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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, [4] which King won in three sets.
Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in 1973 In 1973, King defeated Bobby Riggs in an exhibition match, winning $100,000 ($707,000 in 2024 terms [ 78 ] ). Riggs had been a top men's player in the 1930s and 1940s in both the amateur and professional ranks.
It was the 87th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1973. Jan Kodeš and Billie Jean King won the singles titles. King became the first player in the open era to claim the triple crown, the second time in her career she won all three titles open to women players.
In 1973, following a push from King, the U.S. Tennis Association made that year’s U.S. Open the first sporting event to offer equal prize money to women and men. Equal pay came decades later in ...
Billie Jean King's victory in the “Battle of the Sexes” was a milestone moment as women pushed for equality on the playing field and beyond. On the 50th anniversary of that match against Bobby ...
Defending champion Billie Jean King defeated Chris Evert in the final, 6–0, 7–5 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was her fifth Wimbledon singles title and tenth major singles title overall.
On September 20 in 1973, Billie Jean King, 29, defeated Bobby Riggs, 55, in the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match. Former no. 1 ranked male tennis player and self-proclaimed chauvinist, Bobby ...
Billie Jean King and Betty Stöve were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. King and Rosie Casals defeated Stöve and Françoise Dürr in the final, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.