She earned her first U.S. Open singles title in 1967 and the Australian Open singles title the following year to her list of successes. Billie Jean King attained the goal she set for herself as a little child when she was ranked one in the world in women's tennis in 1966. She said she would be happy with just being number one in the country and didn't care about being number one in the world. Number one in the country wasn't enough for King, though. She wanted to be number one in the world too and that is exactly what she achieved after winning the Australian Open. Her victory made her the first female player to ever hold both the U.S. Open and Australian Open titles at the same time. The only other woman to have done so was Gussie Moran who held the titles in 1944. King remained number one in the world for several months after winning in Australia because no one could dethrone her. She lost only two matches all year long and finished with a 62 match win streak. After such a great season, it came as no surprise when King was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the U.S. National Tennis Awards show which was held in January 1968. The award was given to the best female tennis player in the United States. King won three other awards during the ceremony including the Golden Shovel Award which went to Mickey Waller for his role in promoting women's tennis in America.