Billie Jean King

Basics

Born	22 November 1943
Gender	Female
Nation	United States
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1962-1975, 1977-1980, 1982-1983
Strengths	Serve Net play Mentality
Less strong	Unknown

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	44
Best results Open Era	8 x champion 4 x finalist 5 x semifinalist
Best results Amateur Era	4 x champion 2 x finalist 3 x semifinalist
W/L-record	223-32 (87% won)
Compared with other women	In the Open Era #7 of 1938 With overlapping career #1 of 569 From United States #4 of 448 Born in 1943 #1 of 11

During the Amateur Era, only top results (quarterfinals or better) from 1945 onwards are listed on this site. Therefore, the list below may not include all Amateur Era results.

Billie Jean King – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1983	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	40
1983	Wimbledon	Open Era	S	39
1982	Australian Open	Open Era	Q	39
1982	US Open	Open Era	R128	38
1982	Wimbledon	Open Era	S	38
1982	French Open	Open Era	R32	38
1980	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	36
1980	French Open	Open Era	Q	36
1979	US Open	Open Era	S	35
1979	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	35
1978	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	34
1977	US Open	Open Era	Q	33
1977	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	33
1975	Wimbledon	Open Era	W	31
1974	US Open	Open Era	W	30
1974	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	30
1973	US Open	Open Era	R16	29
1973	Wimbledon	Open Era	W	29
1972	US Open	Open Era	W	28
1972	Wimbledon	Open Era	W	28
1972	French Open	Open Era	W	28
1971	US Open	Open Era	W	27
1971	Wimbledon	Open Era	S	27
1970	Wimbledon	Open Era	F	26
1970	French Open	Open Era	Q	26
1969	US Open	Open Era	Q	25
1969	Wimbledon	Open Era	F	25
1969	French Open	Open Era	Q	25
1969	Australian Open	Open Era	F	25
1968	US Open	Open Era	F	24
1968	Wimbledon	Open Era	W	24
1968	French Open	Open Era	S	24
1968	Australian Open	Amateur Era	W	24
1967	US Open	Amateur Era	W	23
1967	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	W	23
1967	French Open	Amateur Era	Q	23
1966	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	W	22
1965	US Open	Amateur Era	F	21
1965	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	S	21
1965	Australian Open	Amateur Era	S	21
1964	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	20
1964	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	S	20
1963	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	F	19
1962	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	18