Editing Billie Jean King (section)

====1974====
King won five of the first seven tournaments she contested in 1974. She won the Virginia Slims of San Francisco, defeating Nancy Richey Gunter in the semi-finals and Chris Evert in the final. The following week in [[Indian Wells, California]], King again defeated Gunter in the semi-finals but lost to Evert in the final. King then won tournaments in [[Fairfax, Virginia]] and Detroit before losing a semi-final match to Virginia Wade in Chicago. King won both tournaments she played in March, defeating Gunter in the [[Akron, Ohio]] final and Evert at the [[US Indoors|U.S. Indoor Championships]] final. [[Olga Morozova]] then upset King in her next two tournaments, at Philadelphia in the final and at [[1974 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|Wimbledon]] in a quarterfinal 7–5, 6–2. Afterward, King did not play a tour match until the [[1974 US Open – Women's singles|US Open]], where she won her fourth singles title and third in the last four years. She defeated Rosemary Casals in a straight sets quarterfinal, avenged in the semi-finals her previous year's loss to Julie Heldman, and narrowly defeated Evonne Goolagong in the final. King did not reach a tournament final during the remainder of the year, losing to Heldman in an [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] semi-final, Wade in a Phoenix semi-final, and Goolagong in a semi-final of the tour-ending [[WTA Tour Championships|Virginia Slims Championships]] in Los Angeles.