Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
Known for
- Duels of History2024
- Train Like a Girl — Self (archive footage)2022
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self (archive footage)2018
- The Battle of the Sexes — Self (archive footage)2013
- The Ultimate Impostor — Himself1979
- Racquet — Charlie1979
- Rickles1975
- Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King: Tennis Battle of the Sexes1973
- The Odd Couple — Bobby RIggs1970
- Love, American Style — Bobby1969
via TMDB
Key facts
- Full name
- Robert Larimore Riggs
- Country sports
- United States
- Born
- ( 1918-02-25 ) February 25, 1918, Los Angeles, California, US
- Died
- October 25, 1995 (1995-10-25) (aged 77), Encinitas, California , US
- Height
- 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
- Turned pro
- 1941 (amateur tour 1933)
- Plays
- Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
- Int tennis hof
- 1967 ( member page )
- Career record
- 838–326 (71.9%)
- Highest ranking
- No. 1 (1939 , Gordon Lowe )
- French open
- F ( 1939 )
- Wimbledon
- W ( 1939 )
- Us open
- W ( 1939 , 1941 )
- Us pro
- W ( 1946 , 1947 , 1949 )
- Wembley pro
- F ( 1949 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bobby
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- United States Davis Cup team
- Country for sport
- United States
- Image
- Bobby Riggs at 1939 Wimbledon Championships.jpg
- Height
- 1.7
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- end of work period
- 1952-00-00
- date of birth
- 1918-02-25
- date of death
- 1995-10-25
- handedness
- right-handedness
- singles record
- 39–5
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- birth name
- Robert Larimore Riggs
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Bobby Riggs
- Commons category
- Bobby Riggs
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Larimore Riggs (February 25, 1918 – October 25, 1995) 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 26, 1941.
As a 21-year-old amateur in 1939, Riggs won the singles title at Wimbledon, the U.S. National Championships (now U.S. Open), and was runner-up at the French Championships. He was U.S. champion again in 1941, after a runner-up finish in the previous year. At the 1939 Wimbledon Championships he also won the Men's Doubles and the Mixed Doubles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bobby Riggs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.