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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. The match was viewed by an estimated fifty million people in the United States and ninety million worldwide.
20 de sept. de 2013 · How did Billie Jean King, the first superstar female athlete in the US, beat Bobby Riggs, the male chauvinist and former tennis champion, in the "Battle of the Sexes" in 1973? Learn about the history, the media blitz, the rumors and the legacy of this iconic match that reverberated far beyond the world of tennis.
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.
20 de sept. de 2023 · A un lado de la red, Bobby Rigss, 55 años, campeón de Wimbledon en 1939, tan fanfarrón como bocazas; al otro Billie Jean King, 29 años, número 1 mundial del naciente circuito femenino.
10 de mar. de 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 ...
8 de ene. de 2024 · How a tennis legend and a male chauvinist pig clashed in a historic match that symbolized the fight for gender equality in sports. Learn the true story of the 1973 showdown between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, and its impact on women's tennis and beyond.
24 de sept. de 2014 · Houston, Texas, 20 de septiembre de 1973: Billie Jean King derrota a Bobby Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Partido verdaderamente atípico, pero que forma parte de la historia del tenis.
