BILLIE JEAN KING VS. BOBBY RIGGS

1974: The tennis match that changed sexist and

ageist views forever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EItJFqDsvNo&feat

ure=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLFEFD6ABB3

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BILLIE JEAN KING

29 years old

Female tennis athlete

Won five Wimbledon's and three

U.S. Opens

BOBBY RIGGS 55 years old

Male tennis athlete

Chauvinistic bachelor

Won the Wimbledon singles, doubles, and mixed

doubles championships 

Won the 1939 and '41 U.S. Open Titles

BOBBY RIGGS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxHrO8pwSww

Go to 1:36 - Bobby Riggs in an interview explaining

why he’s always betting on his matches

THE MATCH

WHEN ALL WAS OVER…

Billie Jean Kings defeated all

ideas that a women could not

accomplish as much as men, on

or off the court