is it before the 20th century that she retired from playing tennis?
2007-01-02 21:10:42 · 6 answers · asked by IM 1 in Sports ➔ Tennis
First of all, you CAN'T trust wikipedia. Anyone can edit it and it's not trustworthy. Here's why: After winning 20 Wimbledons titles, Billie Jean King actually retired from professional play in 1984, not 1983, as someone else suggested.
2007-01-03 10:38:29 · answer #1 · answered by athleticsfan12 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Originally Billie Jean King retired in the year 1984 from single matches.But King played doubles sporadically from 1984 through 1990. She retired from competitive play in doubles in March 1990.
In her last competitive doubles match, King and her partner, Jennifer Capriati, lost a second round match to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and Andrea Temesvari 6-3, 6-2 at the Virginia Slims of Florida tournament.
2007-01-04 05:55:45 · answer #2 · answered by mousumi_19 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Billie Jean King's last professional tournament was the 1983 Australian Open. You can see her official bio at the World TeamTennis website.
2007-01-04 03:31:02 · answer #3 · answered by ref322 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would have been so much faster for you to look it up on wikipedia than to type this whole question in and wait for people to answer it for you.
She retired from singles in 1983, and retired from doubles in 1990. The 20th century includes the years 1900-1999, so the only way to have retired before the 20th century would be to retire in 1899 or earlier (before she was born)
2007-01-02 21:19:22 · answer #4 · answered by Grant G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
athleticsfan12 is correct. She retired from competitive pro tennis
in 1984. Yes, she retired before the end of the 20th Century.
2007-01-03 17:11:51 · answer #5 · answered by Answerer17 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-01-02 21:36:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋