Billie Jean King's push for equal prize money in 1973 will be celebrated at US Open When King won the US Open in 1972, she didn’t follow with the usual remarks about hoping to win again the next ...

Billie Jean King’s push for equal prize money in 1973 will be celebrated at US Open by BRIAN MAHONEY, Associated Press - 08/25/23 8:29 AM ET ...

That led the U.S. Tennis Association to make the 1973 U.S. Open the first sporting event to offer equal prize money to female and male competitors. The 50th anniversary of that achievement will be ...

When Billie Jean King won the U.S. Open in 1972, she didn't follow with the usual remarks about hoping to win again the next year. Instead, she threatened to not play at all the following year and ...

When Billie Jean King won the U.S. Open in 1972, she didn't follow with the usual remarks about hoping to win again the next year.

When Open Era tennis began in 1968 there was a group of legendary players that made up the ruling class. They were Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Arthur Ashe, Pancho Gonzalez, John Newcombe and Tony Roche ...

Billie Jean King at the time was angry that the $10,000 she earned for her 1972 U.S. Open victory was $15,000 less than what men’s champion Ilie Nastase won.

In 1973, the US Open became the first of the four Grand Slams tournaments to offer the same purse for men and women at $25,000 per champion. This year, the tournament is celebrating 50 years of ...