American Masters Billie Jean King

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1 Press Contact: Natasha Padilla, WNET , Press Materials: or Websites: #AmericanMasters American Masters Billie Jean King Premieres nationwide Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 8 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) to commemorate 40th anniversaries of King v. Riggs The Battle of the Sexes match, founding of the Women s Tennis Association (WTA) and equal prize money Film Interviewees (in alphabetical order, updated July 12, 2013) Peaches Bartkowicz Ingrid Löfdahl Bentzer Rosie Casals U.S. Hard Court Singles Champion 1967 Olympic Bronze Women s Doubles : U.S. No : U.S. No : U.S. No : U.S. No : U.S. No. 6 No grand slam titles. Career highlights: Swedish No. 1: Swedish Open Champion 1972 Doubles Champion: 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973 Mixed Doubles Champion: 1970, 1972

2 Hillary Clinton Margaret Court Judy Tegart Dalton Chris Evert Julie Heldman Doubles Champion: 1967, 1971, 1974, 1982 Mixed Doubles Champion: 1975 American politician and diplomat: U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Senator for New York, First Lady of the U.S., Singles Champion: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 Doubles Champion: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 Mixed Doubles Champion: 1963, 1964 Singles: 1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973 Doubles Champion: 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973 Mixed Doubles Champion: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969 Singles Champion: 1963, 1965,1970 Doubles Champion: 1964, 1969 Mixed Doubles Champion: 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1975 Singles: 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1973 Doubles Champion: 1963, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1975 Mixed Doubles Champion: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972 Doubles Champion: 1964, 1967, 1969, 1970 Mixed Doubles Champion: 1966 Doubles Champion: 1969 Doubles Champion: 1970, 1971 Australian Championship/Open: Singles Champion: 1982, 1984 Singles Champion: 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986 Doubles Champion: 1974, 1975 Singles Champion: 1974, 1976, 1981 Doubles Champion: 1976 Singles Champion: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982 Ranked in World Top 10: , Canadian Open Singles Champion: 1965 Canadian Open Doubles Champion: 1974

3 Italian Open Champion: 1969 U.S. Clay Court Doubles Champion: 1974 Ranked in U.S. Top 10: 1965, , : Reached semi-finals of three Grand Slam singles tournaments: 1970 French Open, 1974 Australian Open, 1974 U.S. Open Valerie Jarrett Senior Adviser to U.S. President Obama Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs / Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison Sir Elton John English musician, singer-songwriter, composer and pianist; established the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992; close friend of Billie Jean King s since the early 1970s Peachy Kellmeyer No grand slam titles. First tour director for the Virginia Slims circuit Organized the first women s tennis event at Madison Square Garden 1977 Director of WTA Billie Jean King Australian Championship: Singles Champion: 1968 Mixed Doubles Champion 1968 Singles Champion: 1972 Doubles Champion: 1972 Singles Champion: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975 Doubles Champion: 1961, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979 Mixed Doubles Champion: 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974 Singles Champion: 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974 Doubles Champion: 1964, 1967, 1974, 1978, 1980 Mixed Doubles Champion: 1967, 1971, 1973, 1976 Larry King Billie Jean King s former husband; co-founded World TeamTennis (WTT) in 1973 with King Ilana Kloss Ranked No. 1 in Doubles: 1976 Women s Doubles Champion 1976 Women s Doubles Champion 1976 Mixed Doubles Champion 1976 World TeamTennis (WTT) CEO/Commissioner, 2001 present Executive Director, Vice President, Lornie Kuhle Bobby Riggs trainer at the time of The Battle of the Sexes match

4 Randy Moffitt Jerry Perenchio (audio only) Cliff Richey Nancy Richey Bobby Riggs (archival) Larry Riggs Maria Sharapova Gloria Steinem (audio only) Betty Stöve Virginia Wade Billie Jean King s brother; former American baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays Sports promoter responsible for King v. Riggs The Battle of the Sexes match and Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier Fight of the Century match No grand slam titles, brother of Nancy Richey. Career highlights: 1970: U.S. No.1 Ranked in U.S. Top 10: U.S. National Indoors Champion 1969 Canadian Open Champion 1969 Cincinnati Open Champion 1966/1970 U.S. Clay Court Championships winner 1972 South African Open Champion Singles Champion: 1967 Singles: 1968 Doubles Champion: 1965, 1966 Wimbledon Champions (Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles): 1939 U.S. National Championships Singles winner: 1939, 1941 U.S. National Championships Mixed Doubles winner: 1940 Bobby Riggs son Singles Champion: 2008 Singles Champion: Singles Champion: 2004 Singles Champion: 2006 Silver Medal at the Olympic Games American feminist and journalist involved in the women s liberation movement. Doubles Champion: 1972, 1979 Doubles Champion: 1972 Mixed Doubles: 1978, 1981 Doubles Champion: 1972, 1977,1979 Mixed Doubles Champion: 1977, 1978 Singles Champion: 1972 Doubles Champion: 1973

5 Serena Williams Venus Williams Caroline Wozniacki Valerie Ziegenfuss Doubles Champion: 1973 Singles Champion: 1977 Singles Champion: 1968 Doubles Champion: 1973, 1975 Singles Champion: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 Doubles Champion: 2001, 2003, 2009, 2010 Singles Champion: 2002, 2013 Doubles Champion: 1999, 2010 Singles Champion: 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, Doubles Champion: 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, Singles Champion: 1999, 2002, 2008, Doubles Champion: 1999, 2009 Doubles Champion: 2001, 2003, 2009, 2010 Doubles Champion: 1999, 2010 Singles Champion: 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008 Doubles Champions: 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, Singles Champion: 2000, 2001 Doubles Champion: 1999, 2009 Semi Finalist 2011 Quarter Finalist 2010 Finalist 2009 Ranked No. 1 October 2010 Olympic Bronze Women s Doubles 1968 U.S. Indoors Doubles Champion 1969 U.S. Hard Court Doubles Champion 1967 VS of Washington Doubles Champion : U.S. No : U.S. No.7