Women's tennis

Women's tennis is competitive tennis played by women, from professional tours and international team events to junior, collegiate, and recreational competition.

WTA Tour: The principal worldwide professional tennis tour for women, organized by the Women's Tennis Association. It is the main year-round circuit for elite women's singles and doubles.
Billie Jean King: An American tennis champion and activist who helped advance equal opportunity and pay in the sport. Her advocacy and play made her a defining figure in women's tennis.
Women's tennis at Wimbledon: The women's singles and doubles competitions at the Wimbledon Championships, first held in 1884. Wimbledon added women's singles six years after its men's competition began.
Battle of the Sexes (tennis): A 1973 exhibition match in which Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets. The highly publicized match brought debate about women's athletic ability to a mass audience.
Men's tennis: Competitive tennis played by men across professional tours, team events, and other levels. It shares the sport's rules while differing in tour organization, history, and some event formats.
Grand Slam (tennis): The four annual tennis tournaments with the sport's largest fields, audiences, and ranking-point rewards. Its four events are the most prestigious titles in women's tennis.
Serena Williams: An American tennis player who won 23 Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era. Her sustained dominance reshaped expectations for power and longevity in the women's game.
Open Era: The period in tennis beginning in 1968 when major tournaments admitted both professional and amateur players. Opening major events to professionals changed women's competition and careers.
Equal prize money: The policy of awarding equal tournament prize money to competitors in comparable events regardless of sex. Women's tennis became a prominent arena for campaigns over equal tournament pay.
Mixed doubles: A tennis doubles format in which each team consists of one woman and one man. It places women and men on court together rather than in separate draws.

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