Looking at a legend: Billie Jean King hits 75
All the best photos from the WTA founder's illustrious career.
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Taking place three months after she founded the WTA in June 1973, Billie Jean King’s ‘Battle of the Sexes’ encounter with Bobby Riggs remains the most watched tennis match of all time with an estimated global audience of 90 million (Getty)
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King won 12 singles Grand Slam titles during her career (Getty)
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As captain, Billie Jean King led the USA to Fed Cup glory in 1996 (Getty)
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Billie Jean King with Hillary Clinton at the US Open in 2001 (Getty)
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King beams with Serena and Venus Williams before the all-American 2001 US Open final (Getty)
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King smiles with friend Elton John, whose AIDS Foundation she campaigns for. She has long been an advocate for gender equality and social justice (Getty)
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King speaks at an event hosted by the Women's Sports Foundation, another organisation she founded (Getty)
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2017 saw the release of a film based around the 'Battle of the Sexes' match, in which King was portrayed by Hollywood star Emma Stone (Getty)
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King continues to work towards equality and social justice in the middle of her eighth decade (Getty)
