Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1918
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Court hustler
- Tennis is my racket
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 14
- Total plays
- 58
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/BOBBY+RIGGS">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Mutation in blood coagulation factor V associated with resistance to activated protein C
· 1994 · cited 2,888x
- Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials beyond Graphene
· 2015 · cited 2,502x
- The
<i>Chlamydomonas</i>
Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions
· 2007 · cited 2,350x
- Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in U.S. Children and Adolescents
· 2020 · cited 2,167x
- A SAS Procedure Based on Mixture Models for Estimating Developmental Trajectories
· 2001 · cited 1,941x
via Crossref · CC0
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
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Team
- _Retired Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Bobby Riggs at 1939 Wimbledon Championships.jpg
- Height
- 1.7
Show 8 more facts
- end of work period
- 1952-00-00
- date of birth
- 1918-02-25
- date of death
- 1995-10-25
- singles record
- 39–5
- birth name
- Robert Larimore Riggs
- name in native language
- Bobby Riggs
- Commons category
- Bobby Riggs
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~26 min read
Article
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.