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He played his first professional tennis match on December 26, 1941. As a 21-year-old amateur in 1939, Riggs won the singles title at Wimbledon,[5]the U.S. National Championships(now U.S. Open), and was runner-up at the French Championships.
Bobby Riggs (born February 25, 1918, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died October 25, 1995, Leucadia, California) was an American tennis player who was one of the top-ranked players in the United States in the 1930s and ’40s but who was best known for the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes,” a match in which he was defeated by Billie Jean King.
Jan 8, 2024 · Here's the incredible true story of the 1973 exhibition match between feminist icon Billie Jean King and retired tennis legend Bobby Riggs.
Apr 2, 2014 · Bobby Riggs became the world's No. 1 amateur tennis player after winning the singles, doubles and mixed-doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1939, and he later claimed three U.S. Pro...
Sep 20, 2013 · Billie Jean King’s straight-set victory over self-proclaimed male chauvinist Bobby Riggs reverberated far beyond the world of tennis.
Oct 19, 2017 · He also holds a unique place in Wimbledon history as the only man to have never lost a match at The Championships and won the gentlemen’s singles, gentlemen’s doubles and mixed doubles in the same year. Riggs played at The Championships only once, in 1939.
Sep 19, 2017 · Fifty years ago, Billie Jean King faced Bobby Riggs in a tennis match that held importance for King and generations of female athletes that followed.
