert in the semifinals (6–3, 6–2) and Casals in the final. King then won the tournaments in Louisville, Phoenix, and London (Wembley Pro). King and Casals both defaulted at 6–6 in the final of the Pepsi Pacific Southwest Open in Los Angeles in September when their request to remove a lineswoman was denied, eventually resulting in the United States Lawn Tennis Association fining both players US$2,500. To end the year, King played two tournaments in New Zealand but did not win either. She lost in Christchurch to Durr and in Auckland to Kerry Melville Reid.

1972

King won three Grand Slam singles titles in 1972, electing not to play the Australian Open despite being nearby when she played in New Zealand in late 1971. King said, "I was twenty-eight years old, and I was at the height of my powers. I'm quite sure I could have won the Grand Slam ... 1972, but the Australian was such a minor-league tournament at that time.... More important, I did not want to miss any Virginia Slims winter tournaments. I was playing enough as it was." Her dominance was aided by rival Margaret Court's absence from the tour due to childbirth during most of the 1972 season.

At the beginning of the year, King failed to win eight of the first ten tournaments she played. She won the title in San Francisco in mid-January. But then King lost in Long Beach to Françoise Dürr (although King claimed in her 1982 autobiography that she intentionally lost the match because of an argument with her husband) and in Fort Lauderdale on clay to Chris Evert 6–1, 6–0. The inconsistent results continued through mid-April, in Oklahoma City (losing in the quarterfinals); Washington, D.C. (losing in the second round); and Dallas (losing to Nancy Richey Gunter after defeating Evert in the quarterfinals 6–7(4–5), 6–3, 7–5 and Evonne Goolagong in the semifinals 1–6, 6–4, 6–1). King won the title in Richmond; however, one week later, King lost in the semifinals of the tournament in San Juan. This was followed in successive weeks by a loss in the Jacksonville final to Marie Neumannova Pinterova and in a St. Petersburg semifinal to Evert (6–2, 6–3).

King did not lose again until mid-August, winning six consecutive tournaments. She won the tournaments in Tucson and Indianapolis. King then won the French Open without losing a set and completed a career Grand Slam. She defeated Virginia Wade in the quarterfinals, Helga Niessen Masthoff in the semifinals, and Goolagong in the final. On grass, King then won the Wimbledon warm-up tournaments in Nottingham and Bristol and won Wimbledon itself for the fourth time. She lost only one set during the tournament, to Wade in the quarterfinals. That was followed by straight set wins over Rosemary Casals and Goolagong. When the tour returned to the United States, King did not win any of the three tournaments she played before the US Open, including a straight sets loss to Margaret Court in Newport. At the US Open, however, King won the tournament without losing a set, including a quarterfinal win over Wade, a semifinal defeat of Court, and a final win over Kerry Melville Reid. King finished the year by winning the tournaments in Charlotte and Phoenix (defeating Court in the final of both), a runner-up finish in Oakland (losing to Court), and a semifinal finish in Boca Raton (losing to Evert).

1973

1973 was Margaret Court's turn to win three Grand Slam singles titles, failing to win only Wimbledon, and was the clear World No. 1 for the year; this was her first full season since winning the Grand Slam in 1970, as she had missed significant portions of 1971 and 1972 due to childbirth. As during the previous year, King started 1973 inconsistently. She missed the first three Virginia Slims tournaments in January because of a wrist injury. She then lost in the third round at the Virginia Slims of Miami tournament but won the Virginia Slims of Indianapolis tournament, defeating Court in the semifinals 6–7, 7–6, 6–3 and Rosemary Casals in the final. The semifinal victory ended Court's 12-tournament and 59-match winning streaks, with King saving at least three match points when down 5–4 (40–0) in the second set. Indianapolis was followed by five tournaments that King failed to win (Detroit, Boston, Chicago, Jacksonville, and the inaugural Family Circle Cup in Hilton Head, South Carolina). King lost to Court in two of those tournaments. After deciding not to defend her French Open singles title, King won four consecutive tournaments, including her fifth Wimbledon singles title when she defeated Kerry Melville Reid in the quarterfinals, Evonne Goolagong in the semifinals on her eighth match point, and Chris Evert in the final. King lost only nine points in the 6–0 bageling of Evert in the first set of their final.

King also completed the Triple Crown at Wimbledon (winning the singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles titles in the same year), thus becoming the first, and only, player to do so at Wimbledon in the Open Era. In none of the preceding tournaments, however, did King play Court. Their rivalry resumed in the final of the Virginia Slims of Nashville tournament, where Court won for the third time in four matches against King in 1973. (This was the last ever singles match between those players, with Court winning 21 and King 13 of their 34 matches.) Three weeks later at the US Open, King retired from her fourth-round match with Julie Heldman while ill and suffering from the oppressive heat and humidity. When Heldman complained to the match umpire that King was taking too long between games, King reportedly told Heldman, "If you want the match that badly, you can have it!" The Battle of the Sexes match against Bobby Riggs was held in the middle of the Virginia Slims of Houston tournament. King won her first and second round matches three days before playing Riggs, defeated Riggs, won her quarterfinal match the day after the Riggs match, and then lost the following day to Casals in the semifinals 7–6, 6–1. According to King, "I had nothing left to give." To end the year, King won tournaments in Phoenix, Hawaii, and Tokyo and was the runner-up in Baltimore.

Battle of the Sexes

Main article: Battle of the Sexes (tennis)

In 1973, King defeated Bobby Riggs in an exhibition match, winning $100,000.

Riggs had been a top men's player in the 1930s and 1940s in both the amateur and professional ranks. He won the Wimbledon men's singles title in 1939, and was considered the World No. 1 male tennis player for 1941, 1946, and 1947. He then became a self-described tennis "hustler" who played in promotional challenge matches. Claiming that the women's game was so inferior to the men's game that even a 55-year-old like himself could beat the current top female players, he challenged and defeated Margaret Court 6–2, 6–1. King, who previously had rejected challenges from Riggs, then accepted a lucrative financial offer to play him for $100,000, winner-take-all.

Dubbed "the Battle of the Sexes", the Riggs-King match took place at the Houston Astrodome in Texas on September 20, 1973. The match garnered huge publicity. In front of 30,492 spectators and a television audience estimated at 50 million people (U.S.), and 90 million in 37 countries, 29-year-old King beat the 55-year-old Riggs 6–4, 6–3, 6–3. The match is considered a very significant event in developing greater recognition and respect for women's tennis. King said, "I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn't win that match. It would ruin the women's tour and affect all women's self-esteem," and that "To beat a 55-year-old guy was no thrill for me. The thrill was exposing a lot of new people to tennis."

1974

King won five of the first seven tournaments she contested in 1974. She won the Virginia Slims of San Francisco, defeating Nancy Richey Gunter in the semifinals and Chris Evert in the final. The following week in Indian Wells, California, King again defeated Gunter in the semifinals but lost to Evert in the final. King then won tournaments in Fairfax, Virginia and Detroit before losing a semifinal match to Virginia Wade in Chicago. King won both tournaments she played in March, defeating Gunter in the Akron, Ohio final and Evert at the U.S. Indoor Championships final. Olga Morozova then upset King in her next two tournaments, at Philadelphia in the final and at Wimbledon in a quarterfinal 7–5, 6–2. Afterward, King did not play a tour match until the US Open, where she won her fourth singles title and third in the last four years. She defeated Rosemary Casals in a straight sets quarterfinal, avenged in the semifinals her previous year's loss to Julie Heldman, and narrowly defeated Evonne Goolagong in the final. King did not reach a tournament final during the remainder of the year, losing to Heldman in an Orlando semifinal, Wade in a Phoenix semifinal, and Goolagong in a semifinal of the tour-ending Virginia Slims Championships in Los Angeles.

1975

In 1975, King played singles only half the year, as she retired (temporarily, as it turned out) from tournament singles competition immediately after winning her sixth Wimbledon singles title.

She began the year in San Francisco, defeating Françoise Dürr and Virginia Wade before losing to Chris Evert in the final. The following week, King won the Sarasota, Florida tournament, defeating Evert in the final 6–3, 6–2. Evert said immediately after the final, which was her thirteenth career match with King, "I think that's the best that Billie Jean has ever played. I hit some great shots but they just kept coming back at me." Looking back at that match, King said, "I probably played so well because I had to, for the money. Out of frustration comes creativity. Right?" Two months later, Wade defeated King in the semifinals of the Philadelphia tournament. At the Austin, Texas tournament in April, King defeated Evonne Goolagong 6–1, 6–3 before losing to Evert in the final. As King was serving for the match at 6–5 in the third set, a disputed line call went in Evert's favor. King said after the match that she was cheated out of the match and that she had never been angrier about a match.

King played only one of the Wimbledon warm-up tournaments, defeating Olga Morozova in the Eastbourne semifinals before losing to Wade in the final. Seeded third at Wimbledon, King defeated seventh seeded Morozova in the quarterfinals (6–3, 6–3) and then top seeded Evert in the semifinals (2–6, 6–2, 6–3) after being down 3–0 (40–15) in the final set. Evert blamed her semifinal defeat on a loss of concentration when she saw Jimmy Connors, her former fiancé, escorting Susan George into Centre Court. King, however, believes that the match turned around because King planned for and totally prepared for Wimbledon that year and told herself when she was on the verge of defeat, "Hey, Billie Jean, this is ridiculous. You paid the price. For once, you looked ahead. You're supposed to win. Get your bahoola in gear." King then defeated fourth seeded Goolagong Cawley in the second most lopsided women's final ever at Wimbledon (6–0, 6–1). King called her performance a "near perfect match" and said to the news media, "I'm never coming back."

The later years: 1976 through 1990

1976

Except for five Federation Cup singles matches that she won in straight sets in August, King played only in doubles and mixed doubles events from January through September. She partnered Phil Dent to the mixed doubles title at the US Open. She lost to Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat in both of the singles tournaments she played the remainder of the year. Looking back, King said, "I wasted 1976. After watching Chris Evert and Evonne Cawley play the final at Wimbledon I asked myself what I was doing. So, despite my age and the operations, the Old Lady came back...." King had knee surgery for the third time on November 9, this time on her right knee, and did not play the remainder of the year.

1977

King spent the first three months of the year rehabilitating her right knee after surgery in November 1976.

In March 1977, King requested that the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) exercise its right to grant a wild card entry to King for the eight-player Virginia Slims Championships at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Margaret Court, who finished in sixth place on the Virginia Slims points list, failed to qualify for the tournament because she did not play enough Virginia Slims tournaments leading up to the championships. This left a spot open in the draw, which the WTA filled with Mima Jaušovec. King then decided to play the Lionel Cup tournament in San Antonio, Texas, which the WTA harshly criticized because tournament officials there had allowed transsexual Renée Richards to enter. Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, and Betty Stöve (president of the WTA) criticized King's decision because of Richards's unresolved and highly controversial status on the women's tennis tour. Evert said she was disappointed with King and that until Richards's status was resolved, "all of the women should stick together." Navratilova said, "Billie Jean is a bad girl pouting. She made a bad decision. She's mad because she could not get what she wanted." Stöve said that if King had wanted the competition, "here are plenty of men around here she could've played with. She didn't have to choose a 'disputed' tournament." The draw in San Antonio called for King to play Richards in the semifinals had form held; however, Richards lost in the quarterfinals. King eventually won the tournament.

At the clay court Family Circle Cup in late March, King played for the last time her long-time rival Nancy Richey Gunter in the first round. King won 0–6, 7–6, 6–2. She defeated another clay court specialist, Virginia Ruzici, in the second round before winning only one game from Evert in the final.

At Wimbledon in the third round, King played Maria Bueno for the last time, with King winning 6–2, 7–5. In the quarterfinals, Evert defeated King for the first time at a Grand Slam singles tournament and for the first time on grass 6–1, 6–2 in just 46 minutes. Evert said it was the best match she had ever played on grass up to that point in her career, and King said, "No excuses. Let's forget knees, ankles, toes, everything else. She just played beautiful tennis. I don't think many players would've beaten her today." King also said after the match, "Maybe I can be happy being number eight instead of number one. At this stage, just playing, that's winning enough for me." But when asked about retirement, King said, "Retire? Quit tournament tennis? You gotta be kidding. It just means I've got a lot more work. I've got to make myself match tough ... mentally as well as physically. I gotta go out and kill myself for the next six months. It's a long, arduous process. I will suffer. But I will be back." There was a small historic note at Wimbledon 1977 in that it was the first time ever that King competed at the championships that she did not reach a final. From her debut in 1961 until 1976, she had played in the final of one of the three championship events for women every year. Perhaps there was irony in this in that as the Wimbledon champion with the most titles in its history, the event was celebrating its centenary in the year King failed to make a final for the first time. The only other years she competed at the championship and did not feature in a final were 1980 and 1982. In her entire Wimbledon career of 22 competitions, King never failed to be a semi-finalist in at least one event every year.

Evert repeated her Wimbledon quarterfinal victory over King at the clay court US Open, winning 6–2, 6–0. This loss prompted King to say, "I better get it together by October or November or that's it. I'll have to make some big decisions. I'm not 20-years-old and I can't just go out and change my game. It's only the last four weeks I haven't been in pain. I keep using that as a copout, I shouldn't play."

The remainder of the year, King's win–loss record was 31–3, losing only to Evert, Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat, and Michelle Tyler Wilson. King won five of the eight tournaments she entered plus both of her Wightman Cup matches. She defeated Navratilova all four times they played, including three times in three consecutive weeks, and beat Wimbledon champion Virginia Wade twice. Beginning September 26, King played seven consecutive weeks. She lost to Tyler in the second round in Palm Harbor, Florida and Fromholtz Balestrat in the semifinals in Atlanta. She then won three hard court tournaments in three consecutive weeks. She defeated Navratilova and Wendy Turnbull to win in Phoenix, losing only four points to Turnbull in the third set of the final. The next week, she defeated Navratilova, Fromholtz Balestrat, and Wimbledon runner-up Stöve to win in São Paulo. The third week, she defeated Ruzici, Stöve, and Janet Newberry Wright to win in San Juan. In November, Evert snapped King's 18-match winning streak in the final of the Colgate Series Championships in Mission Hills, California. King then won her Wightman Cup matches, defeated Navratilova to win the tournament in Japan, and beat Wade to win the Bremar Cup in London. King said, "I have never had a run like this, even in the years when I was Wimbledon champion. At 34, I feel fitter than when I was 24."

1978

King played ten singles tournaments during the first half of 1978, limiting herself to doubles after Wimbledon.

To start the year, King was the runner-up in Houston and Kansas City (losing to Martina Navratilova in both) and in Philadelphia (losing to Chris Evert). At the Virginia Slims Championships, King lost her first round robin match to Virginia Wade and defaulted her two remaining round robin matches because of a leg injury sustained during the first match.

At Wimbledon, King played with a painful heel spur in her left foot and lost to Evert in the quarterfinals for the second consecutive year 6–3, 3–6, 6–2. The match was on-serve in the third set with King serving at 2–3 (40–0) before Evert won five consecutive points to break serve. King won a total of only two points during the last two games. King said after the match, "I don't think my mobility is very good and that's what I need to beat her. Physically, she tears your guts apart unless you can stay with her. I'm really disappointed. I really wanted to play well. I just couldn't cut it because of my heel." King and her partner Ray Ruffels lost in the final of mixed doubles in straight sets.

King teamed with Navratilova to win the women's doubles title at the US Open, King's fourth women's doubles title at that tournament and fourteenth Grand Slam women's doubles title overall. To end the year, King was undefeated in five doubles matches (four with Evert and one with Rosemary Casals) as the U.S. won the Federation Cup in Melbourne, Australia. During the Federation Cup competition, King hinted at retirement from future major singles competitions and said that she was "sick and tired of continued surgery" in trying to get fit enough for those events. Nevertheless, King had foot surgery on December 22 in an attempt to regain mobility for a return to the tennis tour.

1979

During the first half of 1979, King played only one event – doubles in the Federation Cup tie against Spain – because of major surgery to her left foot during December 1978.

King returned to singles competition at the Wimbledon warm-up tournament in Chichester. She defeated the reigning Wimbledon champion, Martina Navratilova, in a 48-minute quarterfinal 6–1, 6–2 before losing to Evonne Goolagong Cawley in the semifinals 1–6, 6–4, 10–8. Seeded seventh at Wimbledon, King defeated Hana Mandlíková in the fourth round before losing the last six games of the quarterfinal match with fourth-seeded Tracy Austin 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2. King partnered with Navratilova at Wimbledon to win King's 20th and final Wimbledon title, breaking Elizabeth Ryan's longstanding record of 19 Wimbledon titles just one day after Ryan collapsed and died at Wimbledon.

At the US Open, the ninth-seeded King reached the quarterfinals without dropping a set, where she upset the fourth-seeded Virginia Wade 6–3, 7–6(4). Next up was a semifinal match with the four-time defending champion and top-seeded Chris Evert; however, with King hampered by a neck injury sustained during a bear hug with a friend the day before the match, Evert won 6–1, 6–0, including the last eleven games and 48 of the last 63 points. This was Evert's eighth consecutive win over King, with Evert during those matches losing only one set and 31 games and winning four 6–0 sets. Evert said after the match, "Psychologically, I feel very confident when I ... play her."

The following week in Tokyo, King won her first singles title in almost two years, defeating Goolagong Cawley in the final. In November in Stockholm, King defeated Betty Stöve in the final after Stöve lost her concentration while serving for the match at 5–4 in the third set. Three weeks later in Brighton, King lost a semifinal match with Navratilova 7–5, 0–6, 7–6(3) after King led 6–5 in the third set. She ended the year with a quarterfinal loss in Melbourne (not the Australian Open), a second round loss in Sydney, and a three-set semifinal loss to Austin in Tokyo.

1980–1981

King won the tournament in Houston that began in February, snapping Martina Navratilova's 28-match winning streak in the straight-sets final.

At the winter series-ending Avon Championships in March, King defeated Virginia Wade in her first round robin match 6–1, 6–3. After Wade held serve at love to open the match, King won nine consecutive games and lost only nine points during those games. King then lost her second round robin match to Navratilova and defeated Wendy Turnbull in an elimination round match, before losing to Tracy Austin in the semifinals

King played the 1980 French Open, her first time since she won the event in 1972 and completed a career singles Grand Slam. She was seeded second but lost in the quarterfinals to fifth-seeded Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat of Australia.

At Wimbledon, King defeated Pam Shriver in a two-hour, forty minute fourth round match after King saved a match point in the second set and recovered from a 4–2 (40–0) deficit in the third set with Shriver serving. In a quarterfinal that took two days to complete, King lost to two-time defending champion and top-seeded Navratilova 7–6, 1–6, 10–8. The beginning of the match was delayed until late afternoon because of rain. Because she wore glasses, King agreed to start the match then on condition that tournament officials immediately suspend the match if the rain resumed. During the first set, drizzle began to fall; however, the chair umpire refused to suspend the match. King led in the tiebreaker 5–1 before Navratilova came back to win the set, whereupon the umpire then agreed to the suspension. When the match resumed the next day, King won 20 of the first 23 points to take a 5–0 lead in the second set and lost a total of seven points while winning the set in just 17 minutes. In the third set, Navratilova broke serve to take a 2–0 lead before King broke back twice and eventually served for the match at 6–5. King then hit four volley errors, enabling Navratilova to break serve at love and even the match. King saved three match points while serving at 6–7 and three more match points while serving at 7–8. During the change-over between games at 8–9, King's glasses broke for the first time in her career. She had a spare pair, but they did not feel the same. King saved two match points before Navratilova broke serve to win the match. King said, "I think that may be the single match in my career that I could have won if I hadn't had bad eyes."

King teamed with Navratilova to win King's 39th and final Grand Slam title at the US Open. Navratilova then decided she wanted a new doubles partner and started playing with Shriver but refused to discuss the change directly with King. She finally confronted Navratilova during the spring of 1981, reportedly saying to her, "Tell me I'm too old ... but tell me something." Navratilova refused to talk about it.

King had minor knee surgery on November 14 in San Francisco to remove adhesions and cartilage.

1982–1983

In 1982, King was 38 years old and the twelfth-seed at Wimbledon. In her third round match with Tanya Harford of South Africa, King was down 7–5, 5–4 (40–0) before saving three match points to win the second set 7–6(2) and then the third set 6–3. King said in her post-match press conference, "I can't recall the previous time I have been so close to defeat and won. When I was down 4–5 and love–40, I told myself, 'You have been here 21 years, so use that experience and hang on.'" In the fourth round, King upset sixth-seeded Australian Wendy Turnbull in straight sets. King then upset third-seeded Tracy Austin in the quarterfinals 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 to become the oldest female semifinalist at Wimbledon since Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers in 1920. This was King's first career victory over Austin after five defeats and reversed the result of their 1979 Wimbledon quarterfinal. King said in her post-match press conference, "Today, I looked at the scoreboard when I was 2–0 in the third set and the '2' seemed to be getting bigger and bigger. In 1979, when I was up 2–0 at the same stage, I was tired and didn't have anything left. But today I felt so much better and was great mentally." Two days later in the semifinals, which was King's 250th career match at Wimbledon in singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles, the second-seeded Chris Evert defeated King on her fifth match point 7–6(4), 2–6, 6–3. King was down a set and 2–1 in the second set before winning five consecutive games to even the match. King explained that she actually lost the match in the first set by failing to convert break points at 15–40 in the second and fourth games.

She reached the semifinals in her final appearance at Wimbledon, losing to Andrea Jaeger 6–1, 6–1 after beating Kathy Jordan in the quarterfinals, seventh-seeded Wendy Turnbull in the fourth round, and Rosemary Casals, her longtime doubles partner, in the third round. Jaeger claims that she was highly motivated to defeat King because King had defeated Turnbull, a favorite of Jaeger's, and because King refused a towel from an attendant just before her match with Jaeger, explaining, "I'm not going to sweat in this match."

King became the oldest WTA player to win a singles tournament when she won the Edgbaston Cup grass court tournament in Birmingham at 39 years, 7 months and 23 days after a straight-sets victory in the final against Alycia Moulton. The final official singles match of King's career was a second round loss to Catherine Tanvier at the 1983 Australian Open.

1984 to present

King played doubles sporadically from 1984 through 1990. She retired from competitive play in doubles in March 1990. In her last competitive doubles match, King and her partner, Jennifer Capriati, lost a second round match to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and Andrea Temesvári 6–3, 6–2 at the Virginia Slims of Florida tournament.

King became the captain of the United States Fed Cup team and coach of its women's Olympic tennis squad. She guided the U.S. to the Fed Cup championship in 1996 and helped Lindsay Davenport, Gigi Fernández, and Mary Joe Fernández capture Olympic gold medals.

In 2002, King dismissed Capriati from the Fed Cup team, saying Capriati had violated rules that forbade bringing along and practicing with personal coaches. Opinion was sharply divided, with many supporting King's decision but many feeling the punishment was too harsh, especially in hindsight when Monica Seles and Lisa Raymond were defeated by lower-ranked Austrians Barbara Schett and Barbara Schwartz. The following year, Zina Garrison succeeded King as Fed Cup captain.

Activism within the tennis profession

Player compensation

Before the start of the open era in 1968, King earned US$100 a week as a playground instructor and student at California State University, Los Angeles when not playing in major tennis tournaments.

In 1967, King criticized the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) in a series of press conferences, denouncing what she called the USLTA's practice of "shamateurism", where top players were paid under the table to guarantee their entry into tournaments. King argued that this was corrupt and kept the game highly elitist. King quickly became a significant force in the opening of tennis to professionalism. King said this about the amateur game,

In America, tennis players are not people. If you are in tennis, you are a cross between a panhandler and a visiting in-law. You're not respected, you're tolerated. In England, you're respected as an artist. In Europe, you're a person of importance. Manuel Santana gets decorated by Franco. The Queen leads the applause. How many times have I been presented at the White House? You work all your life to win Wimbledon and Forest Hills and all the people say is, "That's nice. Now what are you going to do with your life?" They don't ask Mickey Mantle that. Stop 12 people on the street and ask them who Roy Emerson is and they're stuck for an answer, but they know the third-string right guard for the Rams. I'd like to see tennis get out of its "sissy" image and see some guy yell, "Hit it, ya bum" and see it be a game you don't have to have a lorgnette or a sash across your tuxedo to get in to watch.

Push for gender equality

When the open era began, King campaigned for equal prize money in the men's and women's games. In 1971, her husband, Larry King created the idea to form a nine player women's group with the financial backing of World Tennis magazine founder, Gladys Heldman, and the sponsorship of Virginia Slims Chairman Joe Cullman. King became the first woman athlete to earn over US$100,000 in prize money; however, inequalities continued. King won the US Open in 1972 but received US$15,000 less than the men's champion Ilie Năstase. She stated that she would not play the next year if the prize money were not equal. In 1973, the US Open became the first major tournament to offer equal prize money for men and women.

King led player efforts to support the first professional women's tennis tour in the 1970s called the Virginia Slims, founded by Gladys Heldman and funded by Joseph Cullman of Philip Morris. Once the tour took flight, King worked tirelessly to promote it even though many of the other top players were not supportive. "For three years we had two tours and because of their governments Navratilova and Olga Morozova had to play the other tour. Chris , Margaret , Virginia , they let us do the pioneering work and they weren't very nice to us. If you go back and look at the old quotes; they played for the love of the game, we played for the money. When we got backing and money, we were all playing together – I wonder why? I tried not to get upset with them. Forgiveness is important. Our job was to have one voice and win them over."

In 1973, King became the first President of the women's players union – the Women's Tennis Association. In 1974, she, with husband Larry King and Jim Jorgensen, founded womenSports magazine and started the Women's Sports Foundation. Also in 1974, World TeamTennis began, founded by Larry King, Dennis Murphy, Frank Barman and Jordan Kaiser. She became league commissioner in 1982 and major owner in 1984.

King is a member of the Board of Honorary Trustees for the Sports Museum of America, which opened in 2008. The museum is the home of the Billie Jean King International Women's Sports Center, a comprehensive women's sports hall of fame and exhibit.

Other activities

King's husband Larry co-founded World Team Tennis in 1973 with Dennis Murphy, Jordan Kaiser, and Fred Barman and WTT began in 1974. The couple used their savings to put on a team tennis event at the Oakland Coliseum. King remained involved with World Team Tennis for decades, eventually sharing ownership with her ex-husband, her life partner Ilana Kloss and USTA.

In 1999, King was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of Philip Morris Incorporated, garnering some criticism from anti-tobacco groups. She no longer serves in that capacity.

As of 2012 King was involved in the Women's Sports Foundation and the Elton John AIDS Foundation. She also served on the President's Council for Fitness, Sports and Nutrition as a way to encourage young people to stay active

In 2008, King published the book Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I've Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes.

In December 2013, US President Barack Obama appointed King and openly gay ice hockey player Caitlin Cahow to represent the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. This has been interpreted as a signal on gay rights, in the context of concerns and controversies at the 2014 Winter Olympics regarding LGBT rights in Russia. King was forced to drop out of the delegation due to her mother's ill health. Betty Moffitt, King's mother, died on February 7, 2014, the day of the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies.

Billie Jean was selected to deliver the Northwestern University commencement address on June 16, 2017 in Evanston, Illinois.

She attended the 75th Golden Globe Awards in 2018 as a guest of Emma Stone.

King and Kloss became minority owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team in September 2018.

Awards, honors, and tributes

Tributes from other players

Margaret Court, who won more Grand Slam titles than anyone, has said that King was "the greatest competitor I've ever known".

Chris Evert, winner of 18 Grand Slam singles titles, has said, "She's the wisest human being that I've ever met and has vision people can only dream about. Billie Jean King is my mentor and has given me advice about my tennis and my boyfriends. On dealing with my parents and even how to raise children. And she doesn't have any."

In 1979, several top players were asked who they would pick to help them recover from a hypothetical deficit of 1–5 (15–40) in the third set of a match on Wimbledon's Centre Court. Martina Navratilova, Rosemary Casals, and Françoise Dürr all picked King. Navratilova said, "I would have to pick Billie Jean at her best. Consistently, Chris is hardest to beat but for one big occasion, one big match, one crucial point, yes, it would have to be Billie Jean." Casals said, "No matter how far down you got her, you never could be sure of beating her."

Awards and honors

King was the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year in 1967.
In 1972, King became the first tennis player to be named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. She was also the first female athlete ever to receive that honor.
In 1975, Seventeen magazine found that King was the most admired woman in the world from a poll of its readers. Golda Meir, who had been Israel's prime minister until the previous year, finished second. In a May 19, 1975, Sports Illustrated article about King, Frank Deford noted that she had become something of a sex symbol.
King was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987.
Life magazine in 1990 named her one of the "100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century".
King was the recipient of the 1999 Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
In 1999 King was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.
In 2000, King received an award from GLAAD, an organization devoted to reducing discrimination against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people, for "furthering the visibility and inclusion of the community in her work".
In 2006, the Women's Sports Foundation began to sponsor the Billie Awards, which are named after and hosted by King.

On August 28, 2006, the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park was rededicated as the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. John McEnroe, Venus Williams, Jimmy Connors, and Chris Evert were among the speakers during the rededication ceremony.
In 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver inducted King into the California Hall of Fame located at The California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts.
On November 20, 2007, King was presented with the 2007 Sunday Times Sports Women of the Year Lifetime Achievement award for her contribution to sport both on and off the court.
She was honored by the Office of the Manhattan Borough President in March 2008 and was included in a map of historical sites related or dedicated to important women.
On August 12, 2009, President Barack Obama awarded King the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work advocating for the rights of women and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
She was inducted into the Southern California Tennis Hall of Fame on August 5, 2011.
On August 2, 2013, King was among the first class of inductees into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.
In 2014, she was named one of ESPNW's Impact 25.
King was shown in Marie Claire magazine's "The 8 Greatest Moments for Women in Sports".
King received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award on December 16, 2018. It was presented to by long-time friend and fellow tennis player and broadcaster Sue Barker, making King only the second American (after Michael Phelps) and the first American woman to win the award.
Cal State LA's more than 11 acres (4.5 ha) athletic facility is named the Billie Jean King Sports Complex. The sports complex—which was approved by the California State University Board of Trustees on September 21—features the Eagle's Nest Arena, the University Stadium, Jesse Owens Track and Field, Reeder Field (baseball), the swimming pool, and tennis and basketball courts.

Playing style and personality

King learned to play tennis on the public courts of Long Beach, California, and was coached by tennis teacher Clyde Walker. She furthered her tennis career at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.

She was an aggressive, hard-hitting net-rusher with excellent speed, Chris Evert, however, said about King, "Her weakness is her impatience."

Concerning her motivations in life and tennis, King said,

I'm a perfectionist much more than I'm a super competitor, and there's a big difference there.... I've been painted as a person who only competes.... But most of all, I get off on hitting a shot correctly. ... Any woman who wants to achieve anything has to be aggressive and tough, but the press never sees us as multidimensional. They don't see the emotions, the downs....

In a 1984 interview, just after she had turned 40, King said,

Sometimes when I'm watching someone like Martina , I remember how nice it was to be No. 1. Believe me, it's the best time in your life. Don't let anyone ever tell you different. ... My only regret is that I had to do too much off the court. Deep down, I wonder how good I really could have been if I concentrated just on tennis.

Julie Heldman, who frequently played King but never felt close to her, said about King's personality,

One of the reasons I've never gotten close to Billie Jean is that I've never felt strong enough to survive against that overwhelming personality of hers. She talks about me being the smart one. Let me tell you, Billie Jean's the smartest one, the cleverest one you'll ever see. She was the one who was able to channel everything into winning, into being the most consummate tennis player.

Kristien Shaw, another frequent opponent of King, said,

For a time, I think I was as close to Billie Jean as anyone ever was. But as soon as I got to the point where I could read her too well, she tried to dissociate the relationship. She doesn't want to risk appearing weak in front of anybody. She told me once that if you want to be the best, you must never let anyone, anyone, know what you really feel. You see, she told me, they can't hurt you if they don't know.

Concerning the qualities of a champion tennis player, King said,

The difference between me at my peak and me in the last few years of my career is that when I was the champion I had the ultimate in confidence. When I decided, under pressure ... that I had to go with my very weakest shot – forehand down the line – I was positive that I could pull it off ... when it mattered the most. Even more than that; going into a match, I knew it was my weakest shot, and I knew in a tight spot my opponent was going to dare me to hit it, and I knew I could hit it those two or three or four times in a match when I absolutely had to. ... The cliché is to say that ... champions play the big points better. Yes, but that's only the half of it. The champions play their weaknesses better....

In popular culture

King's friend Elton John wrote the song "Philadelphia Freedom", a nod to her World TeamTennis team, for King. The song was released New Year's Day 1975 and became a number one hit. Charles M. Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip, was an admirer and close friend. Schulz referred to King several times in Peanuts and used the comic strip to support the women's sports movement after becoming friends with King. Actress Holly Hunter portrayed King in the 2001 ABC television film When Billie Beat Bobby. King played a judge on Law & Order in 2007, and appeared as herself on The Odd Couple in 1973, Ugly Betty in May 2009, and Fresh Off The Boat in 2016.

Actress Emma Stone portrayed King in the 2017 biopic Battle of the Sexes. The Ted Tinling-designed dress King wore for the real Battle of the Sexes match is part of a Smithsonian Museum collection.

Personal life

Billie Jean and Larry King were engaged in fall of 1964 and married in Long Beach, California, on September 17, 1965. Billie Jean credited Larry with introducing her to feminism and for pushing her to pursue tennis as a career. Billie Jean later said she "was totally in love with Larry" when they married.

By 1968, King realized that she was attracted to women, and in 1971, began an intimate relationship with her secretary, Marilyn Barnett (born Marilyn Kathryn McRae on January 28, 1948). Billie Jean acknowledged the relationship when it became public in a May 1981 palimony lawsuit filed by Barnett, making Billie Jean the first prominent professional female to come out. Feeling she could not admit to the extent of the relationship, Billie Jean publicly called it a fling and a mistake. She remained married to Larry. The lawsuit caused Billie Jean to lose an estimated $2 million in endorsements and forced her to prolong her tennis career to pay attorneys.

Also in 1971, she had an abortion that was made public in a Ms. magazine article. Larry had revealed Billie Jean's abortion without consulting her.

Concerning the personal cost of concealing her sexuality for so many years, Billie Jean said:

I wanted to tell the truth but my parents were homophobic and I was in the closet. As well as that, I had people tell me that if I talked about what I was going through, it would be the end of the women's tour. I couldn't get a closet deep enough. One of my big goals was always to be honest with my parents and I couldn't be for a long time. I tried to bring up the subject but felt I couldn't. My mother would say, "We're not talking about things like that", and I was pretty easily stopped because I was reluctant anyway. I ended up with an eating disorder that came from trying to numb myself from my feelings. I needed to surrender far sooner than I did. At the age of 51, I was finally able to talk about it properly with my parents and no longer did I have to measure my words with them. That was a turning point for me as it meant I didn't have regrets any more.

Billie Jean and Larry remained married through the palimony suit fallout. The marriage ended in 1987 after Billie Jean fell in love with her doubles partner, Ilana Kloss. Billie Jean and Larry remained on good terms, with Billie Jean serving as godmother to Larry's son from his subsequent marriage. Billie Jean King has residences in New York City and Chicago with Kloss, her life partner.

Grand Slam statistics

Main article: Billie Jean King career statistics

Grand Slam single finals

18 finals (12 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1963	Wimbledon	Grass	Margaret Court	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1965	U.S. Championships	Grass	Margaret Court	6–8, 5–7
Win	1966	Wimbledon	Grass	Maria Bueno	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win	1967	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Ann Haydon-Jones	6–3, 6–4
Win	1967	U.S. Championships	Grass	Ann Haydon-Jones	11–9, 6–4
Win	1968	Australian Championships	Grass	Margaret Court	6–1, 6–2
Win	1968	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Judy Tegart-Dalton	9–7, 7–5
Loss	1968	US Open	Grass	Virginia Wade	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1969	Australian Open	Grass	Margaret Court	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1969	Wimbledon	Grass	Ann Haydon-Jones	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	1970	Wimbledon	Grass	Margaret Court	12–14, 9–11
Win	1971	US Open (2)	Grass	Rosemary Casals	6–4, 7–6
Win	1972	French Open	Clay	Evonne Goolagong	6–3, 6–3
Win	1972	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	Evonne Goolagong	6–3, 6–3
Win	1972	US Open (3)	Grass	Kerry Melville Reid	6–3, 7–5
Win	1973	Wimbledon (5)	Grass	Chris Evert	6–0, 7–5
Win	1974	US Open (4)	Grass	Evonne Goolagong	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	1975	Wimbledon (6)	Grass	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6–0, 6–1

Grand Slam tournament timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	'59	'60	'61	'62	'63	'64	'65	'66	'67	'68	'69	'70	'71	'72	'73	'74	'75	'76	'77	'78	'79	'80	'81	'82	'83	'84	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	W	F	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A/A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	A	1 / 5	16–4
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	SF	QF	QF	A	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	3R	A	A	1 / 7	21–6
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	QF	F	SF	SF	W	W	W	F	F	SF	W	W	QF	W	A	QF	QF	QF	QF	A	SF	SF	A	6 / 21	95–15
US Open	1R	3R	2R	1R	4R	QF	F	2R	W	F	QF	A	W	W	3R	W	A	A	QF	A	SF	A	A	1R	A	A	4 / 18	58–14
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	1 / 2	2 / 3	2 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 2	1 / 2	3 / 3	1 / 2	1 / 2	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 0	12 / 51	190–39

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Notes

Five additional women have completed a career Grand Slam since King.
Martina Navratilova also has 20 career titles at Wimbledon.
26–3 in singles and 26–1 in doubles
excluding two unfinished matches
14–2 in singles and 8–2 in women's doubles
six in singles and three in doubles

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External links

Official website
Billie Jean King at the Women's Tennis Association
Billie Jean King at the Billie Jean King Cup
Billie Jean King at the International Tennis Hall of Fame

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Billie Jean King in the Grand Slam Tournaments

Women's tennis players who won two or more Grand Slam singles titles in one calendar year

Four wins
1953: Maureen Connolly Brinker 1970: Margaret Court 1988: Steffi Graf

Three wins

1928: Helen Wills Moody (FO&WI&US)
1929: Helen Wills Moody (FO&WI&US)
1962: Margaret Court (AO&FO&US)
1965: Margaret Court (AO&WI&US)
1969: Margaret Court (AO&FO&US)
1972: Billie Jean King (FO&WI&US)
1973: Margaret Court (AO&FO&US)
1983: Martina Navratilova (AO&WI&US)
1984: Martina Navratilova (FO&WI&US)
1989: Steffi Graf (AO&WI&US)
1991: Monica Seles (AO&FO&US)
1992: Monica Seles (AO&FO&US)
1993: Steffi Graf (FO&WI&US)
1995: Steffi Graf (FO&WI&US)
1996: Steffi Graf (FO&WI&US)
1997: Martina Hingis (AO&WI&US)
2002: Serena Williams (FO&WI&US)
2015: Serena Williams (AO&FO&WI)

Two wins

1925: Suzanne Lenglen (FO&WI)
1927: Helen Wills Moody (WI&US)
1930: Helen Wills Moody (FO&WI)
1931: Cilly Aussem (FO&WI)
1932: Helen Wills Moody (FO&WI)
1939: Alice Marble (WI&US)
1946: Pauline Betz Addie (WI&US)
1949: Margaret Osborne duPont (FO&US)
1950: Louise Bough Clapp (AO&WI)
1952: Maureen Connolly Brinker (WI&US)
1954: Maureen Connolly Brinker (FO&WI)
1956: Shirley Fry Irvin (WI&US)
1957: Althea Gibson (WI&US)
1958: Althea Gibson (WI&US)
1959: Maria Bueno (WI&US)
1960: Darlene Hard (FO&US)
1963: Margaret Court (AO&WI)
1964: Margaret Court (AO&FO)
1964: Maria Bueno (WI&US)
1967: Billie Jean King (WI&US)
1968: Billie Jean King (AO&WI)
1971: Evonne Goolagong Cawley (FO&WI)
1974: Chris Evert (FO&WI)
1975: Chris Evert (FO&US)
1976: Chris Evert (WI&US)
1980: Chris Evert (FO&US)
1982: Martina Navratilova (FO&WI)
1982: Chris Evert (AO&US)
1985: Martina Navratilova (AO&WI)
1986: Martina Navratilova (WI&US)
1987: Martina Navratilova (WI&US)
1994: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (FO&US)
2000: Venus Williams (WI&US)
2001: Jennifer Capriati (AO&FO)
2001: Venus Williams (WI&US)
2003: Serena Williams (AO&WI)
2003: Justine Henin (FO&US)
2006: Amélie Mauresmo (AO&WI)
2007: Justine Henin (FO&US)
2009: Serena Williams (AO&WI)
2010: Serena Williams (AO&WI)
2012: Serena Williams (WI&US)
2013: Serena Williams (FO&US)
2016: Angelique Kerber (AO&US)
2022: Iga Świątek (FO&US)
2024: Aryna Sabalenka (AO&US)

AO=Australian Open, FO=French Open, WI=Wimbledon, US=US Open

Australian Open women's singles champions

Amateur Era

Open Era

Wimbledon women's singles champions

Amateur Era

Open Era

1968: Billie Jean King
1969: Ann Haydon-Jones
1970: Margaret Court
1971: Evonne Goolagong
1972: Billie Jean King
1973: Billie Jean King
1974: Chris Evert
1975: Billie Jean King
1976: Chris Evert
1977: Virginia Wade
1978: Martina Navratilova
1979: Martina Navratilova
1980: Evonne Goolagong
1981: Chris Evert
1982: Martina Navratilova
1983: Martina Navratilova
1984: Martina Navratilova
1985: Martina Navratilova
1986: Martina Navratilova
1987: Martina Navratilova
1988: Steffi Graf
1989: Steffi Graf
1990: Martina Navratilova
1991: Steffi Graf
1992: Steffi Graf
1993: Steffi Graf
1994: Conchita Martínez
1995: Steffi Graf
1996: Steffi Graf
1997: Martina Hingis
1998: Jana Novotná
1999: Lindsay Davenport
2000: Venus Williams
2001: Venus Williams
2002: Serena Williams
2003: Serena Williams
2004: Maria Sharapova
2005: Venus Williams
2006: Amélie Mauresmo
2007: Venus Williams
2008: Venus Williams
2009: Serena Williams
2010: Serena Williams
2011: Petra Kvitová
2012: Serena Williams
2013: Marion Bartoli
2014: Petra Kvitová
2015: Serena Williams
2016: Serena Williams
2017: Garbiñe Muguruza
2018: Angelique Kerber
2019: Simona Halep
2020: No competition (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021: Ashleigh Barty
2022: Elena Rybakina
2023: Markéta Vondroušová
2024: Barbora Krejčíková

US Open women's singles champions

Amateur Era

Open Era

US Open women's doubles champions

Amateur Era

1889: Bertha Townsend / Margarette Ballard
1890: Ellen Roosevelt / Grace Roosevelt
1891: Mabel Cahill / Emma Leavitt-Morgan
1892: Mabel Cahill / Adeline McKinlay
1893: Aline Terry / Harriet Butler
1894: Helen Hellwig / Juliette Atkinson
1895: Helen Hellwig / Juliette Atkinson
1896: Elisabeth Moore / Juliette Atkinson
1897: Juliette Atkinson / Kathleen Atkinson
1898: Juliette Atkinson / Kathleen Atkinson
1899: Jane Craven / Myrtle McAteer
1900: Edith Parker / Hallie Champlin
1901: Juliette Atkinson / Myrtle McAteer
1902: Juliette Atkinson / Marion Jones
1903: Elisabeth Moore / Carrie Neely
1904: May Sutton / Miriam Hall
1905: Helen Homans / Carrie Neely
1906: Ann Burdette Coe / Ethel Bliss Platt
1907: Marie Wimer / Carrie Neely
1908: Evelyn Sears / Margaret Curtis
1909: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Edith Rotch
1910: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Edith Rotch
1911: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Eleonora Sears
1912: Dorothy Green / Mary K. Browne
1913: Mary K. Browne / Louise Riddell Williams
1914: Mary K. Browne / Louise Riddell Williams
1915: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Eleonora Sears
1916: Molla Bjurstedt / Eleonora Sears
1917: Molla Bjurstedt / Eleonora Sears
1918: Marion Zinderstein / Eleanor Goss
1919: Marion Zinderstein / Eleanor Goss
1920: Marion Zinderstein / Eleanor Goss
1921: Mary K. Browne / Louise Riddell Williams
1922: Marion Zinderstein Jessup / Helen Wills Moody
1923: Kitty McKane Godfree / Phyllis Howkins Covell
1924: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills Moody
1925: Mary K. Browne / Helen Wills Moody
1926: Elizabeth Ryan / Eleanor Goss
1927: Kitty McKane Godfree / Ermyntrude Harvey
1928: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills Moody
1929: Phoebe Holcroft Watson / Peggy Michell
1930: Betty Nuthall / Sarah Palfrey Cooke
1931: Betty Nuthall / Eileen Bennett Whittingstall
1932: Helen Jacobs / Sarah Palfrey Cooke
1933: Betty Nuthall / Freda James
1934: Helen Jacobs / Sarah Palfrey Cooke
1935: Helen Jacobs / Sarah Palfrey Cooke
1936: Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn / Carolin Babcock Stark
1937: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
1938: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
1939: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
1940: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
1941: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Margaret Osborne duPont
1942: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1943: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1944: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1945: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1946: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1947: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1948: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1949: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1950: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1951: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
1952: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
1953: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
1954: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
1955: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1956: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1957: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1958: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard
1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard
1960: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
1961: Darlene Hard / Lesley Turner Bowrey
1962: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
1963: Robyn Ebbern / Margaret Smith
1964: Billie Jean King / Karen Hantze Susman
1965: Carole Caldwell Graebner / Nancy Richey
1966: Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey
1967: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King

Open Era

1968: Maria Bueno / Margaret Court
1969: Françoise Dürr / Darlene Hard
1970: Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton
1971: Rosemary Casals / Judy Tegart Dalton
1972: Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve
1973: Margaret Court / Virginia Wade
1974: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
1975: Margaret Court / Virginia Wade
1976: Delina Boshoff / Ilana Kloss
1977: Martina Navratilova / Betty Stöve
1978: Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
1979: Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull
1980: Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
1981: Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith
1982: Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull
1983: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1984: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1985: Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková
1986: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1987: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1988: Gigi Fernández / Robin White
1989: Hana Mandlíková / Martina Navratilova
1990: Gigi Fernández / Martina Navratilova
1991: Pam Shriver / Natalia Zvereva
1992: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
1993: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková
1994: Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
1995: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
1996: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
1997: Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná
1998: Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná
1999: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
2000: Julie Halard-Decugis / Ai Sugiyama
2001: Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
2002: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
(2003) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
2004: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
2005: Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
2006: Nathalie Dechy / Vera Zvonareva
2007: Nathalie Dechy / Dinara Safina
2008: Cara Black / Liezel Huber
2009: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
2010: Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova
2011: Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond
2012: Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
2013: Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká
2014: Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina
2015: Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
2016: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová
2017: Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis
2018: Ashleigh Barty / CoCo Vandeweghe
2019: Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka
2020: Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva
2021: Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai
2022: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
2023: Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe
2024: Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko

Australian Open mixed doubles champions

Amateur Era

1922: Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes
1923: Sylvia Lance Harper / Horace Rice
1924: Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Jim Willard
1925: Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Jim Willard
1926: Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes
1927: Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes
1928: Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Jean Borotra
1929: Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Edgar Moon
1930: Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman
1931: Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford
1932: Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford
1933: Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford
1934: Joan Hartigan Bathurst / Edgar Moon
1935: Louise Bickerton / Christian Boussus
1936: Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman
1937: Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman
1938: Margaret Wilson / John Bromwich
1939: Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman
1940: Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long
1946: Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long
1947: Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long
1948: Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long
1949: Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman
1950: Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman
1951: Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington
1952: Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington
1953: Julia Sampson Hayward / Rex Hartwig
1954: Thelma Coyne Long / Rex Hartwig
1955: Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington
1956: Beryl Penrose / Neale Fraser
1957: Fay Muller / Mal Anderson
1958: Mary Bevis Hawton / Bob Howe
1959: Sandra Reynolds Price / Bob Mark
1960: Jan Lehane O'Neill / Trevor Fancutt
1961: Jan Lehane O'Neill / Bob Hewitt
1962: Lesley Turner Bowrey / Fred Stolle
1963: Margaret Smith Court / Ken Fletcher
1964: Margaret Smith Court / Ken Fletcher
1965: Robyn Ebbern / Owen Davidson & Margaret Smith Court / John Newcombe
1966: Judy Tegart-Dalton / Tony Roche
1967: Lesley Turner Bowrey / Owen Davidson
1968: Billie Jean King / Dick Crealy

Open Era

1969: Margaret Court / Marty Riessen & Ann Haydon-Jones / Fred Stolle
1987: Zina Garrison / Sherwood Stewart
1988: Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh
1989: Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh
1990: Natalia Zvereva / Jim Pugh
1991: Jo Durie / Jeremy Bates
1992: Nicole Provis / Mark Woodforde
1993: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Todd Woodbridge
1994: Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Andrei Olhovskiy
1995: Natalia Zvereva / Rick Leach
1996: Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Mark Woodforde
1997: Manon Bollegraf / Rick Leach
1998: Venus Williams / Justin Gimelstob
1999: Mariaan de Swardt / David Adams
2000: Rennae Stubbs / Jared Palmer
2001: Corina Morariu / Ellis Ferreira
2002: Daniela Hantuchová / Kevin Ullyett
2003: Martina Navratilova / Leander Paes
2004: Elena Bovina / Nenad Zimonjić
2005: Samantha Stosur / Scott Draper
2006: Martina Hingis / Mahesh Bhupathi
2007: Elena Likhovtseva / Daniel Nestor
2008: Sun Tiantian / Nenad Zimonjić
2009: Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi
2010: Cara Black / Leander Paes
2011: Katarina Srebotnik / Daniel Nestor
2012: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Horia Tecău
2013: Jarmila Gajdošová / Matthew Ebden
2014: Kristina Mladenovic / Daniel Nestor
2015: Martina Hingis / Leander Paes
2016: Elena Vesnina / Bruno Soares
2017: Abigail Spears / Juan Sebastián Cabal
2018: Gabriela Dabrowski / Mate Pavić
2019: Barbora Krejčíková / Rajeev Ram
2020: Barbora Krejčíková / Nikola Mektić
2021: Barbora Krejčíková / Rajeev Ram
2022: Kristina Mladenovic / Ivan Dodig
2023: Luisa Stefani / Rafael Matos
2024: Hsieh Su-wei / Jan Zieliński

Wimbledon mixed doubles champions

Pre Open Era

1913: Hope Crisp / Agnes Tuckey
1914: James Parke / Ethel Thomson Larcombe
1915–18: No competition (World War I)
1919: Randolph Lycett / Elizabeth Ryan
1920: Gerald Patterson / Suzanne Lenglen
1921: Randolph Lycett / Elizabeth Ryan
1922: Pat O'Hara Wood / Suzanne Lenglen
1923: Randolph Lycett / Elizabeth Ryan
1924: John Gilbert / Kathleen McKane Godfree
1925: Jean Borotra / Suzanne Lenglen
1926: Leslie Godfree / Kathleen McKane Godfree
1927: Francis Hunter / Elizabeth Ryan
1928: Patrick Spence / Elizabeth Ryan
1929: Frank Hunter / Helen Wills
1930: Jack Crawford / Elizabeth Ryan
1931: George Lott / Anna McCune Harper
1932: Enrique Maier / Elizabeth Ryan
1933: Gottfried von Cramm / Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling
1934: Ryuki Miki / Dorothy Round Little
1935: Fred Perry / Dorothy Round Little
1936: Fred Perry / Dorothy Round Little
1937: Don Budge / Alice Marble
1938: Don Budge / Alice Marble
1939: Bobby Riggs / Alice Marble
1940–45: No competition (World War II)
1946: Tom Brown / Louise Brough Clapp
1947: John Bromwich / Louise Brough Clapp
1948: John Bromwich / Louise Brough Clapp
1949: Eric Sturgess / Sheila Piercey Summers
1950: Eric Sturgess / Louise Brough Clapp
1951: Frank Sedgman / Doris Hart
1952: Frank Sedgman / Doris Hart
1953: Vic Seixas / Doris Hart
1954: Vic Seixas / Doris Hart
1955: Vic Seixas / Doris Hart
1956: Vic Seixas / Shirley Fry Irvin
1957: Mervyn Rose / Darlene Hard
1958: Robert Howe / Lorraine Coghlan Robinson
1959: Rod Laver / Darlene Hard
1960: Rod Laver / Darlene Hard
1961: Fred Stolle / Lesley Turner Bowrey
1962: Neale Fraser / Margaret Osborne duPont
1963: Ken Fletcher / Margaret Smith
1964: Fred Stolle / Lesley Turner Bowrey
1965: Ken Fletcher / Margaret Smith
1966: Ken Fletcher / Margaret Smith
1967: Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King

Open Era

1968: Ken Fletcher / Margaret Court
1969: Fred Stolle / Ann Haydon-Jones
1970: Ilie Năstase / Rosemary Casals
1971: Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King
1972: Ilie Năstase / Rosemary Casals
1973: Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King
1974: Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King
1975: Marty Riessen / Margaret Court
1976: Tony Roche / Françoise Dürr
1977: Bob Hewitt / Greer Stevens
1978: Frew McMillan / Betty Stöve
1979: Bob Hewitt / Greer Stevens
1980: John Austin / Tracy Austin
1981: Frew McMillan / Betty Stöve
1982: Kevin Curren / Anne Smith
1983: John Lloyd / Wendy Turnbull
1984: John Lloyd / Wendy Turnbull
1985: Paul McNamee / Martina Navratilova
1986: Ken Flach / Kathy Jordan
1987: Jeremy Bates / Jo Durie
1988: Sherwood Stewart / Zina Garrison
1989: Jim Pugh / Jana Novotná
1990: Rick Leach / Zina Garrison
1991: John Fitzgerald / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie
1992: Cyril Suk / Larisa Savchenko Neiland
1993: Mark Woodforde / Martina Navratilova
1994: Todd Woodbridge / Helena Suková
1995: Jonathan Stark / Martina Navratilova
1996: Cyril Suk / Helena Suková
1997: Cyril Suk / Helena Suková
1998: Max Mirnyi / Serena Williams
1999: Leander Paes / Lisa Raymond
2000: Donald Johnson / Kimberly Po
2001: Leoš Friedl / Daniela Hantuchová
2002: Mahesh Bhupathi / Elena Likhovtseva
2003: Leander Paes / Martina Navratilova
2004: Wayne Black / Cara Black
2005: Mahesh Bhupathi / Mary Pierce
2006: Andy Ram / Vera Zvonareva
2007: Jamie Murray / Jelena Janković
2008: Bob Bryan / Samantha Stosur
2009: Mark Knowles / Anna-Lena Grönefeld
2010: Leander Paes / Cara Black
2011: Jürgen Melzer / Iveta Benešová
2012: Mike Bryan / Lisa Raymond
2013: Daniel Nestor / Kristina Mladenovic
2014: Nenad Zimonjić / Samantha Stosur
2015: Leander Paes / Martina Hingis
2016: Henri Kontinen / Heather Watson
2017: Jamie Murray / Martina Hingis
2018: Alexander Peya / Nicole Melichar
2019: Ivan Dodig / Latisha Chan
2020: No competition (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021: Neal Skupski / Desirae Krawczyk
2022: Neal Skupski / Desirae Krawczyk
2023: Mate Pavić / Lyudmyla Kichenok
2024: Jan Zieliński / Hsieh Su-wei

v t e French Open mixed doubles champions
Amateur Era (national)	1902: Hélène Prévost / Réginald Forbes 1903: Hélène Prévost / Réginald Forbes 1904: Kate Gillou / Max Decugis 1905: Yvonne de Pfeffel / Max Decugis 1906: Yvonne de Pfeffel / Max Decugis 1907: A. Péan / Robert Wallet 1908: Kate Gillou / Max Decugis 1909: Jeanne Matthey / Max Decugis 1910: Marguerite Mény / Édouard Mény de Marangue 1911: Marguerite Broquedis / André Gobert 1912: Daisy Speranza / William Laurentz 1913: Daisy Speranza / William Laurentz 1914: Suzanne Lenglen / Max Decugis 1915–1919: No competition (World War I) 1920: Suzanne Lenglen / Max Decugis 1921: Suzanne Lenglen / Jacques Brugnon 1922: Suzanne Lenglen / Jacques Brugnon 1923: Suzanne Lenglen / Jacques Brugnon 1924: Marguerite Broquedis / Jean Borotra
Amateur Era (international)	1925: Suzanne Lenglen / Jacques Brugnon 1926: Suzanne Lenglen / Jacques Brugnon 1927: Marguerite Broquedis Bordes / Jean Borotra 1928: Eileen Bennett / Henri Cochet 1929: Eileen Bennett / Henri Cochet 1930: Cilly Aussem / Bill Tilden 1931: Betty Nuthall / Pat Spence 1932: Betty Nuthall / Fred Perry 1933: Margaret Scriven / Jack Crawford 1934: Colette Rosambert / Jean Borotra 1935: Lolette Payot / Marcel Bernard 1936: Billie Yorke / Marcel Bernard 1937: Simonne Mathieu / Yvon Petra 1938: Simonne Mathieu / Dragutin Mitić 1939: Sarah Palfrey Fabyan / Elwood Cooke 1940–1945: No competition (World War II) 1946: Pauline Betz / Budge Patty 1947: Sheila Piercey / Eric Sturgess 1948: Patricia Canning Todd / Jaroslav Drobný 1949: Sheila Piercey / Eric Sturgess 1950: Barbara Scofield / Enrique Morea 1951: Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman 1952: Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman 1953: Doris Hart / Vic Seixas 1954: Maureen Connolly / Lew Hoad 1955: Darlene Hard / Gordon Forbes 1956: Thelma Coyne Long / Luis Ayala 1957: Věra Pužejová / Jiří Javorský 1958: Shirley Bloomer / Nicola Pietrangeli 1959: Yola Ramírez Ochoa / William Knight 1960: Maria Bueno / Robert Howe 1961: Darlene Hard / Rod Laver 1962: Renée Schuurman / Robert Howe 1963: Margaret Smith / Ken Fletcher 1964: Margaret Smith / Ken Fletcher 1965: Margaret Smith / Ken Fletcher 1966: Annette Van Zyl / Frew McMillan 1967: Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson
Open Era	1968: Françoise Dürr / Jean-Claude Barclay 1969: Margaret Court / Marty Riessen 1970: Billie Jean King / Bob Hewitt 1971: Françoise Dürr / Jean-Claude Barclay 1972: Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Kim Warwick 1973: Françoise Dürr / Jean-Claude Barclay 1974: Martina Navrátilová / Iván Molina 1975: Fiorella Bonicelli / Thomas Koch 1976: Ilana Kloss / Kim Warwick 1977: Mary Carillo / John McEnroe 1978: Renáta Tomanová / Pavel Složil 1979: Wendy Turnbull / Bob Hewitt 1980: Anne Smith / Billy Martin 1981: Andrea Jaeger / Jimmy Arias 1982: Wendy Turnbull / John Lloyd 1983: Barbara Jordan / Eliot Teltscher 1984: Anne Smith / Dick Stockton 1985: Martina Navrátilová / Heinz Günthardt 1986: Kathy Jordan / Ken Flach 1987: Pam Shriver / Emilio Sánchez Vicario 1988: Lori McNeil / Jorge Lozano 1989: Manon Bollegraf / Tom Nijssen 1990: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Jorge Lozano 1991: Helena Suková / Cyril Suk 1992: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Mark Woodforde 1993: Eugenia Maniokova / Andrei Olhovskiy 1994: Kristie Boogert / Menno Oosting 1995: Larisa Neiland / Todd Woodbridge 1996: Patricia Tarabini / Javier Frana 1997: Rika Hiraki / Mahesh Bhupathi 1998: Venus Williams / Justin Gimelstob 1999: Katarina Srebotnik / Piet Norval 2000: Mariaan de Swardt / David Adams 2001: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Tomas Carbonell 2002: Cara Black / Wayne Black 2003: Lisa Raymond / Mike Bryan 2004: Tatiana Golovin / Richard Gasquet 2005: Daniela Hantuchová / Fabrice Santoro 2006: Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić 2007: Nathalie Dechy / Andy Ram 2008: Victoria Azarenka / Bob Bryan 2009: Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan 2010: Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić 2011: Casey Dellacqua / Scott Lipsky 2012: Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi 2013: Lucie Hradecká / František Čermák 2014: Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Jean-Julien Rojer 2015: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mike Bryan 2016: Martina Hingis / Leander Paes 2017: Gabriela Dabrowski / Rohan Bopanna 2018: Latisha Chan / Ivan Dodig 2019: Latisha Chan / Ivan Dodig 2020: No competition (COVID-19 pandemic) 2021: Desirae Krawczyk / Joe Salisbury 2022: Ena Shibahara / Wesley Koolhof 2023: Miyu Kato / Tim Pütz 2024: Laura Siegemund / Édouard Roger-Vasselin

US Open mixed doubles champions

Amateur Era

1892: Mabel Cahill / Clarence Hobart
1893: Ellen Roosevelt / Clarence Hobart
1894: Juliette Atkinson / Edwin Fischer
1895: Juliette Atkinson / Edwin Fischer
1896: Juliette Atkinson / Edwin Fischer
1897: Laura Henson / D. L. Magruder
1898: Carrie Neely / Edwin Fischer
1899: Elizabeth Rastall / Albert L. Hoskins
1900: Margaret Hunnewell / Alfred Codman
1901: Marion Jones / Raymond Little
1902: Elisabeth Moore / Wylie Grant
1903: Helen Chapman / Harry F. Allen
1904: Elisabeth Moore / Wylie Grant
1905: Augusta Schultz Hobart / Clarence Hobart
1906: Sarah Coffin / Edward Dewhurst
1907: May Sayers / Wallace F. Johnson
1908: Nathaniel Niles / Edith Rotch
1909: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace F. Johnson
1910: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Joseph R. Carpenter Jr.
1911: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace F. Johnson
1912: Mary K. Browne / R. Norris Williams
1913: Mary K. Browne / Bill Tilden
1914: Mary K. Browne / Bill Tilden
1915: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Harry C. Johnson
1916: Eleonora Sears / Willis E. Davis
1917: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Irving Wright
1918: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Irving Wright
1919: Marion Zinderstein / Vincent Richards
1920: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace F. Johnson
1921: Mary K. Browne / Bill Johnston
1922: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Bill Tilden
1923: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Bill Tilden
1924: Helen Wills / Vincent Richards
1925: Kitty McKane Godfree / John B. Hawkes
1926: Elizabeth Ryan / Jean Borotra
1927: Eileen Bennett Whittingstall / Henri Cochet
1928: Helen Wills / John B. Hawkes
1929: Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / George Lott
1930: Edith Cross / Wilmer Allison
1931: Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / George Lott
1932: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Fred Perry
1933: Elizabeth Ryan / Ellsworth Vines
1934: Helen Jacobs / George Lott
1935: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Enrique Maier
1936: Alice Marble / Gene Mako
1937: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Don Budge
1938: Alice Marble / Don Budge
1939: Alice Marble / Harry Hopman
1940: Alice Marble / Bobby Riggs
1941: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Jack Kramer
1942: Louise Brough / Ted Schroeder
1943: Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert
1944: Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert
1945: Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert
1946: Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert
1947: Louise Brough / John Bromwich
1948: Louise Brough / Tom Brown
1949: Louise Brough / Eric Sturgess
1950: Margaret Osborne duPont / Ken McGregor
1951: Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman
1952: Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman
1953: Doris Hart / Vic Seixas
1954: Doris Hart / Vic Seixas
1955: Doris Hart / Vic Seixas
1956: Margaret Osborne duPont / Ken Rosewall
1957: Althea Gibson / Kurt Nielsen
1958: Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser
1959: Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser
1960: Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser
1961: Margaret Court / Bob Mark
1962: Margaret Court / Fred Stolle
1963: Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher
1964: Margaret Court / John Newcombe
1965: Margaret Court / Fred Stolle
1966: Donna Floyd Fales / Owen Davidson
1967: Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson

Open Era

1968: Mary-Ann Eisel / Peter Curtis
1969: Margaret Court / Marty Riessen
1970: Margaret Court / Marty Riessen
1971: Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson
1972: Margaret Court / Marty Riessen
1973: Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson
1974: Pam Teeguarden / Geoff Masters
1975: Rosemary Casals / Dick Stockton
1976: Billie Jean King / Phil Dent
1977: Betty Stöve / Frew McMillan
1978: Betty Stöve / Frew McMillan
1979: Greer Stevens / Bob Hewitt
1980: Wendy Turnbull / Marty Riessen
1981: Anne Smith / Kevin Curren
1982: Anne Smith / Kevin Curren
1983: Elizabeth Sayers Smylie / John Fitzgerald
1984: Manuela Maleeva / Tom Gullikson
1985: Martina Navratilova / Heinz Günthardt
1986: Raffaella Reggi / Sergio Casal
1987: Martina Navratilova / Emilio Sánchez Vicario
1988: Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh
1989: Robin White / Shelby Cannon
1990: Elizabeth Sayers Smylie / Todd Woodbridge
1991: Manon Bollegraf / Tom Nijssen
1992: Nicole Provis / Mark Woodforde
1993: Helena Suková / Todd Woodbridge
1994: Elna Reinach / Patrick Galbraith
1995: Meredith McGrath / Matt Lucena
1996: Lisa Raymond / Patrick Galbraith
1997: Manon Bollegraf / Rick Leach
1998: Serena Williams / Max Mirnyi
1999: Ai Sugiyama / Mahesh Bhupathi
2000: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Jared Palmer
2001: Rennae Stubbs / Todd Woodbridge
2002: Lisa Raymond / Mike Bryan
2003: Katarina Srebotnik / Bob Bryan
2004: Vera Zvonareva / Bob Bryan
2005: Daniela Hantuchová / Mahesh Bhupathi
2006: Martina Navratilova / Bob Bryan
2007: Victoria Azarenka / Max Mirnyi
2008: Cara Black / Leander Paes
2009: Carly Gullickson / Travis Parrott
2010: Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan
2011: Melanie Oudin / Jack Sock
2012: Ekaterina Makarova / Bruno Soares
2013: Andrea Hlaváčková / Max Mirnyi
2014: Sania Mirza / Bruno Soares
2015: Martina Hingis / Leander Paes
2016: Laura Siegemund / Mate Pavić
2017: Martina Hingis / Jamie Murray
2018: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Jamie Murray
2019: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Jamie Murray
2020: No competition (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021: Desirae Krawczyk / Joe Salisbury
2022: Storm Sanders / John Peers
2023: Anna Danilina / Harri Heliövaara
2024: Sara Errani / Andrea Vavassori

v t e French Open women's singles champions
Amateur Era (national)	1897: Adine Masson 1898: Adine Masson 1899: Adine Masson 1900: Hélène Prévost 1901: Suzanne Girod 1902: Adine Masson 1903: Adine Masson 1904: Kate Gillou 1905: Kate Gillou 1906: Kate Gillou-Fenwick 1907: Comtesse de Kermel 1908: Kate Gillou-Fenwick 1909: Jeanne Matthey 1910: Jeanne Matthey 1911: Jeanne Matthey 1912: Jeanne Matthey 1913: Marguerite Broquedis 1914: Marguerite Broquedis 1915–1919: No competition (World War I) 1920: Suzanne Lenglen 1921: Suzanne Lenglen 1922: Suzanne Lenglen 1923: Suzanne Lenglen 1924: Julie Vlasto
Amateur Era (international)	1925: Suzanne Lenglen 1926: Suzanne Lenglen 1927: Kea Bouman 1928: Helen Wills 1929: Helen Wills 1930: Helen Wills Moody 1931: Cilly Aussem 1932: Helen Wills Moody 1933: Margaret Scriven 1934: Margaret Scriven 1935: Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling 1936: Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling 1937: Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling 1938: Simonne Mathieu 1939: Simonne Mathieu 1940–1945: No competition (World War II) 1946: Margaret Osborne duPont 1947: Patricia Canning Todd 1948: Nelly Adamson Landry 1949: Margaret Osborne duPont 1950: Doris Hart 1951: Shirley Fry 1952: Doris Hart 1953: Maureen Connolly 1954: Maureen Connolly 1955: Angela Mortimer 1956: Althea Gibson 1957: Shirley Bloomer 1958: Zsuzsa Körmöczy 1959: Christine Truman 1960: Darlene Hard 1961: Ann Jones 1962: Margaret Smith 1963: Lesley Turner 1964: Margaret Smith 1965: Lesley Turner 1966: Ann Haydon-Jones 1967: Françoise Dürr
Open Era	1968: Nancy Richey 1969: Margaret Court 1970: Margaret Court 1971: Evonne Goolagong 1972: Billie Jean King 1973: Margaret Court 1974: Chris Evert 1975: Chris Evert 1976: Sue Barker 1977: Mima Jaušovec 1978: Virginia Ruzici 1979: Chris Evert 1980: Chris Evert 1981: Hana Mandlíková 1982: Martina Navratilova 1983: Chris Evert 1984: Martina Navratilova 1985: Chris Evert 1986: Chris Evert 1987: Steffi Graf 1988: Steffi Graf 1989: Arantxa Sánchez 1990: Monica Seles 1991: Monica Seles 1992: Monica Seles 1993: Steffi Graf 1994: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1995: Steffi Graf 1996: Steffi Graf 1997: Iva Majoli 1998: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1999: Steffi Graf 2000: Mary Pierce 2001: Jennifer Capriati 2002: Serena Williams 2003: Justine Henin 2004: Anastasia Myskina 2005: Justine Henin 2006: Justine Henin 2007: Justine Henin 2008: Ana Ivanovic 2009: Svetlana Kuznetsova 2010: Francesca Schiavone 2011: Li Na 2012: Maria Sharapova 2013: Serena Williams 2014: Maria Sharapova 2015: Serena Williams 2016: Garbiñe Muguruza 2017: Jeļena Ostapenko 2018: Simona Halep 2019: Ashleigh Barty 2020: Iga Świątek 2021: Barbora Krejčíková 2022: Iga Świątek 2023: Iga Świątek 2024: Iga Świątek

US Open women's singles champions

Amateur Era

Open Era

v t e French Open women's doubles champions
Amateur Era (national)	1907: Adine Masson / Yvonne de Pfeffel 1908: Kate Gillou-Fenwick / Cecile Matthey 1909: Jeanne Matthey / Daisy Speranza 1910: Jeanne Matthey / Daisy Speranza 1911: Jeanne Matthey / Daisy Speranza 1912: Jeanne Matthey / Daisy Speranza 1913: Blanche Amblard / Suzanne Amblard 1914: Blanche Amblard / Suzanne Amblard 1915–1919: No competition (World War I) 1920: Élisabeth d'Ayen / Suzanne Lenglen 1921: Suzanne Lenglen / Geramine Pigueron 1922: Suzanne Lenglen / Geramine Pigueron 1923: Suzanne Lenglen / Julie Vlasto 1924: Marguerite Broquedis / Yvonne Bourgeois
Amateur Era (international)	1925: Suzanne Lenglen / Julie Vlasto 1926: Suzanne Lenglen / Julie Vlasto 1927: Irene Bowder Peacock / Bobbie Heine 1928: Phoebe Holcroft Watson / Eileen Bennett 1929: Lilí Álvarez / Kea Bouman 1930: Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan 1931: Eileen Bennett Whittingstall / Betty Nuthall 1932: Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan 1933: Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan 1934: Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan 1935: Margaret Scriven / Kay Stammers 1936: Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke 1937: Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke 1938: Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke 1939: Simonne Mathieu / Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 1940–1945: No competition (World War II) 1946: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne 1947: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont 1948: Doris Hart / Patricia Canning Todd 1949: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont 1950: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry 1951: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry 1952: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry 1953: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry 1954: Maureen Connolly / Nell Hall Hopman 1955: Beverly Baker Fleitz / Darlene Hard 1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson 1957: Shirley Bloomer / Darlene Hard 1958: Rosie Reyes / Yola Ramírez Ochoa 1959: Sandra Reynolds / Renée Schuurman 1960: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard 1961: Sandra Reynolds / Renée Schuurman 1962: Sandra Reynolds Price / Renée Schuurman 1963: Ann Haydon-Jones / Renée Schuurman 1964: Margaret Smith / Lesley Turner 1965: Margaret Smith / Lesley Turner 1966: Margaret Smith / Judy Tegart 1967: Françoise Dürr / Gail Chanfreau
Open Era	1968: Françoise Dürr / Ann Haydon-Jones 1969: Françoise Dürr / Ann Haydon-Jones 1970: Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Dürr 1971: Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Dürr 1972: Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve 1973: Margaret Court / Virginia Wade 1974: Chris Evert / Olga Morozova 1975: Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova 1976: Fiorella Bonicelli / Gail Chanfreau 1977: Regina Maršíková / Pam Teeguarden 1978: Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici 1979: Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull 1980: Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith 1981: Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Tanya Harford 1982: Martina Navratilova / Anne Smith 1983: Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Candy Reynolds 1984: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1985: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1986: Martina Navratilova / Andrea Temesvári 1987: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1988: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1989: Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva 1990: Jana Novotná / Helena Suková 1991: Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná 1992: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva 1993: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva 1994: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva 1995: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva 1996: Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández 1997: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva 1998: Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná 1999: Serena Williams / Venus Williams 2000: Martina Hingis / Mary Pierce 2001: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez 2002: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez 2003: Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama 2004: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez 2005: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez 2006: Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur 2007: Alicia Molik / Mara Santangelo 2008: Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual 2009: Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual 2010: Serena Williams / Venus Williams 2011: Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká 2012: Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci 2013: Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina 2014: Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai 2015: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová 2016: Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic 2017: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová 2018: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková 2019: Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic 2020: Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic 2021: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková 2022: Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic 2023: Hsieh Su-wei / Wang Xinyu 2024: Coco Gauff / Kateřina Siniaková

Wimbledon women's doubles champions

Amateur Era

1913: Winifred McNair / Dora Boothby
1914: Agnes Morton / Elizabeth Ryan
1915–18: No competition (World War I)
1919: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
1920: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
1921: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
1922: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
1923: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
1924: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills
1925: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan
1926: Mary Browne / Elizabeth Ryan
1927: Helen Wills / Elizabeth Ryan
1928: Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson
1929: Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson
1930: Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan
1931: Phyllis Mudford / Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
1932: Doris Metaxa / Josane Sigart
1933: Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan
1934: Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan
1935: Freda James / Kay Stammers
1936: Freda James / Kay Stammers
1937: Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke
1938: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
1939: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
1940–45: No competition (World War II)
1946: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1947: Patricia Canning Todd / Doris Hart
1948: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1949: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1950: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1951: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
1952: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
1953: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
1954: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1955: Angela Mortimer Barrett / Anne Shilcock
1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson
1957: Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard
1958: Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson
1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard
1960: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
1961: Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean Moffitt
1962: Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean Moffitt
1963: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
1964: Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey
1965: Maria Bueno / Billie Jean Moffitt
1966: Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey
1967: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King

Open Era

1968: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
1969: Margaret Court / Judy Tegart-Dalton
1970: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
1971: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
1972: Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve
1973: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
1974: Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel
1975: Ann Kiyomura / Kazuko Sawamatsu
1976: Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova
1977: Helen Gourlay Cawley / JoAnne Russell
1978: Kerry Melville Reid / Wendy Turnbull
1979: Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
1980: Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith
1981: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1982: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1983: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1984: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1985: Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie
1986: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1987: Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková
1988: Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini
1989: Jana Novotná / Helena Suková
1990: Jana Novotná / Helena Suková
1991: Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva
1992: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
1993: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
1994: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
1995: Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
1996: Martina Hingis / Helena Suková
1997: Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
1998: Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná
1999: Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu
2000: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
2001: Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
2002: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
2003: Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama
2004: Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs
2005: Cara Black / Liezel Huber
2006: Yan Zi / Zheng Jie
2007: Cara Black / Liezel Huber
2008: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
2009: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
2010: Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova
2011: Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik
2012: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
2013: Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai
2014: Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
2015: Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
2016: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
2017: Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina
2018: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
2019: Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová
2020 No competition (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021: Hsieh Su-wei / Elise Mertens
2022: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
2023: Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová
2024: Kateřina Siniaková / Taylor Townsend

US Open women's doubles champions

Amateur Era

1889: Bertha Townsend / Margarette Ballard
1890: Ellen Roosevelt / Grace Roosevelt
1891: Mabel Cahill / Emma Leavitt-Morgan
1892: Mabel Cahill / Adeline McKinlay
1893: Aline Terry / Harriet Butler
1894: Helen Hellwig / Juliette Atkinson
1895: Helen Hellwig / Juliette Atkinson
1896: Elisabeth Moore / Juliette Atkinson
1897: Juliette Atkinson / Kathleen Atkinson
1898: Juliette Atkinson / Kathleen Atkinson
1899: Jane Craven / Myrtle McAteer
1900: Edith Parker / Hallie Champlin
1901: Juliette Atkinson / Myrtle McAteer
1902: Juliette Atkinson / Marion Jones
1903: Elisabeth Moore / Carrie Neely
1904: May Sutton / Miriam Hall
1905: Helen Homans / Carrie Neely
1906: Ann Burdette Coe / Ethel Bliss Platt
1907: Marie Wimer / Carrie Neely
1908: Evelyn Sears / Margaret Curtis
1909: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Edith Rotch
1910: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Edith Rotch
1911: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Eleonora Sears
1912: Dorothy Green / Mary K. Browne
1913: Mary K. Browne / Louise Riddell Williams
1914: Mary K. Browne / Louise Riddell Williams
1915: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Eleonora Sears
1916: Molla Bjurstedt / Eleonora Sears
1917: Molla Bjurstedt / Eleonora Sears
1918: Marion Zinderstein / Eleanor Goss
1919: Marion Zinderstein / Eleanor Goss
1920: Marion Zinderstein / Eleanor Goss
1921: Mary K. Browne / Louise Riddell Williams
1922: Marion Zinderstein Jessup / Helen Wills Moody
1923: Kitty McKane Godfree / Phyllis Howkins Covell
1924: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills Moody
1925: Mary K. Browne / Helen Wills Moody
1926: Elizabeth Ryan / Eleanor Goss
1927: Kitty McKane Godfree / Ermyntrude Harvey
1928: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills Moody
1929: Phoebe Holcroft Watson / Peggy Michell
1930: Betty Nuthall / Sarah Palfrey Cooke
1931: Betty Nuthall / Eileen Bennett Whittingstall
1932: Helen Jacobs / Sarah Palfrey Cooke
1933: Betty Nuthall / Freda James
1934: Helen Jacobs / Sarah Palfrey Cooke
1935: Helen Jacobs / Sarah Palfrey Cooke
1936: Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn / Carolin Babcock Stark
1937: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
1938: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
1939: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
1940: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
1941: Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Margaret Osborne duPont
1942: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1943: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1944: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1945: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1946: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1947: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1948: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1949: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1950: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1951: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
1952: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
1953: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
1954: Doris Hart / Shirley Fry
1955: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1956: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1957: Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
1958: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard
1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard
1960: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
1961: Darlene Hard / Lesley Turner Bowrey
1962: Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard
1963: Robyn Ebbern / Margaret Smith
1964: Billie Jean King / Karen Hantze Susman
1965: Carole Caldwell Graebner / Nancy Richey
1966: Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey
1967: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King

Open Era

1968: Maria Bueno / Margaret Court
1969: Françoise Dürr / Darlene Hard
1970: Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton
1971: Rosemary Casals / Judy Tegart Dalton
1972: Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve
1973: Margaret Court / Virginia Wade
1974: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
1975: Margaret Court / Virginia Wade
1976: Delina Boshoff / Ilana Kloss
1977: Martina Navratilova / Betty Stöve
1978: Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
1979: Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull
1980: Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
1981: Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith
1982: Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull
1983: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1984: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1985: Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková
1986: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1987: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1988: Gigi Fernández / Robin White
1989: Hana Mandlíková / Martina Navratilova
1990: Gigi Fernández / Martina Navratilova
1991: Pam Shriver / Natalia Zvereva
1992: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
1993: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková
1994: Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
1995: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
1996: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
1997: Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná
1998: Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná
1999: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
2000: Julie Halard-Decugis / Ai Sugiyama
2001: Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
2002: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
(2003) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
2004: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
2005: Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
2006: Nathalie Dechy / Vera Zvonareva
2007: Nathalie Dechy / Dinara Safina
2008: Cara Black / Liezel Huber
2009: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
2010: Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova
2011: Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond
2012: Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
2013: Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká
2014: Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina
2015: Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
2016: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová
2017: Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis
2018: Ashleigh Barty / CoCo Vandeweghe
2019: Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka
2020: Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva
2021: Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai
2022: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
2023: Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe
2024: Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko

Grand Slam achievements

Grand Slam

Men's singles	1938: Don Budge 1962: Rod Laver 1969: Rod Laver
Women's singles	1953: Maureen Connolly 1970: Margaret Court 1988: Steffi Graf
Men's doubles	1951: Ken McGregor / Frank Sedgman
Women's doubles	1960: Maria Bueno 1984: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1998: Martina Hingis
Mixed doubles	1963: Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher 1965: Margaret Court 1967: Owen Davidson

Non-calendar year Grand Slam

Men's singles	2015–16: Novak Djokovic
Women's singles	1983–84: Martina Navratilova 1993–94: Steffi Graf 2002–03: Serena Williams 2014–15: Serena Williams
Men's doubles	2012–13: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women's doubles	1949–50: Louise Brough 1986–87: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1992–93: Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva 1996–97: Natasha Zvereva 2009–10: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Mixed doubles	1967–68 Billie Jean King

Career Grand Slam

Men's singles	Fred Perry Don Budge Rod Laver (2) Roy Emerson (2) Andre Agassi Roger Federer Rafael Nadal (2) Novak Djokovic (3)
Women's singles	Maureen Connolly Doris Hart Shirley Fry Irvin Margaret Court (3) Billie Jean King Chris Evert (2) Martina Navratilova (2) Steffi Graf (4) Serena Williams (3) Maria Sharapova
Men's doubles	Adrian Quist Frank Sedgman (2) Ken McGregor Lew Hoad / Ken Rosewall (2) Neale Fraser (2) Roy Emerson (3) John Newcombe (3) / Tony Roche Bob Hewitt John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge Jonas Björkman Bob Bryan (2) / Mike Bryan (2) Daniel Nestor Leander Paes Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut Mate Pavić
Women's doubles	Louise Brough Clapp Doris Hart Shirley Fry Irvin Maria Bueno Lesley Turner Bowrey Margaret Court (2) Judy Tegart-Dalton Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith / Martina Navratilova (7) Pam Shriver (4) Helena Suková Gigi Fernández (2) / Natasha Zvereva (3) Jana Novotná (2) Martina Hingis (2) Serena Williams (2) / Venus Williams (2) Lisa Raymond Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
Mixed doubles	Jean Borotra Doris Hart (2) / Frank Sedgman (2) Margaret Court (4) Ken Fletcher Owen Davidson Billie Jean King Marty Riessen Bob Hewitt Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge Martina Navratilova Daniela Hantuchová Mahesh Bhupathi (2) Cara Black Leander Paes Martina Hingis

Women's tennis players who won two or more Grand Slam singles titles in one calendar year

Four wins
1953: Maureen Connolly Brinker 1970: Margaret Court 1988: Steffi Graf

Three wins

1928: Helen Wills Moody (FO&WI&US)
1929: Helen Wills Moody (FO&WI&US)
1962: Margaret Court (AO&FO&US)
1965: Margaret Court (AO&WI&US)
1969: Margaret Court (AO&FO&US)
1972: Billie Jean King (FO&WI&US)
1973: Margaret Court (AO&FO&US)
1983: Martina Navratilova (AO&WI&US)
1984: Martina Navratilova (FO&WI&US)
1989: Steffi Graf (AO&WI&US)
1991: Monica Seles (AO&FO&US)
1992: Monica Seles (AO&FO&US)
1993: Steffi Graf (FO&WI&US)
1995: Steffi Graf (FO&WI&US)
1996: Steffi Graf (FO&WI&US)
1997: Martina Hingis (AO&WI&US)
2002: Serena Williams (FO&WI&US)
2015: Serena Williams (AO&FO&WI)

Two wins

1925: Suzanne Lenglen (FO&WI)
1927: Helen Wills Moody (WI&US)
1930: Helen Wills Moody (FO&WI)
1931: Cilly Aussem (FO&WI)
1932: Helen Wills Moody (FO&WI)
1939: Alice Marble (WI&US)
1946: Pauline Betz Addie (WI&US)
1949: Margaret Osborne duPont (FO&US)
1950: Louise Bough Clapp (AO&WI)
1952: Maureen Connolly Brinker (WI&US)
1954: Maureen Connolly Brinker (FO&WI)
1956: Shirley Fry Irvin (WI&US)
1957: Althea Gibson (WI&US)
1958: Althea Gibson (WI&US)
1959: Maria Bueno (WI&US)
1960: Darlene Hard (FO&US)
1963: Margaret Court (AO&WI)
1964: Margaret Court (AO&FO)
1964: Maria Bueno (WI&US)
1967: Billie Jean King (WI&US)
1968: Billie Jean King (AO&WI)
1971: Evonne Goolagong Cawley (FO&WI)
1974: Chris Evert (FO&WI)
1975: Chris Evert (FO&US)
1976: Chris Evert (WI&US)
1980: Chris Evert (FO&US)
1982: Martina Navratilova (FO&WI)
1982: Chris Evert (AO&US)
1985: Martina Navratilova (AO&WI)
1986: Martina Navratilova (WI&US)
1987: Martina Navratilova (WI&US)
1994: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (FO&US)
2000: Venus Williams (WI&US)
2001: Jennifer Capriati (AO&FO)
2001: Venus Williams (WI&US)
2003: Serena Williams (AO&WI)
2003: Justine Henin (FO&US)
2006: Amélie Mauresmo (AO&WI)
2007: Justine Henin (FO&US)
2009: Serena Williams (AO&WI)
2010: Serena Williams (AO&WI)
2012: Serena Williams (WI&US)
2013: Serena Williams (FO&US)
2016: Angelique Kerber (AO&US)
2022: Iga Świątek (FO&US)
2024: Aryna Sabalenka (AO&US)

AO=Australian Open, FO=French Open, WI=Wimbledon, US=US Open

Billie Jean King achievements

WTA Year-end championships – doubles winners

1973: Rosemary Casals / Margaret Court
1974: Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
1975: Margaret Court / Virginia Wade
1976: Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve
1977: Martina Navratilova / Betty Stöve
1978: Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
1979: Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve
1980: Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
1981: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1982: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1983: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1984: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1985: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1986 (Mar): Hana Mandlíková / Wendy Turnbull
1986 (Nov): Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1987: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1988: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1989: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1990: Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Smylie
1991: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1992: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková
1993: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
1994: Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
1995: Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
1996: Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández
1997: Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná
1998: Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva
1999: Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
2000: Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
2001: Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
2002: Elena Dementieva / Janette Husárová
2003: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
2004: Nadia Petrova / Meghann Shaughnessy
2005: Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
2006: Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
2007: Cara Black / Liezel Huber
2008: Cara Black / Liezel Huber
2009: Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez
2010: Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta
2011: Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond
2012: Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova
2013: Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai
2014: Cara Black / Sania Mirza
2015: Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
2016: Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina
2017: Tímea Babos / Andrea Hlaváčková
2018: Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic
2019: Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic
2020: no competition
2021: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
2022: Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens
2023: Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva
2024: Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe

Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year

1954: Roger Bannister
1955: Johnny Podres
1956: Bobby Morrow
1957: Stan Musial
1958: Rafer Johnson
1959: Ingemar Johansson
1960: Arnold Palmer
1961: Jerry Lucas
1962: Terry Baker
1963: Pete Rozelle
1964: Ken Venturi
1965: Sandy Koufax
1966: Jim Ryun
1967: Carl Yastrzemski
1968: Bill Russell
1969: Tom Seaver
1970: Bobby Orr
1971: Lee Trevino
1972: Billie Jean King & John Wooden
1973: Jackie Stewart
1974: Muhammad Ali
1975: Pete Rose
1976: Chris Evert
1977: Steve Cauthen
1978: Jack Nicklaus
1979: Terry Bradshaw & Willie Stargell
1980: U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
1981: Sugar Ray Leonard
1982: Wayne Gretzky
1983: Mary Decker
1984: Edwin Moses & Mary Lou Retton
1985: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1986: Joe Paterno
1987: Bob Bourne, Judi Brown King, Kipchoge Keino, Dale Murphy, Chip Rives, Patty Sheehan, Rory Sparrow, & Reggie Williams
1988: Orel Hershiser
1989: Greg LeMond
1990: Joe Montana
1991: Michael Jordan
1992: Arthur Ashe
1993: Don Shula
1994: Bonnie Blair & Johann Olav Koss
1995: Cal Ripken Jr.
1996: Tiger Woods
1997: Dean Smith
1998: Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa
1999: U.S. Women's Soccer Team
2000: Tiger Woods
2001: Curt Schilling & Randy Johnson
2002: ~~Lance Armstrong~~
2003: David Robinson & Tim Duncan
2004: Boston Red Sox
2005: Tom Brady
2006: Dwyane Wade
2007: Brett Favre
2008: Michael Phelps
2009: Derek Jeter
2010: Drew Brees
2011: Mike Krzyzewski & Pat Summitt
2012: LeBron James
2013: Peyton Manning
2014: Madison Bumgarner
2015: Serena Williams
2016: LeBron James
2017: Jose Altuve & J. J. Watt
2018: Golden State Warriors
2019: Megan Rapinoe
2020: Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, LeBron James, Patrick Mahomes, Naomi Osaka, & Breanna Stewart
2021: Tom Brady
2022: Stephen Curry
2023: Deion Sanders

v t e Time Persons of the Year
1927–1950	Charles Lindbergh (1927) Walter Chrysler (1928) Owen D. Young (1929) Mohandas Gandhi (1930) Pierre Laval (1931) Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932) Hugh S. Johnson (1933) Franklin D. Roosevelt (1934) Haile Selassie (1935) Wallis Simpson (1936) Chiang Kai-shek / Soong Mei-ling (1937) Adolf Hitler (1938) Joseph Stalin (1939) Winston Churchill (1940) Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941) Joseph Stalin (1942) George Marshall (1943) Dwight D. Eisenhower (1944) Harry S. Truman (1945) James F. Byrnes (1946) George Marshall (1947) Harry S. Truman (1948) Winston Churchill (1949) The American Fighting-Man (1950)
1951–1975	Mohammed Mosaddeq (1951) Elizabeth II (1952) Konrad Adenauer (1953) John Foster Dulles (1954) Harlow Curtice (1955) Hungarian Freedom Fighters (1956) Nikita Khrushchev (1957) Charles de Gaulle (1958) Dwight D. Eisenhower (1959) U.S. Scientists: George Beadle / Charles Draper / John Enders / Donald A. Glaser / Joshua Lederberg / Willard Libby / Linus Pauling / Edward Purcell / Isidor Rabi / Emilio Segrè / William Shockley / Edward Teller / Charles Townes / James Van Allen / Robert Woodward (1960) John F. Kennedy (1961) Pope John XXIII (1962) Martin Luther King Jr. (1963) Lyndon B. Johnson (1964) William Westmoreland (1965) The Generation Twenty-Five and Under (1966) Lyndon B. Johnson (1967) The Apollo 8 Astronauts: William Anders / Frank Borman / Jim Lovell (1968) The Middle Americans (1969) Willy Brandt (1970) Richard Nixon (1971) Henry Kissinger / Richard Nixon (1972) John Sirica (1973) King Faisal (1974) American Women: Susan Brownmiller / Kathleen Byerly / Alison Cheek / Jill Conway / Betty Ford / Ella Grasso / Carla Hills / Barbara Jordan / Billie Jean King / Susie Sharp / Carol Sutton / Addie Wyatt (1975)
1976–2000	Jimmy Carter (1976) Anwar Sadat (1977) Deng Xiaoping (1978) Ayatollah Khomeini (1979) Ronald Reagan (1980) Lech Wałęsa (1981) The Computer (1982) Ronald Reagan / Yuri Andropov (1983) Peter Ueberroth (1984) Deng Xiaoping (1985) Corazon Aquino (1986) Mikhail Gorbachev (1987) The Endangered Earth (1988) Mikhail Gorbachev (1989) George H. W. Bush (1990) Ted Turner (1991) Bill Clinton (1992) The Peacemakers: Yasser Arafat / F. W. de Klerk / Nelson Mandela / Yitzhak Rabin (1993) Pope John Paul II (1994) Newt Gingrich (1995) David Ho (1996) Andrew Grove (1997) Bill Clinton / Ken Starr (1998) Jeff Bezos (1999) George W. Bush (2000)
2001–present	Rudolph Giuliani (2001) The Whistleblowers: Cynthia Cooper / Coleen Rowley / Sherron Watkins (2002) The American Soldier (2003) George W. Bush (2004) The Good Samaritans: Bono / Bill Gates / Melinda Gates (2005) You (2006) Vladimir Putin (2007) Barack Obama (2008) Ben Bernanke (2009) Mark Zuckerberg (2010) The Protester (2011) Barack Obama (2012) Pope Francis (2013) Ebola Fighters: Dr. Jerry Brown / Dr. Kent Brantly / Ella Watson-Stryker / Foday Gollah / Salome Karwah (2014) Angela Merkel (2015) Donald Trump (2016) The Silence Breakers (2017) The Guardians: Jamal Khashoggi / Maria Ressa / Wa Lone / Kyaw Soe Oo / Staff of The Capital (2018) Greta Thunberg (2019) Joe Biden / Kamala Harris (2020) Elon Musk (2021) Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Spirit of Ukraine (2022) Taylor Swift (2023) Donald Trump (2024)

Inductees to the National Women's Hall of Fame

1970–1979

1973	Jane Addams Marian Anderson Susan B. Anthony Clara Barton Mary McLeod Bethune Elizabeth Blackwell Pearl S. Buck Rachel Carson Mary Cassatt Emily Dickinson Amelia Earhart Alice Hamilton Helen Hayes Helen Keller Eleanor Roosevelt Florence Sabin Margaret Chase Smith Elizabeth Cady Stanton Helen Brooke Taussig Harriet Tubman
1976	Abigail Adams Margaret Mead Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
1979	Dorothea Dix Juliette Gordon Low Alice Paul Elizabeth Bayley Seton

1980–1989

1981	Margaret Sanger Sojourner Truth
1982	Carrie Chapman Catt Frances Perkins
1983	Belva Lockwood Lucretia Mott
1984	Mary "Mother" Harris Jones Bessie Smith
1986	Barbara McClintock Lucy Stone Harriet Beecher Stowe
1988	Gwendolyn Brooks Willa Cather Sally Ride Mary Risteau Ida B. Wells-Barnett

1990–1999

1990	Margaret Bourke-White Barbara Jordan Billie Jean King Florence B. Seibert
1991	Gertrude Belle Elion
1993	Ethel Percy Andrus Antoinette Blackwell Emily Blackwell Shirley Chisholm Jacqueline Cochran Ruth Colvin Marian Wright Edelman Alice Evans Betty Friedan Ella Grasso Martha Wright Griffiths Fannie Lou Hamer Dorothy Height Dolores Huerta Mary Putnam Jacobi Mae Jemison Mary Lyon Mary Mahoney Wilma Mankiller Constance Baker Motley Georgia O'Keeffe Annie Oakley Rosa Parks Esther Peterson Jeannette Rankin Ellen Swallow Richards Elaine Roulet Katherine Siva Saubel Gloria Steinem Helen Stephens Lillian Wald Madam C. J. Walker Faye Wattleton Rosalyn S. Yalow Gloria Yerkovich
1994	Bella Abzug Ella Baker Myra Bradwell Annie Jump Cannon Jane Cunningham Croly Catherine East Geraldine Ferraro Charlotte Perkins Gilman Grace Hopper Helen LaKelly Hunt Zora Neale Hurston Anne Hutchinson Frances Wisebart Jacobs Susette La Flesche Louise McManus Maria Mitchell Antonia Novello Linda Richards Wilma Rudolph Betty Bone Schiess Muriel Siebert Nettie Stevens Oprah Winfrey Sarah Winnemucca Fanny Wright
1995	Virginia Apgar Ann Bancroft Amelia Bloomer Mary Breckinridge Eileen Collins Elizabeth Hanford Dole Anne Dallas Dudley Mary Baker Eddy Ella Fitzgerald Margaret Fuller Matilda Joslyn Gage Lillian Moller Gilbreth Nannerl O. Keohane Maggie Kuhn Sandra Day O'Connor Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin Pat Schroeder Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
1996	Louisa May Alcott Charlotte Anne Bunch Frances Xavier Cabrini Mary A. Hallaren Oveta Culp Hobby Wilhelmina Cole Holladay Anne Morrow Lindbergh Maria Goeppert Mayer Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose Maria Tallchief Edith Wharton
1998	Madeleine Albright Maya Angelou Nellie Bly Lydia Moss Bradley Mary Steichen Calderone Mary Ann Shadd Cary Joan Ganz Cooney Gerty Cori Sarah Grimké Julia Ward Howe Shirley Ann Jackson Shannon Lucid Katharine Dexter McCormick Rozanne L. Ridgway Edith Nourse Rogers Felice Schwartz Eunice Kennedy Shriver Beverly Sills Florence Wald Angelina Grimké Weld Chien-Shiung Wu

2000–2009

2000	Faye Glenn Abdellah Emma Smith DeVoe Marjory Stoneman Douglas Mary Dyer Sylvia A. Earle Crystal Eastman Jeanne Holm Leontine T. Kelly Frances Oldham Kelsey Kate Mullany Janet Reno Anna Howard Shaw Sophia Smith Ida Tarbell Wilma L. Vaught Mary Edwards Walker Annie Dodge Wauneka Eudora Welty Frances E. Willard
2001	Dorothy H. Andersen Lucille Ball Rosalynn Carter Lydia Maria Child Bessie Coleman Dorothy Day Marian de Forest Althea Gibson Beatrice A. Hicks Barbara Holdridge Harriet Williams Russell Strong Emily Howell Warner Victoria Woodhull
2002	Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis Ruth Bader Ginsburg Katharine Graham Bertha Holt Mary Engle Pennington Mercy Otis Warren
2003	Linda G. Alvarado Donna de Varona Gertrude Ederle Martha Matilda Harper Patricia Roberts Harris Stephanie L. Kwolek Dorothea Lange Mildred Robbins Leet Patsy Takemoto Mink Sacagawea Anne Sullivan Sheila E. Widnall
2005	Florence E. Allen Ruth Fulton Benedict Betty Bumpers Hillary Clinton Rita Rossi Colwell Mother Marianne Cope Maya Y. Lin Patricia A. Locke Blanche Stuart Scott Mary Burnett Talbert
2007	Eleanor K. Baum Julia Child Martha Coffin Pelham Wright Swanee Hunt Winona LaDuke Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Judith L. Pipher Catherine Filene Shouse Henrietta Szold
2009	Louise Bourgeois Mildred Cohn Karen DeCrow Susan Kelly-Dreiss Allie B. Latimer Emma Lazarus Ruth Patrick Rebecca Talbot Perkins Susan Solomon Kate Stoneman

2010–2019

2011	St. Katharine Drexel Dorothy Harrison Eustis Loretta C. Ford Abby Kelley Foster Helen Murray Free Billie Holiday Coretta Scott King Lilly Ledbetter Barbara A. Mikulski Donna E. Shalala Kathrine Switzer
2013	Betty Ford Ina May Gaskin Julie Krone Kate Millett Nancy Pelosi Mary Joseph Rogers Bernice Sandler Anna Schwartz Emma Willard
2015	Tenley Albright Nancy Brinker Martha Graham Marcia Greenberger Barbara Iglewski Jean Kilbourne Carlotta Walls LaNier Philippa Marrack Mary Harriman Rumsey Eleanor Smeal
2017	Matilda Cuomo Temple Grandin Lorraine Hansberry Victoria Jackson Sherry Lansing Clare Boothe Luce Aimee Mullins Carol Mutter Janet Rowley Alice Waters
2019	Gloria Allred Angela Davis Sarah Deer Jane Fonda Nicole Malachowski Rose O'Neill Louise Slaughter Sonia Sotomayor Laurie Spiegel Flossie Wong-Staal

2020–2029

2020	Aretha Franklin Barbara Hillary Barbara Rose Johns Henrietta Lacks Toni Morrison Mary Church Terrell
2022	Octavia E. Butler Judy Chicago Rebecca S. Halstead Mia Hamm Joy Harjo Emily Howland Katherine Johnson Indra Nooyi Michelle Obama
2024	Patricia Bath Ruby Bridges Elouise P. Cobell Kimberlé Crenshaw Peggy McIntosh Judith Plaskow Loretta Ross Sandy Stone Anna Wessels Williams Serena Williams

Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year

1931: Helene Madison
1932: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1933: Helen Jacobs
1934: Virginia Van Wie
1935: Helen Wills
1936: Helen Stephens
1937: Katherine Rawls
1938: Patty Berg
1939: Alice Marble
1940: Alice Marble
1941: Betty Hicks
1942: Gloria Callen
1943: Patty Berg
1944: Ann Curtis
1945: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1946: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1947: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1948: Fanny Blankers-Koen
1949: Marlene Hagge
1950: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1951: Maureen Connolly
1952: Maureen Connolly
1953: Maureen Connolly
1954: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1955: Patty Berg
1956: Pat McCormick
1957: Althea Gibson
1958: Althea Gibson
1959: Maria Bueno
1960: Wilma Rudolph
1961: Wilma Rudolph
1962: Dawn Fraser
1963: Mickey Wright
1964: Mickey Wright
1965: Kathy Whitworth
1966: Kathy Whitworth
1967: Billie Jean King
1968: Peggy Fleming
1969: Debbie Meyer
1970: Chi Cheng
1971: Evonne Goolagong
1972: Olga Korbut
1973: Billie Jean King
1974: Chris Evert
1975: Chris Evert
1976: Nadia Comăneci
1977: Chris Evert
1978: Nancy Lopez
1979: Tracy Austin
1980: Chris Evert
1981: Tracy Austin
1982: Mary Decker
1983: Martina Navratilova
1984: Mary Lou Retton
1985: Nancy Lopez
1986: Martina Navratilova
1987: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1988: Florence Griffith Joyner
1989: Steffi Graf
1990: Beth Daniel
1991: Monica Seles
1992: Monica Seles
1993: Sheryl Swoopes
1994: Bonnie Blair
1995: Rebecca Lobo
1996: Amy Van Dyken
1997: Martina Hingis
1998: Pak Se-ri
1999: United States women's national soccer team
2000: Marion Jones
2001: Jennifer Capriati
2002: Serena Williams
2003: Annika Sörenstam
2004: Annika Sörenstam
2005: Annika Sörenstam
2006: Lorena Ochoa
2007: Lorena Ochoa
2008: Candace Parker
2009: Serena Williams
2010: Lindsey Vonn
2011: Abby Wambach
2012: Gabby Douglas
2013: Serena Williams
2014: Mo'ne Davis
2015: Serena Williams
2016: Simone Biles
2017: Katie Ledecky
2018: Serena Williams
2019: Simone Biles
2020: Naomi Osaka
2021: Candace Parker
2022: Katie Ledecky
2023: Simone Biles

Arthur Ashe Courage Award winners

Named after Arthur Ashe

1993: Valvano
1994: Palermo
1995: Cosell
1996: Claiborne
1997: Ali
1998: D. Smith
1999: King
2000: Sanders
2001: Freeman
2002: Flight 93 passengers
- Beamer
- Bingham
- Burnett
- Glick
2003: P. Tillman & K. Tillman
2004: Weah
2005: MacLaren & Yeboah
2006: Ahmad & Kohestani
2007: Cullen & Ringland
2008: Carlos & T. Smith
2009: Mandela
2010: Thomas
2011: Bozella
2012: Summitt
2013: Roberts
2014: Sam
2015: Jenner
2016: Dobson
2017: Shriver
2018: USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal survivors; ibnlt:
- Biles
- Dantzscher
- Denhollander
- Douglas
- Maroney
- Nichols
- Raisman
- Wieber
2019: Russell
2020: Love
2021: Moore
2022: Klitschko
2023: USWNST
2024: Gleason

Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame

1990–1999

1991	Ortez Alderson Jon-Henri Damski James W. Flint Gay Chicago Renee C. Hanover Howard Brown Health Center Judith S. Johns Carol A. Johnson William B. Kelley Marie J. Kuda Chuck Renslow Adrienne J. Smith Max C. Smith Richard B. Turner
1992	Gary Chichester Ann Christophersen Thom Dombkowski Henry Gerber Richard Lee Gray Vernita Gray Peg Grey Pearl M. Hart Horizons Community Services Harley McMillen Scott McPherson Metropolitan Sports Association Dom Orejudos Mary D. Powers Daniel Sotomayor Valerie Taylor
1993	Ad Hoc Committee of Proud Black Lesbians and Gays Robert Sloane Basker E. Kitch Childs Jerrold Cohen Robert T. Ford Richard Garrin Jeff Graubart-Cervone Joel Hall Nancy Lanoue Sid L. Mohn Mountain Moving Coffeehouse Kathy Osterman Richard W. Pfeiffer Linda S. Rodgers Ron Sable Bruce C. Scott Marge Summit Joanne E. Trapani Al Wardell
1994	Robert J. Adams Tracy Baim George S. Buse James A. Bussen Lori Cannon John Chester Chicago House and Social Service Agency Samuel F. Davis Jr. Adrienne J. Goodman Earnest E. Hite Jr. Bruce Koff Ellis B. Levin Lionheart Gay Theatre Company Open Hand Chicago Gregory A. Sprague Elizabeth E. Tocci Steven F. Wakefield
1995	Caryn Berman Samson Chan T. Chris Cothran Sarah Craig Frontrunners Frontwalkers Chicago Jean V. Hardisty Nick Kelly Dawn Clark Netsch José Pena Queer Nation Chicago David B. Sindt Armando L. Smith James Monroe Smith (lawyer) Tom Tunney Yvonne Zipter
1996	Jacqueline Anderson Bailiwick Repertory's Pride Series Jack Delaney Gerber/Hart Library and Archives Arlene Halko Greg Harris Frankie Knuckles Tony Midnite Mary Morten Ifti Nasim Charlotte Newfeld Norm Sloan Tiffani St. Cloud
1997	Toni Armstrong Jr. Miguel Ayala Roger Chaffin James C. Darby Dignity Chicago Ida Greathouse John Hammell Rick Karlin Corinne J. Kawecki Larry McKeon David G. Ostrow Mary Ann Smith
1998	Carrie Barnett Thomas Chiola Laurie J. Dittman Jeannette Howard Foster Jorjet Harper Arthur L. Johnston Ira H. Jones Clifford P. Kelley Dorothy Klefstad LesBiGay Radio Renae Ogletree Dean Robert Ogren Victor A. Salvo Jr. Modesto "Tico" Valle Luule Vess
1999	Ava Allen John J. Balester David Brian Bell Randy Duncan Rick Garcia Lorraine Hansberry Derrick Allen Hicks Billie Jean King Lesbian Community Cancer Project Adrene Perom Norman L. Sandfield Gregg Shapiro Jesse White Phill Wilson

2000–2009

2000	ACT UP/Chicago Association of Latin Men for Action Lorrainne Sade Baskerville Henry Blake Fuller Chicago Chapter of GLSEN Phil A. Hannema Sarah Hoagland Nancy J. Katz Danny Kopelson Patricia S. McCombs Helen Shiller Rene A. Van Hulle Jr. Israel Wright
2001	Lora Branch Robert Castillo Chicago Gay Men's Chorus Keith Elliott Sara Feigenholtz Frank Goley and Robert Maddox Chuck Hyde Antonio David Jimenez Michael A. Leppen Ellen A. Meyers Kathryn Munzer Studs Terkel
2002	Affinity Community Services Evette Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega Christina Smith Lauren Sugerman
2003	Angel Abcede About Face Theatre AIDS Legal Council of Chicago Buddies' Restaurant and Bar Tania Callaway Armand R. Cerbone Chicago Black Lesbians and Gays R. Sue Connolly Bon Foster The Graham Family Tonda L. Hughes Patricia M. Logue John Pennycuff Laurence E. Spang Sheron Denise Webb Albert N. Williams
2004	Roger Brown Christopher Clason Charles E. Clifton Frank Galati Ralph Paul Gernhardt Suzanne Marie Kraus Lincoln Park Lagooners Mulryan and York, Attorneys at Law PFLAG/Chicago Julio Rodriguez Nan Schaffer Terri Worman
2005	Alexandra Scott Billings Megan Carney Aldo Castillo John D'Emilio Equality Illinois Merry Mary Mike McHale Jim Pickett Juan Reed Carol Ronen C. Michael Savage Catherine Sikora Lawrence E. Sloan Test Positive Aware Network
2006	Margaret C. Anderson and Jane Heap Congregation Or Chadash Jacques Cristion Richard M. Daley Marigold Bowl Jill M. Metz Charles R. Middleton Edward Negron Laird Petersen Sidetrack Star Gaze Richard M. Uyvari
2007	American Veterans for Equal Rights David Blatt and David Moore Carol Moseley Braun Robbin Burr Chicago Games, Inc. Tarrina Dikes Martin Gapshis Jeffrey E. McCour Carlos T. Mock Chilli Pepper A Real Read Karen C. Sendziak Patrick Sheahan Harold Washington Vera Washington
2008	Jane Addams Suzanne Arnold Artemis Singers Kevin G. Boyer Michal Brody Sam Coady Gregory R. Dell Katherine (Kit) Duffy Eddie Dugan Murray Edelman Wanda Lust Joe La Pat Jesus Salgueiro and Art Smith Guy Warner
2009	AIDS Foundation of Chicago Paula Basta Lou Conte Lori A. Cooper Marcia J. Lipetz Amy Maggio Joey McDonald Mike Quigley Frank M. Robinson Jane M. Hussein Saks Zaida Sanabia Patrick Sinozich Marilyn Urso

2010–2019

2010	Claudia Allen American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois Asians & Friends – Chicago Chicago History Museum Dan Di Leo Scot Free Bob Gammie International Mr. Leather E. Patrick Johnson David Ernesto Munar Achy Obejas Paul G. Oostenbrug Jose R. Rios Stan Sloan Mark E. Wojcik
2011	Paul Adams Greg Cameron Antonia Flores Grant Lynn Ford Robert Garofalo Good Shepherd Parish Metropolitan Community Church Ted Grady Marcia Hill Tony Jackson Jenner & Block LLP Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles The Night Ministry Brett Shingledecker Jon Simmons
2012	Lois L. Bates Chi-Town Squares Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus St. Sukie de la Croix Sanford E. Gaylord William W. Greaves Keith R. Green Mark Ishaug David Orr Proud to Run, Chicago Bill Pry Chuck Rodocker Heather C. Sawyer Laura S. Washington Honey West
2013	Gaylon Alcaraz James L. Alexander James L. Bennett Jorge Cestou Rocco J. Claps Rudolph Johnson Jr. Lambda Legal - Midwest Regional Office Lee A. Newell II Paté Andrew Patner POW-WOW Laura Ricketts Neil Steinberg Burr Tillstrom Brenda Webb David Zak
2014	Gerald Arpino Jennifer Brier Kelly Cassidy Terry Cosgrove Christina Kahrl Edward Mogul Lisa Marie Pickens Debra Shore Ross A. Slotten, M.D. Bennet Williams Out & Proud in Chicago Silk Road Rising Lucretia Clay-Ward Heather A. Steans Clarence N. Wood
2015	Jean Albright Fred Eychaner Emmanuel Garcia Stanley Jencyzk Lesbian and Gay Police Association Gay Officers Action League Phoenix Matthews Gail Morse Michael O'Connor Jan Schakowsky Barbara Smith Camilla B. Taylor Lauren Verdich
2016	Yvonne Welbon Martxa Vidal Norma Seledon Patrick Quinn Thomas Klein John Marshall Law School Kim L. Hunt Patrick Dennis David Lee Csicsko David Cerda Román Buenrostro Ronald E. Bogan Big Chicks Tom Bachtell Amigas Latinas Robert Allerton
2017	Keith Butler Kathy Caldwell Ketty Teanga Greer Lankton Mark Nagel Glen Pietrandoni Dulce Quintero Timothy Stewart-Winter Alicia T. Vega Lavender Woman Leather Archives and Museums People Like Us Bookstore Alphawood Foundation Ralla Klepak

2020–2029

2020	Jay Paul Deratany Denise Foy Dalila Fridi Joel Drake Johnson Stephen Kulieke Matt Stuczynski Michelle Zacarias Judy Baar Topinka Brenetta Howell Barrett National Museum of Mexican Art The Legacy Project The Windy City Times Women & Children First Bookstore Terry Lynn Gaskins Raymond Crossman Ronald J. Ehemann John Ademola Adewoye Caprice Carthans
2021	Ginni Clemmens Lisa Isadora Cruz Lana Hostetler Thomas Hunt (activist) Wayne Johnson (graphic designer) Otis Mack PrideChicago Ralphi Rosario Betty Lark Ross Urban Pride Kirk Williamson
2022	Maya Green Zahara Monique Bassett Matthew Harvat Paul Highfield Thomas (T.L.) Noble Joey Soloway Dan Wolf Windy City Performer Arts Outspoken Homocore Chicago Patty the Pin Lady Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center Season of Concern Chicago
2023	Margaret Hillis Robert Neubert Andrew Davis Joseph Loundy Jan Dee Jennifer Pritzker Terence Alan Smith (Joan Jett-Blakk) Black Alphabet Anna DeShawn avery r. young Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Gender Development Program Linda Bubon

v t e VH1 Trailblazer Honors
2014	Orange Is the New Black cast Roberta Kaplan John Abdallah Wambere Edith Windsor
2015	Marsha Aizumi Connor Franta Sheila Lopez Arsham Parsi Bayard Rustin Dennis Shepard Judy Shepard
2016	The Advocate Harvey Fierstein Marsha P. Johnson Billie Jean King Subhi Nahas Sylvia Rivera
2017	Alvin Ailey Jason Collins Cleve Jones David Kohan Cyndi Lauper Max Mutchnick
2018	American Civil Liberties Union James Baldwin Sybrina Fulton Tracy Martin Ryan Murphy
2019	Margaret Atwood Tarana Burke Ava DuVernay Nancy Pelosi

v t e NCAA Gerald R. Ford Award winners
2004: Hesburgh 2005: Friday 2006: Bayh & Wooden 2007: Grant 2008: Frank 2009: King 2010: Brand 2011: revoked* 2012: Summitt 2013: Lopiano 2014: Andrews 2015: Harrison 2016: Rice 2017: Hill 2018: Roberts 2019: Joyner-Kersee 2020: Vitale 2021: Robinson 2022: Meyers 2023: Nantz
*Note: The 2011 Gerald R. Ford Award was originally awarded to Joe Paterno, but the NCAA later revoked the award after the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.

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Grand Slam statistics

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