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- NAME: Bobby Riggs
- OCCUPATION: Tennis Player
- BIRTH DATE: February 25, 1918
- DEATH DATE: October 25, 1995
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles, California
- PLACE OF DEATH: Leucadia, California
- Full Name: Robert Larimore Riggs
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Bobby Riggs was an American tennis player best known for playing in the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" with Billie Jean King.
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Bobby Riggs was one of the top-ranked U.S. players in the 1930s and 1940s but was best known for playing in the 1973 ‘Battle of the Sexes’ with Billie Jean King. After insulting women's tennis, Riggs challenged Margaret Smith Court to a match and won it. His challenge to King produced a quite different result. King won, helping to elevate women's tennis to the status of a major sport.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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