When Billie Jean King won the U.S. Open in 1972, she didn’t make the usual remarks about hoping to win again. Instead, she threatened to not play at all the next year — and added that no other women would, either.
Aug 24, 2023 at 06:34 PM ETNEW YORK — When Billie Jean King won the US Open in 1972, she didn’t make the usual remarks about hoping to win again. Instead, she threatened to not play at all the next year — and added that no other women would, either.
That led the U.S. Tennis Association to make the 1973 U.S. Open the first sporting event to offer equal prize money to female and male competitors. The 50th anniversary of that seminal moment will be celebrated this year during the Grand Slam tournament staged at the facility that now bears King’s name.
This year, the winners will each receive $3 million, with total player compensation rising to $65 million. Tennis players accounted for seven of the 10 highest-paid women's athletes in 2022, according to Forbes. Equal pay came much later in the other Grand Slam tournaments, but King sees things speeding up now in women's sports. She just returned from the Women's World Cup in Australia, played to large crowds and huge local TV ratings, and is an investor in multiple professional teams and events.
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