Rosie Casals vs Billie Jean King, 1971 US Open final

Rosie Casals reached the final of the US Open for the second consecutive year. In 1971, Rosie was edged out by Billie Jean King

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[GhostRaider50]

How it Us Open ??? Looks like Wimbeldon to me..

[dgobbie]

The US Open was played on grass in Forest Hills until 1975, when clay courts (Har-Tru) were used - in 1978, the tournament was moved to its current location in Flushing Meadows

[Nicklas4500]

LOL, that's the lovely Ann Jones, who won the French Open in '61 and '66 and Wimbledon in '69. She reached #2 in the world and was a former table tennis champion. OK, so she's no great beauty but respect for a really fine player ;)

[jokerwildest]

@GhostRaider50 Idiot !

[peterpeterxxo]

billie jean king is an icon on and off court, she was the reason the womans tour was able to happen so all todays players should be thanking her.

[QuantumMaths]

@newmark401 I sense a large, double quarter pounder cheeseburger, wrapped carefully in duct tape and then fed to a small, but healthy chihuahua.

[Ariamaluum]

Tennis then was about throwing off somebody's rhythm and timing whether its by strokes, mope-a-doping, head games, making them think you are coming to net, playing the situation, or shot placement. Yes, now, its Rackets and strings have improved but now with videotape, it is so easy to correct your swings and all those things that I mentioned above due to coaching and videotape. These two didn't have coaches. They were on their own. Videotape was non-existent or downloads during a match.

[FilmNMusicBuff77]

Billie Jean, won this four times: 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974.

Wimbledon six times: 1966-1968, 1972, 1973, 1975

French Open: 1972

Australian Open: 1968

She was a good doubles player.

[trwent]

@newmark401 I sense an ugly bitch with small tits who looks like Janet Reno and smells like someone from France.

[newmark401]

@trwent

I sense a "man" with a small penis and a very large, but very fragile ego...

[converse91970]

@trwent I am a man, but cannot help thinking that Bobby Riggs did not help himself with the things he said about women's tennis at the time.

[converse91970]

I did not realise Ann Jones did commentary work in the USA. I was born in 1970 so I don't remember her as a player although I have seen a video of her beating BJK in the 1969 Wimbledon Final.

She has done Wimbledon tv work for the BBC for years although less prominent in recent times.