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In tennis, "Battle of the Sexes" describes various exhibition matches played between a man and a woman, or a doubles match between two men and two women in one case.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, which King won in three sets.
May 3, 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 wave of the women’s movement that took place during ...
- Adam Augustyn
Billie Jean beat Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3, and earned the winner-take-all prize of $100,000. The Battle of the Sexes tennis match was about more than simply defeating Riggs. She felt incredible pressure to win because, as she said afterward, “I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn’t win that match.
Sep 20, 2013 · Craving a return to the spotlight, Riggs decided in early 1973 to challenge some of tennis’ top women players. Billie Jean King, who at that point had already won 10 major singles titles ...
- Jesse Greenspan
Sep 19, 2017 · Getty Images. Billie Jean King holds her trophy high after beating Bobby Riggs in their $100,000 winner-take-all “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match. Decades later, the match remains a cultural ...
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- Senior News Editor, Biography.Com
Nov 24, 2009 · On September 20, 1973, in a highly publicized “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match, top women’s player Billie Jean King, 29, beats Bobby Riggs, 55, a former No. 1 ranked men’s player.Riggs ...
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Sep 22, 2017 · The tennis dress that Billie Jean King wore for the Battle of the Sexes is among the collections of the National Museum of American History. It is currently not on view. It is currently not on view.
