Editing Billie Jean King (section)

==Grand Slam statistics==
{{Main|Billie Jean King career statistics}}

=== Grand Slam single finals ===
'''18 finals (12 titles, 6 runners-up)'''
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Result
!style="width:35px"|Year
!style="width:200px"|Tournament
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:200px"|Opponent
!style="width:150px" class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1963 || [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] || Grass || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Margaret Court]] || 3–6, 4–6
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1965 || [[US Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court || 6–8, 5–7
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1966 || Wimbledon || Grass || {{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Maria Bueno]] || 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1967 || Wimbledon <small>(2)</small> || Grass || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ann Jones (tennis)|Ann Haydon-Jones]] || 6–3, 6–4
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1967 || U.S. Championships || Grass || {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon-Jones || 11–9, 6–4
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1968 || [[Australian Open|Australian Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court || 6–1, 6–2
|-
| align=center colspan=6|'''↓ Open Era ↓'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1968 || Wimbledon <small>(3)</small> || Grass || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Judy Tegart-Dalton]] || 9–7, 7–5
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1968 || US Open || Grass || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Virginia Wade]] || 4–6, 2–6
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1969 || Australian Open || Grass ||{{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court || 4–6, 1–6
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1969 || Wimbledon || Grass ||{{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon-Jones || 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1970 || Wimbledon || Grass ||{{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court || 12–14, 9–11
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1971 || US Open <small>(2)</small> || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rosemary Casals]] || 6–4, 7–6<sup>(5–2)</sup>
|- style="background:#ebc2af;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1972 || French Open || Clay || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Evonne Goolagong Cawley|Evonne Goolagong]] || 6–3, 6–3
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1972 || Wimbledon <small>(4)</small> ||Grass || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Evonne Goolagong Cawley|Evonne Goolagong]] || 6–3, 6–3
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1972 || US Open <small>(3)</small> || Grass || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kerry Melville |Kerry Melville Reid]] || 6–3, 7–5
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1973|| Wimbledon <small>(5)</small> || Grass || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Evert]] || 6–0, 7–5
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1974|| US Open <small>(4)</small> || Grass || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Evonne Goolagong Cawley|Evonne Goolagong]] || 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || 1975 || Wimbledon <small>(6)</small> || Grass || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Evonne Goolagong Cawley]] || 6–0, 6–1
|}

===Grand Slam tournament timeline===
{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:90%
!Tournament!!'59!!'60!!'61!!'62!!'63!!'64!!'65!!'66!!'67!!'68!!'69!!'70!![[1971 Women's Tennis Circuit|'71]]!![[1972 Women's Tennis Circuit|'72]]!![[1973 WTA Tour|'73]]!![[1974 WTA Tour|'74]]!![[1975 WTA Tour|'75]]!![[1976 WTA Tour|'76]]!![[1977 WTA Tour|'77]]!![[1978 WTA Tour|'78]]!![[1979 WTA Tour|'79]]!![[1980 WTA Tour|'80]]!![[1981 WTA Tour|'81]]!![[1982 WTA Tour|'82]]!![[1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|'83]]!![[1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|'84]]!!{{Tooltip|SR|Strike rate}}!!{{Tooltip|W–L|Win–loss}}
|-
|  style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[Australian Open]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1965 Australian Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
|A
|A
|bgcolor=lime|[[1968 Australian Championships – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1969 Australian Open – Women's singles|F]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A/A
|A
|A
|A
|A
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1982 Australian Open – Women's singles|QF]]
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1983 Australian Open – Women's singles|2R]]
|A
| style="background:#efefef;"|1 / 5
| style="background:#efefef;"|16–4
|-
|  style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[French Open]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1967 French Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1968 French Open – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1969 French Open – Women's singles|QF]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1970 French Open – Women's singles|QF]]
|A
|bgcolor=lime|[[1972 French Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1980 French Open – Women's singles|QF]]
|A
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1982 French Open – Women's singles|3R]]
|A
|A
| style="background:#efefef;"|1 / 7
| style="background:#efefef;"|21–6
|-
|  style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|A
|A
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1961 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|2R]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1962 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1963 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1964 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1965 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
|bgcolor=lime|[[1966 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|'''W''']]
|bgcolor=lime|[[1967 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|'''W''']]
|bgcolor=lime|[[1968 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1969 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1970 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
|bgcolor=lime|[[1972 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|'''W''']]
|bgcolor=lime|[[1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1974 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
|bgcolor=lime|[[1975 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|'''W''']]
|A
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1978 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1979 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1980 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
|A
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1982 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1983 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|SF]]
|A
| style="background:#efefef;"|6 / 21
| style="background:#efefef;"|95–15
|-
|  style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1959 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|1R]]
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1960 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|3R]]
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1961 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|2R]]
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1962 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|1R]]
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1963 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|4R]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1964 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|QF]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1965 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1966 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=lime|'''[[1967 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|W]]'''
| style="background:thistle;"|[[1968 US Open – Women's singles|F]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1969 US Open – Women's singles|QF]]
|A
|bgcolor=lime|[[1971 US Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
|bgcolor=lime|[[1972 US Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1973 US Open – Women's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=lime|[[1974 US Open – Women's singles|'''W''']]
|A
|A
| style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1977 US Open – Women's singles|QF]]
|A
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1979 US Open – Women's singles|SF]]
|A
|A
| style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1982 US Open – Women's singles|1R]]
|A
|A
| style="background:#efefef;"|4 / 18
| style="background:#efefef;"|58–14
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* Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.