Wimbledon upheld Pilic’s suspension ... Most prominently, in the spring of 1973, President Nixon ended the military draft in the United States; a month later, the Pilic Affair did the same ...

In 1973, the US Open became the first of the Grand ... Thirty-four years, to be exact: In 2007, Wimbledon finally joined the 20th century and became the fourth of the four majors to level their ...

Let's get that match out of the way. Riggs, a 1939 Wimbledon champion turned hustler, had already massacred Court on Mother's Day 1973. So King, who previously had rejected Riggs' advances for a ...

She in fact won the first Wimbledon of the Open Era in 1968 ... then beat Goolagong and Evert to win the titles in 1972 and 1973, before winning her final Slam by again beating the Australian ...