Billie Jean

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Billie Jean is the given name of Billie Jean King, the pioneering American tennis champion and gender equality advocate.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human →
awardReceived	International Tennis Hall of Fame induction → National Women’s Hall of Fame induction → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1943-11-22 →
dateOfEvent	1973-09-20 →
educatedAt	California State University, Los Angeles →
endTime	1987 →
ethnicGroup	American of European descent →
event	Battle of the Sexes tennis match vs Bobby Riggs →
familyName	King →
givenName	Billie Jean →
grandSlamDoublesTitles	16 →
grandSlamMixedDoublesTitles	11 →
grandSlamSinglesTitles	12 →
hallOfFameInductionYear	1987 →
handedness	right-handed →
knownFor	Battle of the Sexes tennis match → advocacy for Title IX in the United States → founding the WomenSports Foundation → founding the Women’s Tennis Association → pioneering gender equality in sports →
languagesSpoken	English →
memberOfSportsTeam	United States Fed Cup team → United States Wightman Cup team →
notableWork	Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I’ve Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes →
occupation	social activist → sports commentator → tennis coach → tennis player →
opponentInMatch	Bobby Riggs →
partner	Ilana Kloss →
placeOfBirth	Long Beach, California, United States →
plays	right-handed →
positionHeld	captain of United States Fed Cup team → founder of Women’s Tennis Association →
religion	Christianity →
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States → New York City, New York, United States →
sexOrGender	female →
sexualOrientation	lesbian →
sport	tennis →
spouse	Larry King →
startTime	1965 →
wonTournament	Australian Open – Women’s Singles → French Open – Women’s Singles → US Open – Women’s Singles → Wimbledon Championships – Women’s Singles →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Billie Jean King → Billie Jean King →	givenName
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