His grandfather, Bobby Riggs, famously challenged and lost to Billie Jean King in the "Battle of the Sexes" match in 1973, a landmark event in women's sports. Bobby Riggs is a 3-time Grand Slam ...
Riggs is the grandson of Bobby Riggs, the former men's tennis champion best known for losing against women's tennis great Billie Jean King in the famed 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" match.
Billie Jean King won six Wimbledon singles ... But what is remembered most about her is that she humbled Bobby Riggs. Let's get that match out of the way. Riggs, a 1939 Wimbledon champion turned ...
Bobby Riggs, won Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 1939 and the U.S. Open again in 1941. He is best known for the “Battle of the Sexes” against Billie Jean King on Sept. 20, 1973, at the Houston ...