Julie Heldman

How a $1 bill propelled women’s tennis into prominence

On September 23, 1970, nine women -- including Billie Jean King -- signed a symbolic $1 contract that changed the course of history. On Wednesday, 50 years on, the leading women players paid tribute to the efforts of those who paved the way for them.

Simon Cambers

September 23, 2020

Let apart by men who did not belive in themselves, women had to fight to make their own tennis tour growing.

The WTA: how women got their revenge and their rights

In the final episode of our trilogy about the roots of tennis' divided governance, Tennis Majors looks back to when the WTA Tour was formed and how the women proceeded to earn parity with the men who rejected them and lead the fight for equality in women's sport

Paul Bonnaud

May 19, 2020