fullname wembleyproresult promajors usproresult wimbledonresult usopenresult article_title frenchopenresult highestdoublesranking wimbledonmixedresult grandslamsdoublesresults usopenmixedresult name wimbledondoublesresult
robert larimore riggs f -lrb- 1949 -rrb- yes '' , 1949 -rrb- ` w '' ' -lrb- 1946 , 1947 '' ` w '' ' -lrb- 1939 -rrb- '' -rrb- ` w '' ' -lrb- 1939 , 1941 bobby riggs
 f -lrb- 1939 -rrb- no , ray bowers -rrb- . '' ' 1 '' ' -lrb- 1942 '' ` w '' ' -lrb- 1939 -rrb- yes '' ` w '' ' -lrb- 1940 -rrb- bobby riggs '' ` w '' ' -lrb- 1939 -rrb-
bobby riggs

robert larimore `` bobby '' riggs -lrb- february 25 , 1918 -- october 25 , 1995 -rrb- was an american tennis player who was the world no. 1 or the world co-no .
1 player for three years , first as an amateur in 1939 , then as a professional in 1946 and 1947 .
he played his first professional tennis match on december 26 , 1941 .
at the age of 55 he competed in a challenge match against billie jean king , one of the top female players in the world .
`` the battle of the sexes '' match was one of the most famous tennis events of all time , with a $ 100,000 winner-take-all prize .
