Billie Jean King vs Ann Jones 1969 Wimbledon Final Highlights

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@paulmc5542 5 ай бұрын

Fabulous quality and the super Ann jones

@smartasianfriend9940 Жыл бұрын

Rare to see such quality video from the era!

@sedekiman824 4 ай бұрын

About time we hnad a decent length video of this final. Ann Jones a very underated player. And she was a lovely unassuming person.

@gc3847 2 ай бұрын

I was 13 ,March 1977 at Luton airport ,the School ski trip to Italian Dolomites ,my teacher, Miss Nichol came over and said "your tennis daft ,whos that ? I borrowed a note book and pen and fanned out for the only time in my life . " excuse me Mrs Jones,can I have youre autograph " She was heavily pregnant ,with a toddler in tow , with my sister in the same condition I wouldnt have blamed her if she d tpld me where to go. She just smiled and said of course you can ,and when I thanked her she said "no ,thank you " .Ive often wondered what she meant ,but for 30 seconds that I know of ,what a class act.

@Fredrik-zy3jx 3 ай бұрын

10 years before I was born! Wow! I love Wimbledon Tennis 🎾- History!

@lenwelch2195 5 ай бұрын

T-2000 was a heavy bulky racket that had a trampoline effect, how they volleyed with it Ike this is amazing. Your arm would be tired by third set.

@thomasmiles340 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. King always had a little sour grapes about this match, saying there were too many questionable line calls. Cheers.

@robertwebb3546 5 ай бұрын

@thomasmiles340 BJK can recall every line call she felt went against her but has no recollection of those that went unfairly in her favor.

@robloxmaniacdanceandshake7871 Жыл бұрын

This is a great upload and you can actually see the ball...

@denisecasalino9295 Жыл бұрын

Right??? Where did they get this?

@zeddeka Жыл бұрын

@@denisecasalino9295 it's original BBC footage. The reason why it's good quality is because the BBC, like most other European countries, used the PAL TV system. It produced much better quality pictures because it had more pixels. American TV stations used the NTSC system, which produced noticeably worse quality, blurrier pictures because it had a lot fewer pixels.

@bazzit1 4 ай бұрын

I wish someone could post Ann's SF win over Margaret Court. I've only ever seen the last point but remember Dan Maskell saying "whatever she does in the final against Billie Jean, that is the British players finest victory"!

@sedekiman824 4 ай бұрын

Yes I remember that. It was probably her greatest match.

@johnwilson1997 3 ай бұрын

Yeah Margaret Court was fearsome, big serve.

@shihlin1 5 ай бұрын

This is the first time I've seen BJ lose a match gracefully, she even went across the net to congratulate Ann. In the end I think pressure caught up to BJ, she hadn't lost a singles match at Wimbledon since '65, otherwise there's no reason to explain her collapse after winning the first set. Luv the hairdo on BJ, she reminds me of Ms. Fisher, our elementary school librarian

@garynewcombe910 5 ай бұрын

Watching these highlights, you would be forgiven for thinking that BJK won easily.

@martinpascoe7678 Жыл бұрын

Ann Jones was FIERCE !

@martinpascoe7678 Жыл бұрын

Ann Jones was an incredible player, and i notice that BJK changer her service motion from this era later on

@MasterDelon-c1z 5 ай бұрын

Thanks. Rare bit of trivia: B.J. King did not win ANY grand Slam title (in singles, doubles or mixed) in 1969. Cheers.

@tobiasisback4605 Жыл бұрын

Technically gorgeous play. Every shot and spin under the sun. Jones has a sleek game, like table tennis.

@zeddeka Жыл бұрын

She actually started off as a table tennis player

@tobiasisback4605 Жыл бұрын

@@zeddeka Yes, I can see that, she uses an unusual amount of topspin for the time and is generally very neat and precise in how she hits the ball.

@tonichappell7596 Жыл бұрын

Billie and Ann were ahead of their time...most players still used wood raquets at this time but they are using aluminum ones!!

@davidpollard4051 Жыл бұрын

The shot at 3:09 was world class and would be in any era.

@nathanmiller6051 Жыл бұрын

Amazing! thanks

@tonymcgo Жыл бұрын

Nice. Tennis looked so casual back then. All touch/soft rather than fitness/hard.

@billford4469 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting. Does anyone have an update on Ann or Our Ginny these days? They don't seem to be around as much the last few years.

@tobiasisback4605 Жыл бұрын

I last saw Ginny cheering on Raducanu to her US Open win. She looked older, still very striking and handsome and lithe. What an athlete!

@zeddeka Жыл бұрын

Billie Jean King said Anne Jones was the most underrated player of the 60s. Anne Jones said that she was hugely respectful of what Billie Jean achieved for the women's game, but noted that "Billie Jean always made sure there was something in it for her". There was a bit of a joke in the tennis world that Anne Jones was perhaps a bit too large breasted for tennis. Apparently when she won the Italian Open, a newspaper headline said "Anne Jones carries all before her". Nobody was quite sure whether it was a joke or just a very unfortunate use of words.

@TheVerbalVolley Жыл бұрын

It is obvious that whatever Billie Jean she did to further the cause of women's tennis would be of benefit to her as well, which was what Ann Jones was implying by her statement. There was no shade intended. They were the best of friends, as witnessed by the warmth of their greeting of each other after Ann won the championship match.

@zeddeka Жыл бұрын

Saying somebody is self interested is not a compliment. Particularly in the tone of voice that Anne Jones said it. She was letting us know that there certainly a side to Billie Jean that was quite avaricious, as was highlighted by the fact she ended working for one of the major tobacco companies.

@fritzfrostick6910 8 ай бұрын

Ann not Anne.

@Ttjam1 Жыл бұрын

The quality is better than the 1990s us open videos! Can someone explain the evolution of tennis racquets to me? Here they seem to be playing with metal but wood was used into the early 80s?

@zeddeka Жыл бұрын

The metal racquets they're using here were very early attempts. They were notorious - incredibly difficult to control. A lot of players hated them. Billie Jean King moved back to wood later. The metal racquets of the 60s here are best viewed as very rough pioneers. There was a lot wrong with them. About the TV quality - it depends a lot on which country the TV network who recorded it was based, as TV networks in the USA and Europe used different standards. For years, the USA used something called NTSC. It produced noticeably worse quality pictures because it had fewer pixels. Most of Europe used the PAL system which produced better quality. I'm guessing this was BBC footage, which would have used PAL. It doesn't have the slightly blurry picture that NTSC pictures did.

@Ttjam1 Жыл бұрын

@@zeddeka ah thank you for answering both my questions!

@christopherproietti645 Жыл бұрын

@@zeddeka Was this the first final with both players using aluminum racquets?

@zeddeka Жыл бұрын

@@christopherproietti645 I believe so, yeah

@christopherproietti645 Жыл бұрын

@@zeddeka Thanks! I actually had no idea aluminum frames were around and used in the 60's.

@martinpascoe7678 Жыл бұрын

Princess Anne is the double of her Daughter Zara here

@wendellroden7037 11 ай бұрын

I thought metal rackets came AFTER wood rackets. Here it's 1969!

@johnwilson1997 3 ай бұрын

Nobody uses a wood racket nowadays.

@nkd247 Жыл бұрын

This match should have been titled Battle of the Wilson T2000s lol.....

@tomloft2000 Жыл бұрын

only about 30 years early.

@tomschmitz-dj1fg 9 ай бұрын

Did BJK have bad knees that year? Looks like it towards the end of the match..

@pietrodi1 Ай бұрын

Seeing how well women played over 50 years ago, with a varied and funny game across the board, and how boring their matches are now, it hurts the heart! Today they shoot cannons with the fundamentals and the service but rarely give the impression of knowing how to use a good tactic and when the ball falls near the net almost all of them find themselves in a bad situation and don't know what to do!

@Sanctified57 3 ай бұрын

The highlights seemed to show King absolutely dominated the match

@martinpascoe7678 Жыл бұрын

sorry but that shot at 5:20 was the turning moment it seems, was this a huge upset?

@lancemartin3351 Жыл бұрын

After Wade lost rather badly to Pat Walkden in the third round, Great Britain put it hopes on Ann Hayden-Jones. Still only one of four lefties to win the title: Jones, Navratilova, Kvitova, and Kerber. Jones did not defend her title 1970 as she had retired.

@TheVerbalVolley Жыл бұрын

But didn't she come back to play on the Virginia Slims tour? I'm sure that she played in 1971.

@fritzfrostick6910 8 ай бұрын

Haydon-Jones not Hayden-Jones.