{"id":38301,"date":"2025-04-09T11:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=38301"},"modified":"2025-04-09T11:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:49:24","slug":"tennis-icon-billie-jean-king-creates-history-by-receiving-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/tennis-icon-billie-jean-king-creates-history-by-receiving-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Icon Billie Jean King Creates History By Receiving Hollywood Walk of Fame Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A certified trailblazer of the women&rsquo;s game, Billie Jean King shattered the glass ceiling this week by becoming the first woman to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the new sports entertainment category. King is a legend on the WTA circuit &ndash; having won 39 Grand Slam titles in total &ndash; 12 in women&rsquo;s singles, 16 in women&rsquo;s doubles and 11 in mixed doubles.<\/p><p>BJK is also a co-founder of the present Hologic WTA <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/tennis\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Tour<\/a>, and continues to work tremendously towards equal rights. She has won the Fed Cup on seven occasions as a player, and four times as a captain. After an extensive career that spanned over two decades, King retired in 1990 but continues to be a strong advocate for women&rsquo;s sport in general.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Breaking Barriers: Billie Jean King's story\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0b8PLQJ3bCk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Billie Jean King Unveils Her Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame<\/h2><p>Billie Jean King&rsquo;s star was officially unveiled on Monday, and it is the 2,807th in the total collection.&nbsp; Located near the intersection between Hollywood and Vine, King was present alongside the likes of five-time NBA Champion Magic Johnson and Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis while unveiling the coveted tile.<\/p><p>&ldquo;You always fight for what&rsquo;s right. You lend your platform and your voice and your time and your money to bring about change,&rdquo; said Johnson about King. Meanwhile, Curtis also lauded the 81-year-old for her contributions. &ldquo;Billie Jean King&rsquo;s contribution is power,&rdquo; he declared.<\/p><p><strong>READ ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/daniil-medvedev-vs-alexandre-muller-head-to-head-record-preview-and-prediction-for-monte-carlo-masters-round-of-32\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexandre Muller Head to Head Record, Preview and Prediction for Monte Carlo Masters Round of 32<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s power on the courts, she&rsquo;s power in the courts, she&rsquo;s power in the press, power in her public advocacy, power in her fight for freedom, power to be who she is now.&rdquo; The American has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom as well as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award for her incredible work.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BJK &ldquo;Certainly Not Going to Be the Last&rdquo; Woman to Receive the Award<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, I became the first woman to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Sports Entertainment category.<br><br>Words cannot express how honored and grateful l am to receive this star.<br><br>I have so many people to thank, including the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dT1ngqKH7m\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/dT1ngqKH7m<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillieJeanKing\/status\/1909467525467062672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>April 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>After earning her star, Billie Jean King took to social media to extend her gratitude. &ldquo;Words cannot express how honored and grateful I am to receive this star,&rdquo; she wrote. &ldquo;I may be the first woman to be awarded a star in this category, but I&rsquo;m certainly not going to be the last.&rdquo; The timing couldn&rsquo;t be better, with the Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers set to kick off this week.<\/p><p>The event was also attended by former tennis players Rosie Casals, Julie Anthony, and five-time major champion Maria Sharapova. The accolade comes just over six months after King became the first individual female sportsperson to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal &ndash; for &lsquo;courageous and groundbreaking leadership in advancing equal rights for women in athletics, education and society.&rsquo;<\/p><p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/jessica-pegula-odds-french-open-2025-is-jessica-pegula-a-roland-garros-contender-after-charleston-open-2025\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Jessica Pegula Odds for French Open 2025 &ndash; Is Jessica Pegula a Roland Garros Contender After Charleston Open 2025 Masterclass?<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>It has been over 50 years since Billie Jean King won the historic &lsquo;Battle of the Sexes&rsquo; against Bobby Riggs, and laid the red carpet for women to take inspiration from. And it is safe to say that even today, she remains a visionary that women of all ages continue to idolise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King won a total of 39 Grand Slams during her time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":38305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4770],"tags":[5625,5622,5626,368,5624,781,5623,4936,3690,5067,4950],"class_list":["post-38301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-battle-of-the-sexes","tag-billie-jean-king","tag-jamie-lee-curtis","tag-magic-johnson","tag-maria-sharapova","tag-nba","tag-presidential-award","tag-tennis","tag-usa","tag-wimbledon","tag-wta"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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