Bobby Riggs

Robert Larimore Riggs (1918 to 1995) was an American tennis champion, the world number one amateur in 1939 and the leading professional in 1946 and 1947. At twenty-one he won Wimbledon, the U.S. National Championships and, in the same Wimbledon, the men's and mixed doubles as well, a triple victory, and he took the U.S. title again in 1941. After his playing career he became well known as a hustler and gambler who organised exhibition challenges. In 1973 he beat Margaret Smith Court and then lost the televised Battle of the Sexes to Billie Jean King, one of the most famous matches in tennis history.