Bobby Riggs
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Robert Larimore Riggs was an American tennis champion who was the world No. 1 amateur in 1939 and world No. 1 professional in 1946 and 1947. He played his first professional tennis match on December 2
Riggs c. 1947
Riggs burst into the national consciousness late in the 1930s as a highly-touted amateur.
Riggs in October 1945 at the U.S. Navy training center at Camp Elliott, after spending 20 months overseas giving tennis exhibitions at U.S. Navy bases in the Pacific.
Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in 1973
Pauline Betz
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Pauline May Betz Addie was an American professional tennis player. She won five Grand Slam singles titles and was the runner-up on three other occasions. Jack Kramer called her the second best female
Bobby Riggs
…ace." This was Riggs's final U.S. Pro title. In 1951, more than 20 years before he faced Court and King, Riggs played a short series of matches against Pauline Betz. These matches were scheduled for the first match of the evening before Kramer faced Segura in the main World Series contest. The Riggs–Betz matches…
Betz in 1949