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Sports Personality of the Year: Billie Jean King given lifetime achievement award

Legendary tennis player Billie Jean King has been honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year show.

The 75-year-old American, one of the greatest female tennis players of all time, won 39 Grand Slam titles in singles and doubles competitions.

King is an advocate for gender equality and in 1973 won the Battle of the Sexes match against Bobby Riggs.

She is also the founder of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).

King turned professional in 1959 and gained global recognition two years later when she and Karen Hantze Susman became the youngest pair to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon.