Trivia: What tennis player beat Bobby Riggs in the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes”?
Margaret Court
Billie Jean King
Chris Evert
Serena Williams
The correct answer is Billie Jean King
So why is this answer correct? : Former world No. 1 Bobby Riggs was a self-proclaimed male chauvinist, who boasted that women were inferior and couldn’t handle the pressure of the game of tennis. He declared that he could beat any female player, and Billie Jean King stepped up to prove him wrong. Their “Battle of the Sexes” match was watched by more than 50 million people on TV, who saw King defeat Riggs in three straight sets.