Billie Jean King (center) and Rosie Casals (to her right) are pictured here with Jamie Lee Curtis, Stacey Allaster, Ilana Kloss, Maria Sharapova and Magic Johnson at the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony Honoring King on April 07, 2025, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Getty Images

You could say that Billie Jean King and Rosie Casals have really hit it out of the park. Both went from first being introduced to tennis as kids in public parks in New York City and San Francisco, respectively, to having legendary, ground-breaking careers in the sport. And the two members of one of the most successful doubles team in history recently talked to me about how having such free access to tennis at early ages really helped them and how it could “serve” the careers a

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