# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gladys-heldman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:49:00.284Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gladys-heldman"
name: "Gladys Heldman"
slug: "gladys-heldman"
description: "Gladys Medalie Heldman was an American tennis player, promoter, manager and magazine publisher. She was the founder of World Tennis magazine. As a manager, she supported and represented Billie Jean King and eight other female tennis players: Rosie Casals, Judy Dalton, Julie Heldman, Kerry Melville, Peaches Bartkowicz, Kristy Pigeon, Nancy Richey, and Valerie Ziegenfuss. They were called the Houston Nine. She helped form the Virginia Slims Circuit in the early 1970s. She is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame."
tagline: "US sports journalist, founder of World Tennis Magazine"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Gladys.Heldman.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Tennis Players"
  slug: "tennis-players"
profileType:
  name: "Tennis Player"
  slug: "tennis-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10833314"
birthDate: "1922-05-13"
deathDate: "2003-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.04
  momentum:             12.88774769166926
  historical:           7.426928
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%93%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Хелдман, Глэдис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جلاديس هيلدمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Heldman"
    title: "Gladys Heldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Heldman"
    title: "Gladys Heldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Heldman"
    title: "Gladys Heldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Heldman"
    title: "Gladys Heldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Heldman"
    title: "Gladys Heldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Heldman"
    title: "Gladys Heldman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q293288"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump