7 Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King is a true pioneer of women’s sports. She is an American former world No. 1 tennis player.
King won a total of 39 major titles, 12 in singles, 16 in women’s doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. King was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987.
In 2018, she won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020, the Federation Cup has renamed the Billie Jean King Cup in her recognition.
8 Venus Williams
Venus Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles.
Williams has won a total of seven Grand Slam singles titles, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open. She is widely considered one of the all-time greats in the history of the game
