Editing Billie Jean King (section)

===1964===
In 1964, King won four relatively minor titles{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}} but lost to Margaret Court in the [[1964 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|Wimbledon]] semi-finals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1964/07/13/608312/the-outcasts-are-counted-in|title=The Outcasts are Counted In|last=Lovesey|first=John|date=July 13, 1964|work=SI.com|access-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref> She defeated Ann Haydon-Jones at both the Wightman Cup and [[Fed Cup]] but lost to Court in the final of the Federation Cup. At the U.S. Championships, fifth-seeded [[Nancy Richey]] upset third-seeded King in the quarterfinals. Late in the year, King decided to make a full-time commitment to tennis. While a history major at Los Angeles State College, King made the decision to play full-time when businessman Robert Mitchell offered to pay her way to Australia so that she could train under the great Australian coach [[Mervyn Rose]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Starr |first1=Cynthia |last2=King |first2=Billie Jean |title=We Have Come a Long Way: The Story of Women's Tennis |url=https://archive.org/details/wehavecomelongwa00king |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |year=1988 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/wehavecomelongwa00king/page/113 113–114] |isbn=0-07-034625-9}}</ref> While in Australia, King played three tournaments that year and lost in the quarterfinals of the Queensland Grass Court Championships, the final of the [[N.S.W. Open/Medibank International|New South Wales Championships]] (to Court), and the third round of the Victorian Championships.