The 30 greatest players turned coaches

[post_page_title]Billie Jean King[/post_page_title]
Billie Jean King is known for many things, including being the top ranked female tennis player in 1967, helping form the Women’s Tennis Association and being outed as gay. She retired as a singles player in 1975, right after winning Wimbledon but continued playing later. She won 39 major singles, doubles and mixed-doubles in her career. She eventually turned to coaching and coached the women’s Olympic team as well as captained the US Fed Cup team, which won the championship in 1996.