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The term is most famously used for an internationally televised match in 1973 held at the Houston Astrodome between 55-year-old Bobby Riggs and 29-year-old Billie Jean King, [4] which King won in three sets.
Sep 20, 2013 · Billie Jean King’s straight‑set victory over self‑proclaimed male chauvinist Bobby Riggs reverberated far beyond the world of tennis.
- Jesse Greenspan
Sep 13, 2024 · Battle of the Sexes, exhibition tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs that took place on September 20, 1973, inside the Astrodome in Houston. The match was something of a spectacle as the in-her-prime King defeated the 55-year-old Riggs in three straight sets, but the event nevertheless was a significant moment in the second ...
- Adam Augustyn
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.
- colin.mcevoy@hearst.com
- Senior News Editor, Biography.Com
Aug 25, 2023 · Nearly 50 years after her historic match against Bobby Riggs, Billie Jean King says she immediately knew it was a monumental moment. On Sept. 20, 1973, King, who was the No. 1 women’s player in...
- Drew Weisholtz
- 6 min
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.
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Sep 22, 2017 · “I underestimated you” were the first words former Wimbledon winner Bobby Riggs said to the tennis champion Billie Jean King in 1973 after she defeated him in front of 90 million viewers...
