Tennis Dress, worn by Billie Jean King during the "Battle of the Sexes"
date: label: date made
content: 1973
name: label: user
content: King, Billie Jean
label: designer
content: Tinling, Teddy
label: maker
content: Tinling, Teddy
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Tennis dress, worn by American professional tennis player Billie Jean King (b, 1943.) The dress, designed by Teddy Tinling, London, was worn by King in her famous exhibition match against male competitor Bobby Riggs known as "The Battle of the Sexes." King handily won the nationally televised event, held in Houston, Texas on September 20, 1973.
label: Description (Brief)
content: King has won over 129 singles matches in her career, including 12 Grand Slam singles titles. She was the founder of the Women's Tennis Association and has been an influential advocate for the sport of tennis and women's rights.
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: name of sport
content: Tennis
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
label: See more items in
content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Billie Jean King
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0122.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0122
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0122.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tennis outfit
label: Object Name
content: dress, tennis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 in x 16 in; 66.04 cm x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, mounted: 30 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in x 12 in; 77.47 cm x 41.91 cm x 30.48 cm