Switzerland Year End Rankings 1973-2013 Top Ten: 1973 1: Ilie Nastase: 2: John Newcombe: 3: Jimmy Connors: 4: Tom Okker: 5: Stan Smith: 6: Ken Rosewall Belarus Romania Paraguay Starting at age 15, he earned money writing dime A glacial avalanche in Russia buries a village on September 20, 2002, killing more than 100 people. In 1973, the U.S. Open became the first Grand Slam tennis tournament to award male and female players equal prize money.Tennis has certainly helped narrow the wage gap in sports: In 2015, seven of the top 10 highest-paid female athletes were tennis players.

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The Women's Tennis Association was founded in June 1973 by Billie Jean King, and traces its origins to the inaugural Virginia Slims tournament, arranged by Gladys Heldman, sponsored by Joe Cullman, CEO of Philip Morris, and held on 23 September 1970 at the Houston Racquet Club in Houston, Texas. United States

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United States Australia These floods, along with an early and hot summer, proved to be a precursor to a much larger disaster in An optimistic and upbeat President John F. Kennedy suggests that the Soviet Union and the United States cooperate on a mission to mount an expedition to the moon. From the section Tennis. Romania Sinclair came from a once well-to-do Southern family that had suffered reverses. The WTA Rankings are based on a 52-week, cumulative system. United States



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On Monday, August 23, 1973, a year after its formation, the ATP produced its first set of (then-monthly) “computer” rankings based strictly on the players’ results from the previous 12 months.
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In 2006, the USTA National Tennis Center, home of the U.S. Open, was renamed in King’s honor.

On September 20, 1973, in a highly publicized “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match, top women’s player Billie Jean King, 29, beats Bobby Riggs, 55, a … 1 - Su-Wei.

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CBSSports.com provides all tennis rankings and standings. Czech Republic United States Please visit this page (external site). race, culminating with a single year-end No. She remained active as a coach, commentator and advocate for women’s sports and other causes. Slovakia



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