Billie Jean King
Born November 22, 1943 · 82 years old
the Battle of the Sexes, 39 Grand Slam titles
The 1973 match against Bobby Riggs is black-and-white in memory, so the woman who won it gets filed away with the past. She has spent the fifty years since refusing to be history.
82, still the loudest voice in every room tennis has.
Confirmed alive as of September 23, 2026 · source: Wikidata