Battle Of The Sexes Tennis

In doing so she launched her fight for parity into the worldwide limelight.

Battle of the sexes tennis. 11 th october 2020. 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. 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. 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 4 which king won in three sets.

On september 20 1973 in their battle of the sexes tennis star billie jean king defeated bobby riggs in straight sets 6 4 6 3 6 3 at the houston astr. 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. In 1973 former men s tennis no1 bobby riggs challenged women s champion billy jean king to a 100k exhibition match. Riggs an unapologetic chauvinist gambler and hustler was 55 years old but still confident he could beat the best of the current female players.

It was 1973 and riggs a top men s player in the 1930s and 1940s was now a 55 year old self described hustler and. Battle of the sexes a courageous advocate for gender equality for women from a young age billie jean king accepted a challenge to play a match against former number 1 ranked tennis player bobby riggs.