Best of Billie Jean King at the US Open
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- Billie Jean King has won the US Open a staggering four times and had a huge impact on women's tennis. Here we look back at some of her most memorable US Open matches from 1971, 72 & 74 - including matchups versus Chris Evert, Rosemary Casals, Margaret Court, Kerry Melville, Julie Heldman and Evonne Goolagong.
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BJK was a warrior as a player. She was also a pioneer for women's sports. And she continues to lend her name to many current civil rights issues. She is a LEGEND! We are lucky to have her in our lifetime.
National Treasure. So glad the USTA recognised her huge contribution, and named Flushing Meadow the BJK Tennis Centre. Well deserved, imo.
Is not a Woman is a Man... a Trans, are you blind?
I love Billie's backhand drive and volley. Wonderful competitor and person!
This takes me back to my schooldays - I hero-worshiped Billie Jean, and Ginny Wade was my No.2.
Lovely sight - grass at US Open!
Who knew Billie Jean and Margaret Court would still be facing each other almost 50 years later, ‘cept now it's in the media.
This Billie Jean King is the most popular tennis player ever. Thank you for video. I apprecite it.
Greeting ... 😉❤️👍🏻
Great BJK, you're the best.👏👏👏👏😕
COCO GUAFF 2023 us open champ.
Billie was there.
Love Billie & the US Open !
i have never heard of this player but i am exited to see her history
You should see the movie "Battle of the sexes".
U should listen to Michael Jackson's song Billie Jean...he named it after her! 😂
@@spongebobby188 really ?
Your name is "Tennis Star Ayaan" and you've never heard of Billie Jean King.... "YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!!!!!!"
@@hx3500 indeed!! Just the way John McEnroe would have yelled to the umpire.. lol
Thanks! Really shows how much tennis gameplay and technique has evolved over the years. Great video
how do you see that from a compilation of some points?
@@zoklev It's easy to compare new vs old tennis
@@sirjain4408
what are the differences? (I don't play tennis and I'm curious)
@@zoklev Less wrist lag, using a little more arm, and general loop of swing
Still amazing how they can generate power on the ball
Glad to see such a greatest legend playing tennis!!! We have always seen her as official part of all the big tournaments but watching her playing is simply amazing!!! Even during that time, BJK used to play with great serve and mind blowing volley techniques!!! Thank you for posting the video!!!
Billie jean= American icon
Billie jean=American Trans
Billie jean= Not my lover
Great! Please bring more stuff from the 70ies!!!!!!
Evonne was just so beautiful on the court
A true tennis gem, all T Queens in the same clip. Thanks a lot US Open
Yes, all Trans Queen right there
wow this is very good very entertaining also ive never heard of this player but she seems BRILLIANT
I wish people would realize how much Billie Jean King did for women tennis, women sports and sports, period.
And how did she make that shot around 7:05 ?
that one handed backhand!!!!
Loved Billie's speed and her net rushing skills. Definitely made up for her short stature
She is the shortest player to ever win a Grand Slam singles tournament.
This is the origin of modern women's tennis. Not about looking pretty and doing soft lobs until someone misses so your hair doesn't get messed up frankly like some of women's tennis at that time. Aggression, power and an amazing variety of shots and strategies. Slice spin, serve and volley. Honestly there is a beauty to wood racket play as well. Spins, angles, strategy. More interesting points than just blasting and screaming.
You are so right
Blasting and screaming. That's exactly right. That's exactly what we have today. Very little variety of shot, very little thinking out there, and most of the women (and men) don't even know how to volley properly. They come to net to shake hands at the end of the match.
Well some things have to evolve. That's just life.
"blasting and screaming" is old. I was surprised by American commentators and former players like Lindsay and Roddick at Wimbledon still thinking that Rybakina was going to win the tournament and Fritz was 100% going to win against Musetti... just because they have the game that they consider effective and "modern"... and also talking about Shelton as a future champion... guys, that's not happening. Or, at least, if it happened, that would be strange. Not Krejcikova, Paolini, Musetti... These are complete players who can neutralize the so-called "modern tennis", which is the American tennis of the 90s. In the last 20 years, on the men's side we've had basically only Roger Rafa and Novak winning everything there was to win and none of them had that kind of game! Serena had that kind of game but she was also a complete player. In the last few years we had Barty and Ons and now Paolini... it looks like the kind of game BJK used to play is more modern than ever.
She employed the exact same playing tactics as I am, whenever I play AO Tennis video game. And this is my very first time ever watching her play. I Love it!
It's You actually, who is playing the same tactics since she played some 50 years back, bro!
Billy Jean was my intro to tennis as a child.
looking at these highlites I believe she would have been a great in this modern power era. She was a shotmaker and a genius on grass.
The female Federer or Sampras on grass.
how much does the ground they play on matter?
@@zoklev It does matter when the player is better on that particular surface. Grass was her best surface and she played in an era where three out of the four grand slams were on grass.
@@adrianboyddodd8007
I don't play tennis, and I'm curious abt the extent that it affects their performance; all else equal, how many more points does a player get when playing on their best surface?
@@adrianboyddodd8007
and I'm just looking for a general estimate
@@zoklev They don't get more points but they will win more slams played on their best surface. No way would Federer have 8 Wimbledon titles if Wimbledon was Clay or Nadal have 13 French titles if it was played on grass.
Billy Jean has six wimbledon singles titles and only one French. I guarantee you that this statistic exists because grass favours her style of play and clay does not.
This is why I say she was a genius on grass.
What a flawless net plays!
Hope someone uploads the 74 final King vs. Goolagong.
Tennis Channel showed it once and I didn't have opportunity to record it.
Fantastic shotmaking from both women.
Goolagong (who beat Evert in the semis) should've taken the match being 3-0 up in the third set.
But never underestimate Billie Jean, one of the most competitive players in tennis.
This was Evonne last real chance as the us open turned to clay to suit evert in 75-76-77, that’s why it’s regarded as the weakest of the slams, the fact they kept changing surfaces to suit their own players
Julie: "BJK was leading 4/1 in the set, and I was thinking about defaulting."
MEOW and extremely CATTY, Julie! Her statement was in reference to the previous year when King was ill, but wanted to play the match to it's conclusion. BJK had the flu, was dehydrated, taking antibiotics, and thought she was going to pass out. King mentioned this out loud and Julie asked her if she wanted to default the match, even though BJK was up a set and 4/1 in the second set. She took longer and longer at the changeovers, lost nine of the next ten games and Julie continually complained to the umpire at 4/1 in the final set, saying her minute is up and that she should play or be defaulted." BJK said "...If you want the match that badly you can have it", and defaulted.
Billie jean yaaa
BJK is one of the greatest tennis players. A lovely woman too. Such fun when being interviewed.
The greatest ever!
Hello, can we be friends?
"Billie Jean is not my lover" ~ Michael Jackson
Shilhin 1. For Elton John it is!
But she claims I was the one
Hahahhahahahhahahah
The amount of times she's heard that one.
Evonne Goolagong has to be one of the best names ever.
Que vídeo maneiro! Lances realmente belos e plásticos, de um nível que somente os melhores sabem fazer.
i came from seeing her in fresh off the boat lol
Emma Raducanu must be making billie Jean proud. To win a grand slam at 18 years old or in your teens in general Boris Becker etc is special like other women and men who have done it before.
She is awesome
He
The OG❤
Amazing woman ❤
A transgender
Thanks I have more information for school 💛
imagine watching these matches for 5 hours in a row. Man.....that would be really "something". lol
For someone used to modern tennis, could be interesting to watch this style of play. Shorter and less physical points, but greater reflexes, volley and net skills, what make a lot of points funnier than larger exchanges where nothing happens. I enjoyed watching players like Michael Llodra, before his retirement.
Obviously, it depends of everyone's point of view. I'm not going to say that classic tennis is better than the actual, both are different and good in its own way.
(Sorry if I made mistakes, but English is not my native language 😅)
She can't miss that ball
Best point shown on others is when Billie was lobbed by Evonne and hit that running backhand.
Billie Jean Billie Jean...💫💫
Is not my lover! Until I see her on court 😂 Special player
whats up with the 3 different courts on stadium court
What a player she was, great legacy. Didn't even were tv on my house back than
Thanks internet!
What a great champion BJK was, and still is today for gender equality. Wish today's men players could volley like this.
Gosh Chris Evert was hottt
❤
Now she has a trophy renamed after her for women's team tennis ultimate prize
She also has the largest tennis venue on earth named after her. The U.S. Open is played at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
👏
Does Billie still recognise today's women's Tennis?
Its US OPEN?! Looks like wimbledon🤣😆
Before 1975 ,it's played on grass..since 1978 all US championships have been played on acrylic hardcourts of U.S tennis association center renamed as (USTA Billie Jean king national center in 2006)
US open used to on grass!
Read a few days ago. A former champion patented Supreme Court surface used on the WCT tour.
Could Bud Collins been rooting for Chrissie any harder?
Look at how Bellie hits the ball, the feet moves, the server movement now you can watch some modern women match and see the same things but she was doing this 40 years ago.
Eu vim aqui por causa de um torneio que tá acontecendo mas eu não sabia que se tratava de uma jogadora
Former champ patented Supreme Court surface.
OMG!! She's the best. Such a great role model for our LGBTQ community. Watching from the UK.
エバート、カザルス、グーラゴング、ヘルドマン、、、「エースをねらえ!」登場する選手がいっぱい
maybe a roger federer special? im a pretty big fan
lol yeah
So are we!
That would be sick
Why was there a person sitting basically on the court??
After watching this video, I realized how far Women athletes have evolved...watching this match is like watching high school players today.
These players' games were dictated by the wood racquets. Limit today's high school players to wood and their games would have to emphasize tactics and placement over power that was no longer there. Today's pros are more athletic, no doubt. The power game rewards it and the the talent pool is much deeper, too.
Chempionlar g'olib bo'lishmagunicha harakatdan to'xtashmaydilar!
Chempions do not stop untill they win!
What about John McEnroe,Steffi Graf special?
Preferably them both against each other! 🤭
We published a best of McEnroe vs Connors on our USTA channel just the other day - ua-cam.com/video/Y9LEoui1xJ4/v-deo.html
But thanks for the feedback - we'll try and cover some more iconic players over the coming weeks and months!
@@spongebobby188 Um no
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She was not so smiley player.. strong temperament!
I hope this year's US open will see Serena against Billie Jean King! 🤭
Court your Loko
Yall watching to see who she is/was. Also, my money is on the bengals!
Is billie Jean better than Serena Williams?
Are you sure this is tennis?!!? Lol so different from today
yeah, so much better. more technique and no grunting. and personalities on and off court.
@@grunchlk nah I was talking more about how the game looks. Very few baseline rallies, tons of blocks and chops. The entire strategy is based off getting to the net. The technique definitely doesn't look better than today's technique
Expect to be a Good Player 🤔🤔🤔
She is, but you are such a fumbles because this was old, and there was no good technology and techniques.
how about a Jimmy Connors special? for too long you have ignored him! no stadium named after him and very little content on your YT platform!!
We published a best of Connors vs McEnroe just the other day - ua-cam.com/video/Y9LEoui1xJ4/v-deo.html
We also have a Connors vs Krickstein video coming later today - ua-cam.com/video/wgJPcuQl7i8/v-deo.html
But good to know there's interest in seeing more of him - we'll see what we can do!
@@usopen best of yes, but what about all them gut busting matches he played?
@@mkbaharris Which is ........
Does she dance on the floor in the round?
Wow these 2 wouldn't stand a chance these days. Just shows u how much the level in womens tennis has gone up. It looks like there warming up here but there actually playing i am stunned.
they're playing with wooden racquets. Skill is all there, they would adapt eventually
Jessie Owens of 1936 wouldn't stand a chance in the Olympics today b/c training, shoes and track surfaces have changed. The biggest change in tennis has been the racquets, of course. You need to try wood to truly appreciate how skilled these players were. I've played pre- and post-graphite, small and large heads, low and high tension. The sweet spot is so small with wood that concentration is paramount. Modern racquets? You can get away with off-center hits and still get the ball back pretty well where wood would put the ball in the net. The power available alters how the game is played and certain physiques are better suited to it. And yes, the players today are more athletic at the highest levels. There's a lot more kids being developed all over the world b/c there's way more money in sports now, so the talent pool is bigger. I think the best of the 1970s would still do well today, but that's an unrealizable thought experiment. Time only goes one way.
こりゃ勝てねぇわ〜
うますぎる。。
Can't imagine how a Man would dominate against Women so much.....
Huh?
Serena Williams is the best tennis 🎾player
What would happen if she play with Serena now :D
she's 76 years old so....
@4:40 Margaret Court's backhand was in. Total BS call there. Not many calls are that easy.
man VS woman...
Billie Jean is not my lover 🕺
Very sad she never had her own children; n fact she thought being number one in 1971 was more important, very sad
its pretty "easy game" if you just run to the front to make the points
If volleying is so easy, why arwn't there any good volleyers around today? At least on the men's side..
Pros like Billie Jean King and Roger Federer make volleying look easy, but believe you me, it most certainly is _extremely difficult_ to volley anywhere near that level.
“The place of a woman is in the kitchen and the bedroom, and not necessarily in that order”
BJK is the closest you can ever get to Lon Chaney
I think old generation of tennis player would absolutely get smashed by today generation
She was great player but got miserable character
Was she the butch or femme? I forgot……
She kisses her husband the same year she was having an affair with Marilyn Barnett. Always loved her style of play.
"Billie Jean is not my lover" ~ Michael Jackson
😂 Was wondering if she's the one from the song.