On September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King, 29, beat Bobby Riggs, 55, a former No. 1 ranked men’s player. Riggs had long proclaimed that women could not play tennis as well as men, and this event was a well-publicized “Battle of the Sexes.”
On September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King, 29, beat Bobby Riggs, 55, a former No. 1 ranked men’s player. Riggs had long proclaimed that women could not play tennis as well as men, and this event was a well-publicized “Battle of the Sexes.”