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Billie Jean Moffitt King career results

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#1 · (Edited)
I am compiling every match Billie Jean Moffitt King played from 1958 through 1990. So far, her overall singles record is 1,102-250 (81.5%).

Some have said that she dodged clay court tournaments. I am missing a lot of surface information for her tournaments. But based on what I've found, she played 52 clay court tournaments plus 5 Federation Cup or Wightman Cup ties on clay. She won 11 singles titles on this surface. In total, 13.8% of her matches were on clay, and she won 77.4% of those (144-42, including indoor clay). Only 8 players managed to beat King more than once on clay: Chris Evert (six times), Helga Niessen Masthoff (four times), Francoise Durr (three times), Ann Haydon Jones (twice), Rosemary Casals (twice), Virginia Wade (twice), and Kerry Melville Reid (twice). Her other losses were to the following 22 players: Margaret Smith Court, Hana Mandlikova, Dorothy Head Knode, Edda Buding Düchting, Christine Truman Janes, Carol Ann Loop, Robyn Ebbern Vincenzi, Victoria Palmer, Annette Van Zyl DuPlooy, Nancy Richey, Lesley Turner Bowrey, Lea Pericoli Fontana, Frances "Nell" Truman Robinson, Marie Neumannova Pinterova, Karen Krantzcke, Julie Heldman, Michelle Tyler, Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat, Pam Casale, Duk Hee Lee, Judy Tegart Dalton, and Lucia Romanov.

On other surfaces, she was 408-81 (83.4%) on grass, 206-45 (82.1%) on outdoor hard courts, 301-74 (80.3%) on indoor courts (not including indoor clay), 31-7 (81.6%) on unknown court surfaces (matches verified by myself), and 12-1 (92.3%) in matches credited by either the USTA or the International Tennis Hall of Fame (matches that I have not yet verified).
 
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#27 · (Edited)
1982 (age 38-39)

Listed below are 19 singles tournaments (1 of which she won), with a win-loss record of 28-18 (11-8 indoor, 0-0 unknown, 13-4 grass, 0-2 hard, 4-4 clay). She also won 1 women's doubles title.

Week of January 11
Avon Championships of Cincinnati, Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio

Indoor carpet
King was seeded [8]

1R d. Rosalyn Fairbank 6-3, 7-6(6)
2R d. Pam Casale 7-5, 6-4
QF d. Sylvia Hanika [2] 7-5, 6-4
SF lost to Barbara Potter [5] 7-5, 1-6, 6-4

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss):
1R d. Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat / Pam Teeguarden 6-3, 6-2
QF lost to Anne Smith / Pam Shriver [4] 6-2, 6-4

After her first round win, King said, "I feel better than I have since 1975. I won't be No. 1 again, but I'll have good matches. I haven't met the person in individual sport who, at 38 years old, is willing to pay the price to be No. 1 again."

Week of January 25
Avon Championships of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Indoor carpet
King was seeded [8]

1R d. Kathy Jordan 6-1, 6-4
2R lost to Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat 7-5, 6-2

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss):
1R lost to Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver [1] 6-4, 6-2

Week of February 1
Avon Championships of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan

Indoor carpet
King was seeded [8]

1R lost to Ann Kiyomura 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 retired

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss):
1R d. Mary Lou Daniels Piatek / Wendy White Prausa [4] 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
QF lost to Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Bonnie Gadusek 6-1, 6-1

After walking off the court in the middle of her match with Ann Kiyomura, King said, "I was fighting myself the whole time. I apologize. It was very unprofessional. But I couldn't stand out there and go through the motions." Later, King said that she had not been 100 percent since learning of the shooting death of tennis professional Andrea Buchanon, a close friend.

Week of February 15
Avon Championships of Houston, Houston, Texas

Indoor carpet
King was unseeded

1R lost to Sue Barker 6-2, 6-1

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss):
QF lost to Mary Lou Daniels Piatek / Wendy White Prausa 6-4, 6-4

"A crowd of 2,200 sat in polite, unhappy silence as Sue Barker humiliated" King in their first round match. After the match, Barker was apologetic, almost to the point of being condescending. King said, "When we're younger, we all say we're going to quit when we're No. 1. People ask me now why I won't quit. They just don't understand. It's like dancing or singing or playing a musical intrument. You can't all of a sudden say, 'Oh, I don't like that anymore.' I still enjoy it even if I'm not as good as I used to be. It's like Nureyev. When he dances, he doesn't leap as high as he did. But some people still come to see him. What is good enough? If you're the fifth or eighth or tenth best doctor in the world, should you quit? I don't think so."

Week of February 22
Avon Championships of California, Oakland, California

Indoor carpet
King was unseeded

1R lost to Virginia Ruzici [8] 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss):
1R d. Pam Casale Telford / Leigh Thompson 6-3, 7-6
2R d. Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull [1] 6-4, 6-4
QF lost to Kathy Jordan / Pam Shriver [4] 6-3, 4-6, 7-6

King lost her fourth consecutive singles match and said, "I'm pretty discouraged. I'm in good shape physically, but I'm not playing any of the big points like I should."

Week of March 1
Avon Championships of Los Angeles, The Forum, Los Angeles, California

Indoor carpet
King was unseeded

1R d. Bettina Bunge [4] 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
2R d. Leigh-Anne Thompson 6-1, 7-5
QF d. Andrea Leand 3-6, 6-0, 7-6(4)
SF lost to Mima Jausovec [5] 6-4, 6-2

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss):
1R d. Pat Medrado / Claudia Monteiro 6-4, 6-1
QF advanced by walkover versus Andrea Jaeger / Betsy Nagelsen
SF lost to Barbara Potter / Sharon Walsh Pete [3] 6-3, 7-6

King won the first 5 games of the third set during her first round upset of Bettina Bunge. This ended King's 4-match losing streak.

Week of March 8
Avon Championships of Dallas, Dallas, Texas

Indoor carpet
King was unseeded

1R lost to Wendy White Prausa 7-6(1), 6-2

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss) (seeded [5]):
1R d. Jo Durie / Anne Hobbs 6-2, 6-3
2R d. Sandy Collins / Mareen "Peanut" Louie Harper 6-3, 0-6, 6-0
QF d. Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull [3] 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
SF d. Eva Pfaff / Helena Sukova 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
F lost to Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver [1] 6-4, 6-4

Week of March 15
Avon Championships of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

Indoor carpet
King was unseeded

1R d. Pam Shriver [2] 6-7, 6-2, 6-4
2R d. Ann Kiyomura 6-4, 6-2
QF lost to Wendy Turnbull [5] 6-4, 7-6(3)

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss) (seeded [3]):
1R d. Kate Latham / Yvonne Vermaak 6-4, 6-1
QF d. Barbara Jordan / Nancy Yeargin 6-1, 6-3
SF lost to Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull [2] 6-1, 7-6

By upsetting Pam Shriver in the first round, King denied Shriver the chance to play at the season-ending Avon Championships in New York City. "King ... simply outwore her younger and stronger opponent. King lost serve just once, in the third game of the first set, and as if to show the world it was no fluke, closed out the match with a love game, winning, fittingly, on a backhand volley set up by a deep serve." Shriver was bitter after the match. "I figured I had done them a big favor by coming here, and I wondered who I was going to get in the draw. Billie Jean was the worst that could be. All our matches are close, and I've seen her hack it away in other matches. But not with me. I just hope the WTA is happy, that's all I can say. The crowd was cheering for her as the underdog, and that was kind of a joke. I figured I should be the underdog or at least the savior." King lost her temper while serving at 6-5 in the second set of her quarterfinal against Wendy Turnbull. King threw her racquet off the court, received a conduct warning, lost the game, and then slammed her racquet against the umpire's chair. Obviously unsettled, she then fell behind quickly 4-1 in the tiebreaker. The loss was her first to Turnbull in singles after 10 consecutive wins and ended King's hopes of qualifying for the Avon Championships.

Week of April 5
Family Circle Magazine Cup, Sea Pines Racquet Club, Hilton Head, South Carolina

Clay
King was seeded [11]

1R lost to Pam Casale 6-7, 6-4, 6-4

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss) (seeded [4]):
1R d. Lisa Bonder Kreiss / Zina Garrison 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
2R d. Andrea Leand / Anne White 6-4, 6-1
QF lost to Candy Reynolds / Paula Smith [5] 0-6, 6-4, 6-4

Week of April 12
Bridgestone Doubles, Fort Worth, Texas

Clay
Played with Ilana Kloss

QF lost to Sue Barker / Ann Kiyomura [4] 7-5, 6-1

Week of May 3
Ellesse Italian Open, Perugia

Clay
King was seeded [6]

1R bye
2R d. Patricia Medrado 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
3R d. Ivanna Madruga-Osses 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
QF d. Sylvia Hanika [3] 6-0, 0-6, 6-3
SF lost to Hana Mandlikova [2] 3-6, 6-1, 6-3

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss) (seeded [2]):
1R d. Marie Pinterova / Naoko Sato 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
2R d. Penny Mager / Amanda Tobin Evans 6-0, 6-3
QF d. Bonnie Gadusek / Renata Tomanova [7] 6-3, 6-3
SF d. Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Tanya Harford [3] 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
F lost to Kathleen Horvath / Yvonne Vermaak [6] 2-6, 6-4, 7-6

Week of May 10
Toyota Swiss Open, Lugano

Clay

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss) (seeded [2]):
1R lost to Bonnie Gadusek / Renata Tomanova 7-6, 6-3

Week of May 17
German Open, Berlin

Clay
King was seeded [6]

1R bye
2R lost to Duk-Hee Lee 2-6, 6-3, 6-2

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss) (seeded [3]):
1R d. Sandy Collins / Barbara Lemberg 6-4, 6-2
2R lost to Jo Durie / Kim Sands 2-6, 7-5, 6-4

Week of May 24
French Open, Roland Garros, Paris

Clay
King was seeded [10]

1R bye
2R d. Leigh-Anne Thompson 6-4, 6-4
3R lost to Lucia Romanov 6-3, 6-4

Women's doubles:
Did not play.

Mixed doubles:
Did not play.

King played the third round match while suffering from a virulent stomach virus. She would have played Chris Evert had King beaten Romanov. She never again played the French Open.

Week of June 7
Edgbaston Cup, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Grass
King was seeded [4]

1R bye
2R d. Lele Forood 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
3R d. Marjorie Blackwood 7-6, 6-1
QF d. Leslie Allen [9] 6-3, 7-6
SF d. Betsy Nagelsen [7] 6-3, 6-7, 6-4
F d. Rosalyn Fairbank 6-2, 6-1

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss) (seeded [4]):
1R d. Elizabeth Jones / Deborah Jevans Jarrett 6-1, 6-4
2R d. Sophie Amiach / Corinne Vanier 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
QF lost to Ann Kiyomura / Sharon Walsh Pete [6] 6-4, 3-6, 7-5

King won the final in 51 minutes for her first singles title since September 1980 in Tokyo. King won the Maud Watson Trophy for the first time in her career. This was the original trophy at Wimbledon, first won by Watson in 1884.

Week of June 14
BMW Championships, Eastbourne, United Kingdom

Grass
King was seeded [11]

1R d. Elizabeth Jones 6-4, 6-2
2R lost to Rosalyn Fairbank 6-1, 1-6, 6-3

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss) (seeded [6]):
1R d. Claudia Monteiro / Pat Medrado 6-3, 7-5
2R d. Diane Desfor / Barbara Hallquist 6-3, 6-4
QF lost to Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver [1] 6-1, 6-2

Week of June 21
Wimbledon, All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, London, United Kingdom

Grass
King was seeded [12]

1R bye
2R d. Claudia Pasquale 6-3, 6-2
3R d. Tanya Harford 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-3



4R d. Wendy Turnbull [6] 6-2, 6-3
QF d. Tracy Austin [3] 3-6, 6-4, 6-2





SF lost to Chris Evert [2] 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiQ_Ct_GFQc





Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss) (seeded [9]):
1R bye
2R lost to Claudia Monteiro / Pat Medrado 7-6, 3-6, 7-5

Mixed doubles (with Owen Davidson) (seeded [8]):
1R d. John Feaver / Anne Hobbs 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
2R d. Ray Moore / Tanya Harford 6-1, 7-6
3R lost to Dennis Ralston / Sharon Walsh Pete 6-4, 6-4

In her third round match with Tanya Harford, King saved 3 match points at 7–5, 5–4 (40–0). 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 Wendy Turnbull in straight sets. Turnbull said after the match, "I grew up reading and hearing about Billie Jean. Because of all she's won and all she's done, all of us have held her somewhat in awe. We still do, I think. I played terribly. I think part of it was my psyche, my mental block."

King then upset Tracy Austin in the quarterfinals to became the oldest female Wimbledon semifinalist 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." About the win, King said, "It was very gratifying. But Tracy was not match tough. She has had injuries the last two years and hasn't had a chance to play as much as she should." Austin said, "Since she had never beaten me, I thought I might win. I was eager to get through and play Chris [Evert] in the semifinals." But Austin said it was "no miracle" that King won. "She's a smart lady. She loves tennis. She thinks tennis 24 hours a day."

Two days later in the semifinals, which was King's 250th career match at Wimbledon in singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles, Chris Evert needed 5 match points and 1 hour, 56 minutes to defeat King. 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. "I am learning how to play again. I have started to believe again. I think I can win again. I'm upset I lost. I had a lot of chances in the first set. I'm proud I gave full effort, but I don't like the end result. Chris played well - she had to." Evert said, "I didn't know what to expect. I didn't know whether Billie Jean could keep up the kind of tennis she played against Austin. But I didn't want to underestimate her just because of her age. I hadn't played her much in recent years, and I had forgotten how tough her first serve is. It is one of the toughest, with so much spin on it. It's tough to hit good passing shots off it. She has the best volley in women's tennis. I tried to keep her in the backcourt. I never got negative. I never got discouraged."

The following picture was taken sometime during this tournament.



Week of August 9
Toyota Classic, Atlanta, Georgia

Indoor carpet

Women's doubles (with Chris Evert) (seeded [4]):
1R d. Iva Budarova / Marcella Skuherska 6-3, 6-3
QF d. Sherry Acker / Lele Forood 6-1, 6-3
SF d. Yvonne Vermaak / Nancy Yeargin (score unknown)
F lost to Betsy Nagelson / Kathy Jordan [1] 4-6, 7-6(11), 7-6(3)

Week of August 16
Player’s Canadian Open, Montreal

Hard
King was seeded [8]

1R bye
2R lost to Iva Budarova 4-6, 6-3, 3-1 retired (right knee injury)

King claimed that an injury to her right knee forced her default, but there was speculation that King actually defaulted in protest against the officiating. King was the victim of a number of questionable line calls. But after the match, King said, "A lot of people will think I'm not playing because of the [upcoming US] Open. But I'm more concerned with my health. I was in a Catch-22 situation out there. I didn't run after some balls, and the people probably think I was dogging it. But if I ran after them, I was worried I might hurt my knee further. I was in a no-win situation. In my own self interest, I had to stop. I did not leave because of the officiating. I used to play through injuries like this. But when I'm lying in the hospital bed for a month, who takes care of me then?" On the other hand, a courtside photographer reported that King said as she was leaving the court, "I can't play with this officiating."

Week of August 23
Volvo Women's Tennis Cup, Mahwah, New Jersey
Hard


Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss) (seeded [5]):
1R d. Vicki Nelson / Kim Steinmetz 6-2, 6-3
2R lost to Andrea Temesvari / Jo Durie 7-5, 3-6, 6-2

Week of August 30
US Open, New York City

Hard
King was seeded [12]

1R lost to Susan Mascarin 6-3, 6-2






Women's doubles (with Chris Evert) (seeded [15]):
1R d. Eva Pfaff / Renata Tomanova 7-5, 6-0
2R d. Jennifer Goodling / Vicki Nelson Dunbar 6-1, 6-0
QF failed to advance by walkover versus Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver [1]

Mixed doubles (with Robert Van't Hof) ([unseeded]):
1R d. Craig Wittus / Kim Steinmetz 6-4, 6-2
2R lost to Kevin Curren / Anne Smith [1] 6-3, 6-3

King led 3-0 (30-15) before Susan Mascarin came back to win the match. King said, "I was trying as hard as I could. Nothing went right. I was exasperated." She never again played singles at the US Open.

Week of September 20
U.S. Indoor Championships, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Indoor carpet

Women's doubles (with Pam Shriver) (seeded [3]):
1R d. Lele Forood / Sherry Acker 7-5, 6-3
QF d. Jane Preyer / Anna Maria Fernandez 6-2, 6-3
SF lost to Sharon Walsh Pete / Barbara Potter [1] 6-2, 2-6, 6-3

Week of October 18
Anglo American Life Indoors, Johannesburg, South Africa

Team competition
Indoor

d. Jennifer Mundel 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
d. Tanya Harford 6-4, 6-2

Week of November 15
National Panasonic Open, Brisbane, Australia

Grass

Women's doubles (with Anne Smith) (seeded [4]):
1R d. Iva Budarova / Nerida Gregory 6-1, 6-2
2R d. Christiane Jolissaint / Marcella Mesker 7-6, 6-3
QF d. Candy Reynolds / Paula Smith [6] 6-1, 7-5
SF d. Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull [1] 6-3, 7-6
F d. Claudia Kohde Kilsch / Eva Pfaff [8] 6-3, 6-4

Week of November 22
New South Wales Building Society Open, Sydney, Australia

Grass
King was seeded [9]

1R lost to Sherry Acker 6-4, 6-4

Women's doubles (with Anne Smith) (seeded [5]):
1R d. Chris O'Neil / Pay Whytcross 6-2, 7-5
2R d. Anna Maria Fernandez / Beth Norton 6-3, 6-4
QF d. Jennifer Mundel Reinbold / Beverly Mould 6-3, 6-0
SF lost to Claudia Kohde Kilsch / Eva Pfaff 6-4, 6-3

Week of November 29
Australian Open, Melbourne

Grass
King was seeded [9]

1R d. Jane Preyer 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
2R d. Petra Delhees 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
3R d. Barbara Potter [7] 6-4, 6-2
QF lost to Chris Evert [2] 6-2, 6-2

Women's doubles (with Anne Smith) (seeded [4]):
1R d. Chris O'Neil / Pam Whytcross 6-3, 7-6
2R d. Keryn Pratt / Linda Cassell 6-3, 6-3
QF d. Christiane Jolissaint / Marcella Mesker 7-6, 2-6, 7-5
SF lost to Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver [1] 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

There was no mixed doubles event.
 
#28 · (Edited)
1983 (age 39-40)

Listed below are 10 singles tournaments (2 of which she won), with a win-loss record of 25-8 (8-4 indoor, 16-2 grass, 1-1 hard, 0-1 unknown). (Her win-loss total does not include third-place matches.) She also won 4 women's doubles titles.

Week of January 17
Central Trust Tennis Championships, Cincinnati, Ohio

Indoor

SF d. Tracy Austin 4-6, 6-2, 6-0



F lost to Hana Mandlikova 6-4, 6-3

Week of February 14
Virginia Slims of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Indoor carpet

Women's doubles (with Yvonne Vermaak):
1R lost to Helena Sukova / Catherine Tanvier 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

Week of February 28
Carta Blanca FCT Invitational, The Forum, Inglewood, California

Indoor
King was unseeded

1R d. Betsy Nagelson 6-2, 6-1
QF d. Bettina Bunge [4] 6-4, 6-4
SF lost to Martina Navratilova [1] 6-1, 6-3



King lost the semifinal in only 43 minutes.

Week of March 14
Virginia Slims of Boston, Boston University (through the quarterfinals) & Boston Garden (in the semifinal), Boston, Massachusetts

Indoor
King was seeded [5]

1R d. Anne White 6-2, 6-2
2R d. Kathy Jordan 6-4, 6-3
QF d. Kathy Horvath 6-4, 6-3
SF lost to Sylvia Hanika [4] 7-5, 6-2

King led Sylvia Hanika 4-2 in the first set before Hanika broke King in the eighth and twelfth games to win the set. In the second set, King had trouble with her usually reliable backhand. "I wanted so badly to play [in the final] tomorrow. Of all the nights I had to lose. In the second set, she just killed me. She was whaling at everything. Her spins were really heavy." The loss put a damper on the post-match ceremony to celebrate King's 25 years of professional tennis. Bobby Riggs and King's parents were among those in attendance.

Week of March 21
Virginia Slims Championships, Madison Square Garden, New York City

Indoor carpet
King was unseeded

1R d. Andrea Jaeger [3] 5-7, 6-2, 6-2



QF d. Barbara Potter 6-3, 6-1



SF lost to Chris Evert [2] 6-1, 6-1



Third place match: lost to Sylvia Hanika [8] 6-1, 7-6(5)

In front of a crowd of 10,383, 39-year old King upset 17-year old Andrea Jaeger in the first round. King said about Jaeger, "I think she just went and bagged it, just didn't want to be out there. Her heart and soul was not in it 100 percent. Sometimes you can play badly, but the effort is there. Maybe she injured herself during the match. I really don't know." King won 8 consecutive games against Barbara Potter in the quarterfinals to build a 5-0 second set lead. After winning the match, she said about her upcoming semifinal with Chris Evert, "Chris is always consistent and you always know what she's going to do. I only hope her execution is subpar." It wasn't, although King did not help her own cause by getting in only 54 percent of her first serves. King had a break point in each of Evert's first 2 service games but could not convert. In the third place match, King broke Sylvia Hanika's serve as she served for the match. But Hanika built an early lead in the tiebreak and held on for the win.

Women's doubles (with Candy Reynolds):
QF d. Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull 7-6, 6-2
SF lost to Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver [1] 6-2, 6-4

Week of March 28
Bridgestone Doubles Championships, Municipal Gymnasium, Tokyo

Indoor carpet
Played with Sharon Walsh Pete

1R/QF d. Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull [2] 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
SF d. Mima Jausovec / Leslie Allen [4] 6-7(7), 7-5, 6-4
F d. Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith [1] 6-0, 6-1

Week of April 18
United Airlines Tournament of Champions, Haines City, Florida

Hard
King was seeded [5]

1R bye
2R d. Alycia Moulton 6-2, 6-3
QF lost to Hana Mandlikova [4] 6-3, 2-6, 7-5

Women's doubles (with Anne Smith):
QF d. Andrea Jaeger / Mary Lou Daniels 3-6, 7-6, 7-6
SF d. Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull [2] 6-4, 6-1
F d. Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver [1] 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(9)

King and Anne Smith handed the team of Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver their first loss since the 1982 US Open.

Week of May 9
Triumph International, Johannesburg, South Africa

Outdoors (surface unknown)

1R/SF lost to Chris Evert 6-4, 6-4
Third place match: d. Sylvia Hanika 6-3, 5-7, 6-4

Week of May 30
Kentish Times Festival, Beckenham, United Kingdom

Grass
King was seeded [1]

1R bye
2R d. Joy Tacon 6-1, 6-1
3R d. Florenta Mihai 6-1, 6-0
QF d. Sue Barker [6] 6-4, 7-5
SF d. Sharon Walsh Pete [4] 6-3, 6-4
F d. Barbara Potter [2] 6-4, 6-3

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss):
F not played versus Barbara Potter / Sharon Walsh Pete

Week of June 6
Edgbaston Cup, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Grass
King was seeded [1]

1R bye
2R d. Pam Casale 6-2, 6-4
3R d. Ann Kiyomura [10] 6-2, 6-1
QF d. Elizabeth Sayers Smylie 6-3, 6-4
SF d. Anne White [13] 7-5, 6-2
F d. Alycia Moulton [15] 6-0, 7-5



Women's doubles (with Sharon Walsh Pete) (seeded [3]):

1R d. Sandy Collins / Zina Garrison 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
2R d. Amanda Tobin-Evans / Deborah Jevans-Jarrett 6-2, 6-4
QF d. Susan Leo / Sabina Simmonds 6-2, 6-2
SF d. Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer [6] 5-7, 7-6, 7-5
F d. Elizabeth Sayers Smylie / Beverly Mould [8] 6-2, 6-4

At 5-5, King recorded the only service break of the semifinal with Anne White. King needed only 58 minutes to defeat Alycia Moulton, 18 years her junior, in the final. King lost only 13 points in her 9 service games.

Week of June 20
Wimbledon, All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, London, United Kingdom

Grass
King was seeded [10]

1R d. Elizabeth Sayers Smylie 7-5, 6-3
2R d. Beth Herr 6-7(4), 6-2, 8-6 (Centre Court) http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1983/06/22/AS220683016
3R d. Rosemary Casals 6-3, 6-4 (Court No. 2)
4R d. Wendy Turnbull [7] 7-5, 6-3 (Court No. 14)



QF d. Kathy Jordan 7-5, 6-4 (Court No. 1)



SF lost to Andrea Jaeger [3] 6-1, 6-1 (Centre Court) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQsALqITgKk&feature=related http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1983/06/30/AS300683003








King leaving Centre Court for the last time in her singles career.

Women's doubles (with Chris Evert) (seeded [8]):
1R bye
2R d. Christiane Jolissaint / Petra Jauch Delhees 7-6, 6-2
3R lost to Kathy Jordan / Mima Jausovec [9] 5-7, 6-4, 6-3

Mixed doubles (with Steve Denton) (seeded [1]):
1R bye
2R d. R. Lewis / Michelle Torres 7-5, 6-3
3R d. David Lloyd / Sue Barker 6-1, 6-2
QF d. Tom Gullickson / Kathy Jordan [6] 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
SF d. Morris Skip Strode / Andrea Temesvári 6-4, 6-3
F lost to John Lloyd / Wendy Turnbull [2] 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 7-5 http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1983/07/03/AS030783006

King was the oldest woman ever to be seeded in the Wimbledon singles competition. She trailed 5-6 in the final set of her second round Centre Court match with Beth Herr, which lasted exactly 2 hours. "When I fell behind, I didn't think about losing or that it might be my last match there. I said to myself, 'I love this court. What's wrong with you?' Then I buckled down and fought as hard as I could. Yes, I think she should have beaten me. It wasn't the court that bothered me - it was the balls. They seemed very heavy. I couldn't get the feel. My forehand was awful." By defeating Wendy Turnbull in the fourth round, King became the oldest women's quarterfinalist since 40-year-old Margaret Osborne DuPont in 1958. In the quarterfinals, King won the first point on her service games 8 of 11 times compared to Kathy Jordan's 4 of 11 times. "I have gotten this far because I have worked all year on my serve and my backward and forward mobility, which ... are the most important aspects of my game on grass." This win made King the oldest women's semifinalist since Dorothea Douglas Lambert Chambers in 1920. But Andrea Jaeger thrashed King in the semifinals in 56 minutes. "I had no injuries. No troubles. I was totally prepared for the match. But I just couldn't do one thing I had planned to do. She just cleaned my clock." The only service break in the mixed doubles final occurred in the last game of the match.


This picture was taken sometime during this tournament.

Week of August 15
Player's Challenge Canadian Open, Toronto

Hard

Women's doubles (with Sharon Walsh Pete):
1R d. Kathleen Horvath / Yvonne Vermaak 6-4, 6-2
2R d. Camille Benjamin / Corinne Vanier 6-1, 6-1
QF d. Hana Mandlikova / Betsy Nagelsen 6-4, 6-0
SF lost to Candy Reynolds / Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer 6-2, 7-6

Week of August 29
US Open, USTA National Tennis Center, New York City

Hard

Women's doubles (with Sharon Walsh Pete) (seeded [5]):
1R d. Elizabeth Minter / Anne Minter 6-1, 6-3
2R d. Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Svetlana Parkhomenko 6-3, 6-3
3R d. Gretchen Magers Rush / Louise Allen 6-3, 6-2
QF d. Wendy White Prausa / Bonnie Gadusek 6-1, 6-1
SF lost to Candy Reynolds / Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer [2] 7-6, 2-6, 7-5

Mixed doubles (with Trey Waltke) (seeded [6]):
1R d. Ross Case / Mary Lou Piatek 6-7, 6-3, 6-3
2R lost to Syd Ball / Kim Shaefer 7-5, 6-4

Week of September 26
U.S. Indoor Championships, Hartford, Connecticut

Indoor carpet

Women's doubles (with Sharon Walsh Pete) (seeded [2]):
1R d. Claudia Monteiro / Yvonne Vermaak 6-4, 6-4
QF d. Mary Lou Daniels / Wendy White Prausa 6-4, 6-1
SF d. Barbara Jordan / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie 6-3, 6-3
F d. Barbara Potter / Kathy Jordan [4] 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

Week of November 21
New South Wales Building Society Open, Sydney, Australia

Grass

Women's doubles (with Sharon Walsh Pete) (seeded [1]):
1R d. Sherry Acker / Lele Forood 6-3, 6-0
2R d. Barbara Jordan / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie 6-4, 6-4
QF d. Alycia Moulton / Paula Smith [8] 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
SF lost to Wendy Turnbull / Anne Hobbs [6] 6-3, 6-2

Week of November 28
Australian Open, Melbourne

Grass
King was seeded [7]

1R d. Laura Bernstein 6-2, 6-2
2R lost to Catherine Tanvier 7-6, 4-6, 6-4

Women's doubles (with Sharon Walsh Pete) (seeded [2]):
1R d. Debbie Freeman / Annette Gully 6-1, 6-2
2R d. Jennifer Mundel / Ann Henricksson 6-0, 6-0
QF d. Ilana Kloss / Heather Ludloff 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
SF lost to Wendy Turnbull / Anne Hobbs [6] 6-4, 6-1

There was no mixed doubles event.
 
#29 · (Edited)
1984-1990 (age 40-46)

Listed below is 1 singles tournament, with a win-loss record of 0-3 (0-3 indoor).

Week of January 9, 1984
Virginia Slims of California, Oakland, California

Indoor carpet

Women's doubles (with Sharon Walsh Pete) (seeded [2]):
1R lost to Sandy Collins / Kathleen Horvath 6-0, 3-6, 6-4

Week of February 6, 1984
Virginia Slims of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Indoor carpet

Women's doubles (with Sharon Walsh Pete) (seeded [1]):
1R d. Catherine Tanvier / Andrea Temesvari 6-3, 7-6(5)
QF d. Andrea Leand / Mary Lou Daniels 6-0, 7-5
SF d. Wendy Turnbull / Anne Hobbs [3] 6-4, 6-3
F d. Pam Shriver / Barbara Potter [4] 5-7, 6-3, 6-3

Week of February 20, 1984
U.S. Indoor Championships, Livingston, New Jersey

Indoor carpet

Women's doubles (with Sharon Walsh Pete) (seeded [2]):
1R d. Virginia Wade / Terry Holladay 6-2, 6-1
QF d. Bonnie Gadusek / Wendy White Prausa 6-3, 6-3
SF failed to advance by walkover versus Ann Kiyomura / Jo Durie [4]

Week of February 27, 1984
Virginia Slims Championships, Madison Square Garden, New York City

Indoor carpet

Women's doubles (with Sharon Walsh Pete) (seeded [2]):
QF d. Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
SF lost to Ann Kiyomura / Jo Durie 6-3, 7-5

Week of March 5, 1984
Bridgestone Doubles Championships, Tokyo

Indoor carpet
Played with Sharon Walsh Pete, seeded [1]

1R/QF d. Gigi Fernandez / Beth Herr 6-0, 2-6, 6-3
SF lost to Barbara Jordan / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie 6-0, 3-6, 7-6(4)

The following picture was taken sometime during this tournament.




Week of June 18, 1984
Eastbourne International, Eastbourne, United Kingdom

Grass

Women's doubles (with Rosemary Casals) (seeded [5]):
1R d. Pam Teeguarden / Beth Herr 7-5, 6-4
2R d. Terry Holladay / Kim Shaefer 7-6, 6-3
QF lost to Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver [1] 6-2, 6-2

Week of July 25, 1984
McDonald's Australian Women's Indoor Championship, Sydney

Indoor

1RR lost to Hana Mandlikova [2] 6-2, 7-5
2RR lost to Pam Shriver 6-3, 6-2
3RR lost to Manuela Maleeva Fragniere 7-5, 3-6, 6-2

Week of August 27, 1984
US Open, USTA National Tennis Center, New York City

Hard

Women's doubles (with Chris Evert) (seeded [9]):
1R d. Claudia Monteiro / Yvonne Vermaak 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
2R d. Barbara Gerken / Penny Mager 6-2, 6-2
3R d. Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie [8] 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(1)
QF lost to Betsy Nagelsen / Anne White [15] 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3

Mixed doubles (with Fritz Buehning) ([unseeded]):
1R d. Charles Cox / Wendy White Prausa 6-4, 6-1
2R d. Ken Flach / Felicia Raschiatore 6-2, 6-3
3R lost to Michael Fancutt / Candy Reynolds [8] 7-6, 6-4

Week of September 10, 1984
Belgian American Mixed Doubles Classic, Las Colinas Sports Club, Irving Texas

Partner was Kevin Curren

1R/QF: lost to Steve Denton / Kathy Jordan (score unknown)

Week of April 15, 1985
Sunkist / WTA Championships, Amelia Island, Florida

Clay

Women's doubles (with Rosemary Casals):
1R lost to Chris Evert / Carling Bassett Seguso [3] 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-1

Week of January 5, 1987
Chicago, Illinois

Indoor hard

Women's doubles (with Ilana Kloss):
1R d. Mandy Wilson / Amy Frazier 6-3, 6-3
QF lost to Mary Lou Daniels / Yvonne Vermaak [1] 6-3, 6-2

Week of June 12, 1989
Dow Classic, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Grass

Women's doubles (with Martina Navratilova):
1R d. Heather Ludloff / Maria Lindstrom 6-4, 7-5
2R lost to Julie Richardson / Anne Minter 6-4, 5-7, 7-5

Week of March 5, 1990
Virginia Slims of Florida, Boca Raton, Florida
Hard

Women's doubles (with Jennifer Capriati):
1R d. Laura Golarsa / Claudia Porwik 6-2, 6-3
2R lost to Brenda Schultz McCarthy / Andrea Temesvari [6] 6-3, 6-2
 
#30 · (Edited)
All-surface head-to-head singles record

Some head-to-head singles records (including the National Tennis League but not World Team Tennis):

King 52, Rosemary Casals 11 (King won all 4 Grand Slam singles matches and 48 of their last 56 matches overall)
King 40, Ann Haydon Jones 13
King 31, Virginia Wade 11 (King won 5 of 6 Grand Slam singles matches)
King 29, Francoise Durr 7
King 25, Kerry Melville Reid 8
King 20, Karen Krantzcke 2
King 20, Julie Heldman 4 (all of Heldman's wins were in 3 sets, including the infamous 1973 US Open third round match)
King 19, Betty Stove 2
King 18, Nancy Richey 12 (Richey won 8 of first 11 before King won 15 of last 19)
King 16, Mary Ann Eisel Curtis Beattie 1
King 13, Kathy Harter 0
King 13, Evonne Goolagong Cawley 3 (King won 6 of 7 Grand Slam singles matches)
King 13, Margaret Smith Court 21 (after Court won 9 of first 10, they finished 12-12)
King 12, Lesley Hunt 0
King 12, Helen Gourlay Cawley 0 (1971 French Open runner-up and 1977 (December) Australian Open runner-up)
King 12, Carole Caldwell Graebner 3
King 11, Wendy Turnbull 1
King 11, Judy Tegart Dalton 3
King 10, Kristen Kemmer Shaw 0 (King won 20 of 21 sets)
King 10, Wendy Overton 1
King 9, Cecilia Martinez 0
King 9, Pam Teeguarden 0
King 9, Valerie Ziegenfuss 1
King 8, Tory Fretz 0
King 8, Maria Bueno 5 (King won 6 of 7 Grand Slam singles matches and the last 6 matches overall)
King 7, Carol Loop 1
King 7, Sharon Walsh Pete 0
King 7, Lesley Turner Bowrey 3 (Turner Bowrey upset 2nd-seeded King in the quarterfinals of the 1969 French Championships)
King 7, Virginia Ruzici 3 (King won their only match on clay)
King 7, Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat 8
King 7, Chris Evert 20 (Evert won the last 12 and inflicted 6 of King's 9 worst singles losses)
King 6, Renata Tomanova 0 (Tomanova was the runner-up at the 1976 Australian and French Opens)
King 6, Winnie Shaw Wooldridge 0
King 6, Martina Navratilova 11 (King won the first 4 but Navratilova won the last 5 and 11 of the last 13)
King 5, Gwyneth Thomas 0
King 5, Lita Liem Sugiarto 0
King 5, Peaches Bartkowicz 0
King 5, Kristy Pigeon 0
King 5, Nell Truman 1
King 4, Mareen "Peanut" Louie Harper 0
King 4, Kathy Jordan 0 (King thumped Jordan at 1983 Wimbledon two rounds after Jordan beat Evert)
King 4, Anne Smith 0
King 4, Carol Hanks Aucamp 0 (Hanks Aucamp won the 1963 U.S. Indoor Championships)
King 4, Justina Bricka Horwitz 1 (Bricka Horwitz won King's first career singles match at the U.S. Championships)
King 4, Lea Pericoli 1
King 4, Pam Shriver 1 (a short but heated rivalry)
King 4, Barbara Potter 1
King 4, Annette Van Zyl DuPlooy 1 (DuPlooy upset top-seeded King in the quarterfinals of the 1967 French Championships)
King 4, Mima Jausovec 1 (Jausovec won the 1977 French Open)
King 4, Ann Kiyomura 2
King 4, Sue Barker 2
King 4, Edda Buding 2
King 4, Sylvia Hanika 2
King 4, Helga Niessen Masthoff 4 (all on clay; Niessen Masthoff played the US Open only once)
King 3, Florenta Mihai 0
King 3, Julie Anthony 0 (at one time, Anthony was touted as the next Maureen Connolly)
King 3, Pat Cody 0
King 3, Greer Stevens 1
King 3, Bernice Carr Vukovich 1
King 3, Kathy Chabot Willette 2
King 3, Olga Morozova 2 (Morozova upset King, the two-time defending champion, in the 1974 Wimbledon quarterfinals)
King 3, Christine Truman Janes 2 (King won an epic 19-17 set at the 1963 Wightman Cup on clay)
King 3, Karen Hantze Susman 5 (Hantze Susman won Wimbledon in 1962)
King 2, Mary Bevis Hawton 0
King 2, Madge "Bunny" Vosters 0 (King was 18, Vosters 42 during their last match)
King 2, Deidre Catt Keller McMahon 1
King 2, Hana Mandlikova 4
King 2, Tracy Austin 5 (King said her 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 win in Cincinnati in January 1983 was one of her best matches ever)

King 1, Shirley Bloomer Brasher 0 (Bloomer Brasher won the 1957 French Championships)
King 1, Andrea Jaeger 1 (Jaeger won King's last career singles match at Wimbledon)
King 1, Robin Ebbern Vincenzi 1
King 1, Darlene Hard 3 (never played each other in a Grand Slam tournament)
King 1, Dorothy Bundy Cheney 4 (Bundy Cheney won their first 4; King was 16 and Bundy Cheney 43 when they first played)

King 0, Margaret Osborne DuPont 1 (King was 16, Osborne DuPont was 42; the latter won 6 Grand Slam singles titles, 21 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 10 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles)
King 0, Renee Schuurman Haygarth 1
King 0, Dorothy Head Knode 1 (Head Knode was twice the runner-up at the French Championships)
King 0, Yola Ramirez Ochoa 1 (King's first career singles match at Wimbledon)
King 0, Manuela Maleeva Fragniere 1 (King's last career singles match)


King 0, Sandra Reynolds Price 0
King 0, Angela Mortimer Barrett 0
King 0, Althea Gibson 0
King 0, Jan Lehane O'Neill 0
King 0, Vera Puzejova Sukova 0
King 0, Helena Sukova 0
King 0, Zsuzsi Kormoczy 0
King 0, Zina Garrison 0
King 0, Christine O'Neill 0
King 0, Lorraine Coghlan Robinson 0
King 0, Nell Hall Hopman 0
King 0, Mary Carter Reitano 0
King 0, Patricia Ward Hales 0
 
#31 · (Edited)
Grass court head-to-head singles record

King's career singles record against her main rivals on grass:

King 17, Virginia Wade 3
King 12, Ann Haydon Jones 3
King 10, Karen Krantzcke 1
King 10, Rosemary Casals 2
King 9, Kerry Melville Reid 5
King 8, Carole Caldwell Graebner 0
King 7, Judy Tegart Dalton 2
King 7, Margaret Smith Court 14
King 6, Mary Ann Eisel Curtis Beattie 0
King 6, Lesley Turner Bowrey 2
King 5, Kathy Harter Marcus Shubin 0
King 5, Francoise Durr 1
King 5, Julie Heldman 1
King 5, Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2
King 4, Sharon Walsh Pete 0
King 4, Winnie Shaw Wooldridge 0
King 3, Helen Gourlay Cawley 0
King 3, Betty Stove 0
King 3, Tory Fretz 0
King 3, Lesley Hunt 0
King 3, Karen Hantze Susman 2
King 3, Maria Bueno 2
King 3, Chris Evert 4
King 2, Renata Tomanova 0
King 2, Kristien Kemmer Shaw 0
King 2, Wendy Turnbull 0
King 2, Stephanie DeFina Johnson Hagan 0
King 2, Sue Barker 0
King 2, Pam Shriver 0
King 2, Anne Smith 0
King 2, Pam Teeguarden 0
King 2, Annette Van Zyl Duplooy 0
King 2, Olga Morozova 1
King 2, Justina Bricka Horwitz 1
King 2, Christine Truman Janes 1
King 1, Kathy Jordan 0
King 1, Peaches Bartkowicz 0
King 1, Hana Mandlikova 0
King 1, Greer Stevens 0
King 1, Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat 0
King 1, Robyn Ebbern Vincenzi 0
King 1, Carol Loop 0
King 1, Bettina Bunge 0
King 1, Tracy Austin 1
King 1, Edda Buding Düchting 1
King 1, Martina Navratilova 2
King 1, Nancy Richey 4
King 0, Margaret Osborne DuPont 1
King 0, Andrea Jaeger 1
King 0, Virginia Ruzici 1
King 0, Darlene Hard 2

King played the following women but never on grass: Dorothy Bundy Cheney, Helga Niessen Masthoff, Manuela Maleeva Fragniere, Dorothy Head Knode, Valerie Ziegenfuss, Sylvia Hanika, Wendy Overton, and Mima Jausovec.
 
#32 · (Edited)
Clay court head-to-head singles record

King's career singles record against her main rivals on clay (including indoor clay):

King 5, Nancy Richey 1
King 4, Helen Gourlay Cawley 0
King 4, Karen Krantzcke 1
King 4, Kerry Melville Reid 2
King 4, Francoise Durr 3
King 4, Helga Niessen Masthoff 4
King 3, Lesley Hunt 0
King 3, Betty Stove 0
King 3, Valerie Ziegenfuss 0
King 3, Ann Haydon Jones 2
King 2, Pam Teeguarden 0
King 2, Julie Heldman 1
King 2, Virginia Wade 2
King 2, Rosemary Casals 2
King 1, Maria Bueno 0
King 1, Evonne Goolagong Cawley 0
King 1, Winnie Shaw Wooldridge 0
King 1, Peaches Bartkowicz 0
King 1, Mary Ann Eisel Curtis Beattie 0
King 1, Sylvia Hanika 0
King 1, Virginia Ruzici 0
King 1, Renata Tomanova 0
King 1, Anne Smith 0
King 1, Kathy Harter Marcus Shubin 0
King 1, Margaret Smith Court 1
King 1, Edda Buding Düchting 1
King 1, Annette Van Zyl DuPlooy 1
King 1, Christine Truman Janes 1
King 1, Judy Tegart Dalton 1
King 0, Robyn Ebbern Vincenzi 1
King 0, Dorothy Head Knode 1
King 0, Carol Loop 1
King 0, Hana Mandlikova 1

King 0, Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat 1
King 0, Lesley Turner Bowrey 1
King 0, Chris Evert 6


King played the following women but never on clay: Justina Bricka Horwitz, Stephanie DeFina Johnson Hagan, Tory Fretz, Sharon Walsh, Martina Navratilova, Andrea Jaeger, Tracy Austin, Manuela Maleeva Fragniere, Wendy Turnbull, Greer Stevens, Kristien Kemmer Shaw, Bettina Bunge, Sue Barker, Mima Jausovec, Darlene Hard, Margaret Osborne DuPont, Carole Caldwell Graebner, Karen Hantze Susman, Pam Shriver, Kathy Jordan, and Olga Morozova.
 
#33 · (Edited)
Outdoor hard courts head-to-head singles record

King's career singles record against her main rivals on outdoor hard courts:

King 12, Rosemary Casals 1
King 6, Ann Haydon Jones 4
King 5, Kerry Melville Reid 0
King 5, Kristien Kemmer Shaw 0
King 5, Carol Loop 0
King 5, Nancy Richey 4
King 4, Lesley Hunt 0
King 4, Kathy Harter Marcus Shubin 0
King 4, Betty Stove 1
King 4, Julie Heldman 1
King 4, Margaret Smith Court 2
King 3, Francoise Durr 1
King 3, Carole Caldwell Graebner 3
King 2, Wendy Turnbull 0
King 2, Mary Ann Eisel Curtis Beattie 0
King 2, Judy Tegart Dalton 0
King 2, Wendy Overton 0
King 2, Tory Fretz 0
King 2, Edda Buding Düchting 0
King 2, Helen Gourlay Cawley 0
King 2, Virginia Wade 1
King 2, Maria Bueno 2
King 1, Evonne Goolagong Cawley 0
King 1, Stephanie DeFina Johnson Hagan 0
King 1, Annette Van Zyl Duplooy 0
King 1, Virginia Ruzici 0
King 1, Mima Jausovec 0
King 1, Karen Krantzcke 0
King 1, Martina Navratilova 1
King 1, Sylvia Hanika 1
King 1, Valerie Ziegenfuss 1
King 1, Darlene Hard 1
King 1, Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat 2
King 1, Dorothy Bundy Cheney 4
King 0, Hana Mandlikova 1
King 0, Karen Hantze Susman 2
King 0, Chris Evert 5


King played the following women but never on outdoor hard courts: Renata Tomanova, Lesley Turner Bowrey, Sue Barker, Pam Shriver, Sharon Walsh, Pam Teeguarden, Olga Morozova, Justina Bricka Horwitz, Christine Truman Janes, Anne Smith, Kathy Jordan, Greer Stevens, Tracy Austin, Manuela Maleeva Fragniere, Bettina Bunge, Margaret Osborne DuPont, Andrea Jaeger, Winnie Shaw Wooldridge, Peaches Bartkowicz, Helga Niessen Masthoff, Robyn Ebbern Vincenzi, and Dorothy Head Knode.
 
#34 · (Edited)
Indoor courts head-to-head singles record

King's career singles record against her main rivals on indoor courts (not including clay):

King 21, Rosemary Casals 5
King 16, Ann Haydon Jones 2
King 14, Francoise Durr 1
King 10, Virginia Wade 5
King 8, Betty Stove 1
King 7, Julie Heldman 1
King 7, Wendy Turnbull 1
King 7, Mary Ann Eisel Curtis Beattie 1
King 7, Nancy Richey 3
King 6, Kerry Melville Reid 1
King 6, Evonne Goolagong Cawley 1
King 5, Pam Teeguarden 0
King 5, Virginia Ruzici 2
King 5, Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat 5
King 4, Wendy Overton 0
King 4, Valerie Ziegenfuss 0
King 4, Karen Krantzcke 0
King 4, Chris Evert 4
King 4, Martina Navratilova 8
King 3, Kristien Kemmer Shaw 0
King 3, Peaches Bartkowicz 0
King 3, Kathy Jordan 0
King 3, Sharon Walsh Pete 0
King 3, Kathy Harter Marcus Shubin 0
King 3, Tory Fretz 0
King 3, Renata Tomanova 0
King 3, Stephanie DeFina Johnson Hagan 0
King 3, Mima Jausovec 1
King 2, Helen Gourlay Cawley 0
King 2, Justina Bricka Horwitz 0
King 2, Lesley Hunt 0
King 2, Pam Shriver 1
King 2, Greer Stevens 1
King 2, Sylvia Hanika 1
King 2, Bettina Bunge 2
King 2, Sue Barker 2
King 1, Lesley Turner Bowrey 0
King 1, Judy Tegart Dalton 0
King 1, Andrea Jaeger 0
King 1, Anne Smith 0
King 1, Winnie Shaw Wooldridge 0
King 1, Carole Caldwell Graebner 0
King 1, Olga Morozova 1
King 1, Hana Mandlikova 2
King 1, Margaret Smith Court 4
King 1, Tracy Austin 4
King 0, Manuela Maleeva Fragniere 1
King 0, Karen Hantze Susman 1


King played the following women but never on indoor courts: Dorothy Bundy Cheney, Margaret Osborne duPont, Dorothy Head Knode, Darlene Hard, Christine Truman Janes, Helga Niessen Masthoff, Maria Bueno, Robyn Ebbern Vincenzi, Carol Loop, Edda Buding Düchting, and Annette Van Zyl Duplooy.
 
#35 · (Edited)
Unknown court surface head-to-head singles record

King's career singles record against her main rivals on unknown court surfaces:

King 7, Rosemary Casals 1
King 3, Francoise Durr 1
King 3, Ann Haydon Jones 2
King 1, Karen Krantzcke 0
King 1, Julie Heldman 0
King 1, Betty Stove 0
King 1, Helen Gourlay Cawley 0
King 1, Carol Loop 0
King 1, Kerry Melville Reid 0
King 1, Valerie Ziegenfuss 0
King 1, Wendy Overton 1
King 0, Chris Evert 1
 
#36 · (Edited)
List of tournaments with unknown surface

Here is a list of King's tournaments with an unknown surface. I can make an educated guess about many of them, but I would rather not do that. I've put Nancy Richey's name beside the tournaments that I know she played.

1960: Palm Desert Invitational , Shadow Mountain Club, Palm Desert, California, U.S.
1964: University of Arizona Invitational Tennis Tournament, Tucson, U.S.
1964: National Invitational, Midland, Texas, U.S.
1966: Thunderbird Invitational Tennis Tournament, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
1968: National Tennis League Professional Tour, Aix-en-Provence, France
1968: Wembley Professional Lawn Tennis Tournament, London
1968: National Tennis League Professional Tour, Binghamton, New York, U.S.
1969: International Pro Tennis Invitational, Seattle, Washington, U.S.
1969: Swiss International Open, Gstaad
1969: Saint Louis Professional Tournament, Dwight Davis Tennis Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.
1969: Masters Tennis Tournament, Highland Racquette and Riding Club, Binghamton, New York, U.S.
1969: Cal-Neva Professional Tennis Tournament, Incline Village, Nevada, U.S.
1969: Midland Racquet Club Invitational, Midland, Texas, U.S.
1969: Howard Hughes Open, Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. (Richey played)
1969: Professional tournament in connection with dedication of the Sherwood Center, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, U.S.
1969: South American and Argentine Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1970: Cape Town, South Africa
1971: Virginia Slims Invitational, Sewanee and Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
1971: WLOD International Tennis Championships (Virginia Slims), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
1971: London Grass Courts Tennis Championships, Queen's Club, London (quarterfinal against Helen Gourlay Cawley - rain caused this tournament to be played on both grass and wood)
1971: Virginia Slims Invitational, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
1973: Virginia Slims, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
1973: Toray Sillok, Tokyo (Richey played)
1973: Gulf Coast Professional Women's Tennis Tournament, Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
1973: Virginia Slims, Denver, Colorado, U.S.
1973: Faberge International of Phoenix Tennis Tournament (Virginia Slims), Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. (Richey played)
1973: Hawaii Virginia Slims, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
1977: Lionel Cup, Port Washingon Tennis Academy, North Hempstead, New York, U.S.
1983: Triumph International, Johannesburg, South Africa (definitely outdoor)
 
#37 · (Edited)
Most decisive scores in King's singles matches

KING'S WORST LOSSES (based on games won by King):
Chris Evert 6-1, 6-0: Fort Lauderdale, 1972 (clay)
Chris Evert 6-0, 6-1: Family Circle Cup, 1977 (clay)
Chris Evert 6-1, 6-0: US Open, 1979 (hard)

Caroline Yates Bell 6-2, 6-0: London Grass Courts Tennis Championships, 1962 (grass)
Maria Bueno 6-2, 6-0: Kent Championships, Beckenham, 1965 (grass)
Chris Evert 6-1, 6-1: San Francisco, 1975 (indoor)
Chris Evert 6-2, 6-0: US Open, 1977 (clay)
Chris Evert 6-1, 6-1: Virginia Slims Championships, New York City, 1983 (indoor)
Andrea Jaeger 6-1, 6-1: Wimbledon, 1983 (grass)

Edda Buding Duchting 6-2, 6-1: U.S. Clay Court Championships, 1961 (clay)
Linda Vail 6-2, 6-1: Pacific Coast Championships, 1961 (hard)
Ann Haydon Jones 6-1, 6-2: National Tennis League, Fort Worth, 1968 (hard)
Kerry Melville Reid 6-3, 6-0: Italian Open, Rome, 1969 (clay)
Francoise Durr 6-3, 6-0: International Lawn Tennis Tournament, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1971 (grass)
Francoise Durr 6-3, 6-0: Independent Press-Telegram's Women's Tennis Championship, Long Beach, California, 1972 (hard)
Chris Evert 6-1, 6-2: Wimbledon, 1977 (grass)
Michelle Tyler 6-3, 6-0: Florida Federal Open, Palm Harbor, Florida, 1977 (clay)
Tracy Austin 6-3, 6-0: Avon Tour, Boston, 1980 (indoor)
Martina Navratilova 6-2, 6-1: Avon Championships, New York City, 1980 (indoor)
Kate Latham 6-3, 6-0: Avon Tour, Boston, 1981 (indoor)
Sue Barker 6-2, 6-1: Houston, Texas, U.S., 1982 (indoor)

KING'S MOST DECISIVE WINS (based on games won by opponent):
Randy Rayburn 6-0, 6-0: Pacific Southwest Championships, 1963 (hard)
Louise Gonnerman 6-0, 6-0: U.S. Indoor Championships, 1966 (indoor)
Elizabeth Blackford 6-0, 6-0: Eastern Grass Court Championships, 1966 (grass)
Karal Gagliano 6-0, 6-0: New England Women's Invitational Indoor Tennis Championships, 1967 (indoor)
Julie Holt 6-0, 6-0: Charlotte Invitation Tennis Tournament, 1967 (clay)
Mary Larreco 6-0, 6-0: Pacific Southwest Championships, 1967 (hard)
Ann Murphy 6-0, 6-0: New England Women's Invitational Indoor Championships, 1968 (indoor)
Jade Shiffman 6-0, 6-0: U.S. Indoor Championships, 1968 (indoor artificial grass)
Melanie Muller 6-0, 6-0: South African Open, 1969 (hard)
Shirley Houlihan 6-0, 6-0: Irish Open, 1969 (grass)
Marion Hofer 6-0, 6-0: Berlin, 1970 (clay)
Odile De Roubin 6-0, 6-0: French Open, 1970 (clay)
Ann Haydon Jones 6-0, 6-0: British Motor Car Invitational, San Francisco, 1971 (indoor)
Pam Austin 6-0, 6-0: Jacksonville, Florida, 1972 (clay)
Julie Heldman 6-0, 6-0: Quincy, Massachusetts, 1973 (indoor)
Ingrid Bentzer 6-0, 6-0: Orlando, Florida, 1974 (clay)
Frederique Thibault 6-0, 6-0: Federation Cup, Eastbourne, United Kingdom, 1977 (grass)
 
#38 · (Edited)
Notable scores in singles matches

King d. Sylvia Hanika 6-0, 0-6, 6-3: Italian Open, 1982 (clay)

Margaret Smith Court d. King 6-3, 7-6(11): Philadelphia, 1970 (indoor)

Nancy Richey d. King 7-9, 6-2, 8-6: Middle States Grass Court Championships, Philadelphia, 1959 (grass)

King d. Nancy Richey 7-5, 3-6, 8-6: Eastern Grass Court Championships, South Orange, New Jersey, 1964 (grass)

Nancy Richey d. King 6-3, 1-6, 6-4: Piping Rock Invitational, Locust Valley, New York, 1964 (grass)

King d. Christine Truman Janes 6-4, 19-17: Wightman Cup, 1963 (clay)

King d. Ann Haydon Jones 17-15, 6-3: Los Angeles, 1969 (indoor)

King d. Cecilia Martinez 16-14, 6-2: Portola Valley, California, 1965 (hard)

King d. Ann Haydon Jones 16-14, 6-2: U.S. Championships, 1965 (grass)

Margaret Smith Court d. King 14-12, 11-9: Wimbledon, 1970 (grass)

King d. Mary Ann Eisel Curtis Beattie 13-11, 3-6, 6-2: Eastern Grass Court Championships, 1967 (grass)

King d. Virginia Wade 13-11, 6-4: Hoylake, United Kingdom, 1971 (grass)

King d. Judy Tegart Dalton 12-10, 7-5: Victorian Championships, Melbourne, 1967 (grass)

King d. Ann Haydon Jones 12-10, 6-3: Los Angeles, 1968 (indoor)

King d. Norma Baylon 12-10, 9-7: Federation Cup, 1964 (grass)

King d. Jill Blackman 7-5, 12-10: Wimbledon, 1965 (grass)

King d. Elena Subirats 10-12, 6-0, 6-2: Tulsa, 1966 (clay)

Mary Ann Eisel Curtis Beattie d. King 6-4, 5-7, 11-9: New England Women's Invitational Indoor Tennis Championships, 1967 (indoor)

King d. Ann Haydon Jones 11-9, 6-4: U.S. Championships, 1967 (grass)

King d. Karen Krantzcke 11-9, 7-5: Australian Open, 1969 (grass)

King d. Virginia Wade 6-8, 11-9, 6-2: Bristol, United Kingdom, 1969 (grass)

Margaret Smith Court d. King 1-6, 6-3, 11-9: Dallas, U.S., 1970 (hard)

King d. Taylor 6-0, 11-9: U.S. Hard Court Championships, 1960 (hard)

King d. Mandy Mandell 11-9, 6-4: Los Angeles, 1961 (hard)

Lesley Turner Bowrey d. King 4-6, 11-9, 6-0: Beckenham, United Kingdom, 1961 (grass)

Yola Ramirez Ochoa d. King 11-9, 1-6, 6-2: Wimbledon, 1961 (grass)

King d. Carole Caldwell Graebner 11-9, 6-2: Los Angeles, 1962 (hard)

Darlene Hard d. King 11-9, 6-2: Merion, Pennsylvania, 1963 (grass)

King d. Karen Hantze Susman 6-4, 4-6, 11-9: Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, 1964 (grass)
 
#39 · (Edited)
Miscellaneous statistics

King's singles record in all sets that lasted 12 or more games: 314-155 67.0%
King's singles record in sets decided by a tiebreaker: 75-40 65.2%
King's singles record in sets that lasted 12 or more games, not decided by a tiebreaker: 239-115 67.5%

King's singles record against top-seeded players: 15-30 33.3%
King's singles record against second-seeded players: 44-19 69.8%
King's singles record as 2nd seed against top seed: 5-8 38.5%
King's singles record as top seed against 2nd seed: 28-6 82.4%

King's singles losses by mid-match retirement: 10
King's singles wins by mid-match retirement: 1

King's record in singles finals: 132-55 70.6%

King's singles record in Australia: 54-20 73.0%
King's singles record on grass in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, New York (exluding the U.S. Championships/Open): 100-17 85.5%

King's singles wins that included her losing a 6-0 set: 4
King's singles losses that included her winning a 6-0 set: 4
 
#40 · (Edited)
1974 World Team Tennis singles scores

I'm trying to piece together BJK's 1974 World Team Tennis record in singles. I am missing 1 of her wins. Here is what I have so far (47-8 in sets):

Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6, King 3 - May 5
King 6, Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2 - May 5
King 6, Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2 - May 7
King 6, Evonne Goolagong Cawley 4 - May 7
King 6, Kerry Melville Reid 4 - May 8
King 6, Kerry Melville Reid 0 - May 8
King 6, Ann Kiyomura 2 - May 11
King 6, Valerie Ziegenfuss 2 - May 11
King 6, Betty Stove 3 - May 13
King 6, Betty Stove 2 - May 13
Nancy Richey 6, King 3 - May 15
King 7, Nancy Richey 5 - May 15
King 6, Joyce Williams Hume 1 - May 17
King 6, Marita Redondo 3 - May 20
King 6, Laurie Fleming 0 - May 22
King 6, Wendy Overton 2 - May 23
King 6, Pam Teeguarden 2 - May 25
King 6, Sue Stap 3 - May 29
King 6, Ann Haydon Jones 4 - June 1
Francoise Durr 6, King 2 - June 2
King 6, Lesley Turner Bowrey 2 - June 6
King 6, Lesley Hunt 4 - June 10
King 6, Valerie Ziegenfuss 1 - June 12
King 7(5), Kerry Melville Reid 6(3) - June 16
King 6, Kathy Kuykendall 3 - July 8
King 7, Jan Lehane O'Neill 5 - July 9
King 6, Nancy Richey 2 - July 11
King 6, Laura DuPont 4 - July 13
King 6, Betty Ann Grubb 2 - July 16
King 6, Sue Stap 3 - July 18
King 7, Rosemary Casals 5 - July 20
King 6, Virginia Wade 3 - July 22
King 6, Ann Haydon Jones 2 - July 23
King 6, Laura Rossouw 3 - July 25
Virginia Wade 6, King 2 - July 26
King 6, Kerry Melville Reid 2 - July 28
King 6, Lesley Hunt/Ilana Kloss 1 - July 29
King 6, Francoise Durr 4 - July 30
King 6, Jan Lehane O'Neill/Laura Rossouw 0 - August 1
King 6, Evonne Goolagong Cawley 4 - August 3
King 6, Rosemary Casals 1 - August 5 (King is reported to be 37-4 through this match)
Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6, King 3 - August 6
King 7, Kathy Kuykendall 6 - August 9
King 6, Laura DuPont 1 - August 10
King 6, Janet Newberry 3 - August 12
King 6, Kerry Harris 1 - August 13
King 6, Helen Gourlay Cawley 3 - August 14
Virginia Wade 6, King 4 - August 16
King 6, Rosemary Casals 2 - August 18
Nancy Richey 6, King 1 - August 19
King 6, Nancy Richey 4 - August 20
King 6, Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2 - August 22
King 7(5), Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6(0) - August 23
Francoise Durr 6, King 4 - August 24
King 6, Francoise Durr 4 - August 26
 
#41 · (Edited)
Grand Slam women's doubles results

Overall: 174-37 82.5% (16 titles)

French Open: 13-6 68.4% (1 title)
Wimbledon: 75-12 86.2% (10 titles)
US Open: 73-14 83.9% (5 titles)
Australian Open: 13-5 72.2% (no titles)

1961
Wimbledon: champion (with Karen Hantze Susman) 5-0

1962
Wimbledon: champion (with Hantze Susman) 5-0
U.S. Championships: runner-up (with Hantze Susman) 4-1

1963
Wimbledon: 2R (with Carole Caldwell Graebner) 1-1
U.S. Championships: QF (with Caldwell Graebner) 2-1

1964
Wimbledon: runner-up (with Hantze Susman) 4-1
U.S. Championships: champion (with Hantze Susman) 5-0

1965
Australian Championships: runner-up (with Robyn Ebbern Vincenzi) 3-1
Wimbledon: champion (with Maria Bueno) 5-0
U.S. Championships: runner-up (with Hantze Susman) 4-1

1966
Wimbledon: QF (with Rosemary Casals) 2-1
U.S. Championships: runner-up (with Casals) 3-1

1967
French Championships: QF (with Casals) 1-1
Wimbledon: champion (with Casals) 6-0
U.S. Championships: champion (with Casals) 5-0

1968
Australian Championships: SF (with Casals) 2-1
French Open: runner-up (with Casals) 2-1
Wimbledon: champion (with Casals) 5-0
US Open: runner-up (with Casals) 3-1

1969
Australian Open: runner-up (with Casals) 2-1
French Open: QF (with Casals) 2-1
Wimbledon: 3R (with Casals) 1-1
US Open: SF (with Casals) 3-1

1970
French Open: runner-up (with Casals) 3-1
Wimbledon: champion (with Casals) 5-0

1971
Wimbledon: champion (with Casals) 5-0

1972
French Open: champion (with Betty Stove) 4-0
Wimbledon: champion (with Stove) 5-0
US Open: SF (with Casals) 3-1 (won 22 consecutive Grand Slam matches)

1973
Wimbledon: champion (with Casals) 5-0
US Open: runner-up (with Casals) 4-1

1974
Wimbledon: QF (with Casals) 2-1
US Open: champion (with Casals) 5-0

1975
Wimbledon: SF (with Casals) 4-1
US Open: runner-up (with Casals) 4-1

1976
Wimbledon: runner-up (with Stove) 4-1
US Open: QF (with Stove) 2-1

1977
Wimbledon: 2R (with Hantze Susman) 0-1
US Open: QF (with Julie Anthony) 3-1

1978
Wimbledon: QF (with Martina Navratilova) 2-1
US Open: champion (with Navratilova) 6-0

1979
Wimbledon: champion (with Navratilova) 5-0
US Open: runner-up (with Navratilova) 3-1

1980
French Open: 1R (with Ilana Kloss) 0-1
Wimbledon: SF (with Navratilova) 3-1
US Open: champion (with Navratilova) 5-0

1981
French Open: QF (with Kloss) 1-1

1982
Wimbledon: 2R (with Kloss) 0-1
US Open: QF (with Chris Evert) 2-0
Australian Open: SF (with Anne Smith) 3-1

1983
Wimbledon: 3R (with Evert) 1-1
US Open: SF (with Sharon Walsh Pete) 4-1
Australian Open: SF (with Walsh Pete) 3-1

1984
US Open: QF (with Evert) 3-1
 
#42 · (Edited)

Original photo caption: Tennis star Billie Jean King, who recently admitted she once had a lesbian affair with her former secretary, deals with a heckler 7/12 [1981] with a brief lecture and an uplifted middle finger. After the [team tennis] match at Los Cabelleros Racquet and Sports Club [in Fountain Valley, California], Mrs. King said it was the first time a fan had bothered her publicly about the relationship with Marilyn Barnett since she confirmed the affair at a news conference.
 
#43 ·
Singles matches versus Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Here is a list of the King versus Evonne Goolagong Cawley singles matches:

Overall: King 13-3
Clay: King 1-0
Grass: King 5-2
Hard: King 1-0
Indoor: King 6-1

Grand Slam tournaments: King 6-1
Grand Slam finals: King 4-0

1969 Australian Open 2R, Brisbane (grass): King 6-3, 6-1

1971 Wimbledon SF (grass): Goolagong Cawley 6-4, 6-4

1972 Dallas SF (indoor): King 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
1972 French Open F (clay): King 6-3, 6-3
1972 Wimbledon F (grass): King 6-3, 6-3

1973 Wimbledon SF (grass): King 6-3, 5-7, 6-3

1974 US Open F (grass): King 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
1974 Virginia Slims Championships SF (indoor): Goolagong Cawley 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

1975 Austin SF (hard): King 6-1, 6-3
1975 Wimbledon F (grass): King 6-0, 6-1

1976 Federation Cup F, Philadelphia (indoor): King 7-6(4), 6-4

1978 Virginia Slims of Kansas City QF (indoor): King 6-2, 6-3

1979 Chichester SF (grass): Goolagong Cawley 1-6, 6-4, 10-8
1979 Buenos Aires SF (indoor): King 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
1979 Tokyo F (indoor): King 6-4, 7-5

1980 Avon Championships of Detroit (indoor): King 6-3, 6-0

Sets: King 28-10 73.7%
Games: King 209-145 59.0%

King also won their women's doubles rivalry 8-3.
 
#44 ·
Singles matches versus Martina Navratilova

Here is a list of the King versus Martina Navratilova singles matches:

Overall: Navratilova 11-6
Grass: Navratilova 2-1
Clay: No matches on this surface
Hard: Tie 1-1
Indoor: Navratilova 8-4

1977
Atlanta QF (indoor): King 6-4, 6-1
Phoenix SF (hard): King 7-6, 4-6, 6-4
Sao Paulo QF (indoor): King 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
Tokyo F (indoor): King 7-5, 5-7, 6-1

1978
Virginia Slims of Houston F (indoor): Navratilova 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
Virginia Slims of Kansas City F (indoor): Navratilova 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
Eastbourne SF (grass): Navratilova 6-4, 6-2

1979
Chichester QF (grass): King 6-1, 6-2
Buenos Aires F (indoor): Navratilova 6-3, 6-4
Brighton SF (indoor): Navratilova 7-5, 0-6, 7-6(3) (King led 6–5 in the third set but could not hold on)

1980
Avon Championships of Chicago SF (indoor): Navratilova 7-6, 3-6, 6-1
Avon Championships of Houston F (indoor): King 6-1, 6-3
The Avon Championships, New York City 2RR (indoor): Navratilova 6-2, 6-1
Carlsbad 1R/SF (hard): Navratilova 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-0 (King trailed 4-1 in the second set before winning 4 consecutive games to lead 5-4. While serving for the match, King made 2 double faults and squandered 2 match points to help Navratilova even the set.)
Wimbledon QF (grass): Navratilova 7-6(6), 1-6, 10-8 (King led in the first set tiebreak 5-1 when it started raining. Her eyeglasses got wet, and her request to suspend the match (per the pre-match agreement with tournament officials) was denied. She then lost the tiebreak 8-6. The match was then suspended until the following day. On day 2, King won 20 of the first 23 points in the second set and took the set in 17 minutes with the loss of only 7 points. Navratilova broke serve to lead 2-0 in the third set before King tied the set at 2-2. King served for the match at 6-5 but hit four bad volleys to lose her service at love. King said, "That was the biggest choke in the world. I choked. I didn't make it happen." King then saved 8 match points over 3 games, all with first serves to Navratilova's backhand and aggressive volleys off chipped returns. Three of the match points were at 6-7, three more were at 7-8 (0-40), and the last two were at 8-9. Navratilova won the match on a forehand service return winner.)

1981
Avon Championships of Los Angeles QF (indoor): Navratilova 6-3, 7-5

1983
Inglewood SF (indoor): Navratilova 6-1, 6-3 (Navratilova needed only 43 minutes to win her last career singles match with King.)

Sets: Navratilova 25-18 58.1%
Games: Navratilova 207-194 51.6%

Navratilova also won their women's doubles rivalry 7-5.
 
#46 · (Edited)
Singles matches versus Chris Evert

Overall: Evert 20-7

Clay: Evert 6-0
Grass: Evert 4-3
Hard: Evert 5-0
Indoor: Tied 4-4
Outdoors (unspecified surface): Evert 1-0

Grand Slam tournaments: Evert 6-3
Grand Slam finals: King 1-0

1971-04-05 Saint Petersburg (Clay) SF Evert 6-7, 6-3 retired
1971-08-30 US Open (Grass) SF King 6-3, 6-2

1972-01-31 Fort Lauderdale (Clay) F Evert 6-1, 6-0
1972-03-06 Dallas (Indoor) QF King 6-7(4-5), 6-3, 7-5
1972-04-10 Saint Petersburg (Clay) SF Evert 6-2, 6-3
1972-10-09 Boca Raton (Clay) SF Evert 6-4, 6-2

1973-06-25 Wimbledon (Grass) F King 6-0, 7-5
1973-09-10 Hilton Head (Hard) 1R/SF Evert 4-6, 7-6, 6-1

1974-01-14 San Francisco (Indoor Carpet) F King 7-6(5-2), 6-2
1974-01-21 Mission Viejo (Hard) F Evert 6-3, 6-1
1974-03-25 New York City (Indoor Carpet) F King 6-3, 3-6, 6-2

1975-01-06 San Francisco (Indoor Carpet) F Evert 6-1, 6-1
1975-01-13 Sarasota (Indoor Carpet) F King 6-2, 6-3
1975-04-14 Austin (Hard) F Evert 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(5-2)
1975-06-23 Wimbledon (Grass) SF King 2-6, 6-2, 6-3

1977-03-28 Hilton Head (Clay) F Evert 6-0, 6-1
1977-06-20 Wimbledon (Grass) QF Evert 6-1, 6-2
1977-08-29 US Open (Clay) QF Evert 6-2, 6-0
1977-10-31 Rancho Mirage (Hard) F Evert 6-2, 6-2

1978-03-13 Boston (Indoor Carpet) SF Evert 6-3, 6-2
1978-03-27 Philadelphia (Indoor Carpet) F Evert 6-0, 6-4
1978-06-26 Wimbledon (Grass) QF Evert 6-3, 3-6, 6-2

1979-08-27 US Open (Hard) SF Evert 6-1, 6-0

1982-06-21 Wimbledon (Grass) SF Evert 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3
1982-11-29 Australian Open (Grass) QF Evert 6-2, 6-2

1983-03-21 Virginia Slims Championships (Indoor Carpet) SF Evert 6-1, 6-1
1983-05-09 Johannesburg (Outdoors) 1R/SF Evert 6-4, 6-4

Sets: Evert 42-19 68.9%
Games: Evert 316-214 59.6%
 
#51 · (Edited)
Singles matches versus Hana Mandlikova

Mandlikova won the rivalry 4-2.

1979-06-25 Wimbledon (Grass) 4R King 6-4, 6-3
1979-10-29 Stockholm (Indoor) King 6-4, 7-6
1982-05-03 Italian Open (Clay) SF Mandlikova 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
1983-01-17 Cincinnati (Indoor Carpet) F Mandlikova 6-4, 6-3
1983-04-18 Haines City (Hard) QF Mandlikova 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
1984-07-25 Sydney (Indoor) RR Mandlikova 6-2, 7-5
 
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