Cuthbert Collingwood "Ted" Tinling, sometimes known as Teddy Tinling, was an English fashion designer, spy, author, and tennis official. He was a firm fixture on the professional tennis tour for over
Ted Tinling in 1975
A Tinling dress for Billie Jean King (1973)
Ted Tinling and Rod Humphries in 1979
Billie Jean King is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. She was a member of the victorious Unite
Ted Tinling
…champion to wear a Tinling creation was Martina Navratilova in 1979 when she wore his designs to triumph in both the singles and doubles events. In 1983, Billie Jean King wore a Tinling dress in a final for the last time, when she reached the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles final. The last Tinling dress worn at Wimbledon was by…
King in 2026 at the Sundance Film Festival
Billie Jean Moffitt (later King) in the 1960s at the Irish Open at Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, where she won her first international title
From left to right: the United States national team tenniswomen Carole Caldwell Graebner, Julie Heldman and Billie Jean King in Turin, Italy, holding the Federations Cup 1966 won against West Germany women's national tennis team