Give Me The Ball!
World champion tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King changed culture and sport forever — but at what cost?
Billie Jean King is a global icon whose impact on tennis and equality resonates around the world. But the personal turmoil behind this transformational figure has largely remained hidden from view.
Give Me The Ball! reveals the sacrifices King was forced to make behind the scenes even as she fought high-profile battles for the professionalization of her sport and equal treatment for women: escaping an unhappy marriage, hiding her sexual orientation, facing an eating disorder and staring down misogyny at every turn.
Through a trove of rarely seen archival material and powerfully honest interviews, the film cuts deeper than the 'Battle of the Sexes' showdown — a story of selflessness, struggle and triumph about a figure widely admired but never properly understood.
- 39 Grand Slam titles · first woman athlete to earn more than $100,000 in a single year (1971) · six-time year-end world No. 1.
- Founder of the Women's Tennis Association and the Women's Sports Foundation; first woman athlete to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.
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