Talk:Battle of the Sexes (tennis)

Budge?
I presume that the "Budge" referred to in the Kramer quote is Don Budge, but since I'm not sure, I'm not adding a link. Would someone who does know please clarify? 141.158.49.55 (talk) 08:06, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Bobby Riggs Time Cover.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:57, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Pleas fix this article
You have to kidding me if you think this was a real or legitimate game, Billie Jean King is feminist is now was then. Riggs decided to help the cause and they cooked up or rigged the whole thing. No one, I mean no one, thought this was a real game, just look at some of the flashy things Riggs did to promote and during the match. He was a good guy who decided to contribute to the popular feminist movement of the time.

P.S. Maybe you would be interested in signing the petition to "end women's suffrage" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uPcthZL2RE

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.160.34.37 (talk) 23:48, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Anything else you'd like to add? Maybe something about Area 51, the faking of the moon landing or that car that runs on water that the government won't let anybody build? How about some prove to back up your statement?

70.88.213.74 (talk) 19:57, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

So Bobby Riggs is a double agent? 76.27.232.185 (talk) 19:33, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Arrrrrgggghhhhh we're all doomed. There's a red under the bed, all Chinese milk is poisoned, Elvis IS still alive darn it. | Won't somebody please think of the children!

Rules of the match
The section directly contradicts itself: "The rules were modified for the match so that Riggs had only one serve for King's two, and that King was allowed to hit into the doubles court area. The match was played under the normal rules of tennis."

I believe Ive read that the changes on the rules were an urban myth, and that normal rules were played. Either way, this section needs to be fixed.Sanctuary73 (talk) 11:21, 20 September 2008 (UTC)


 * It isn't so much of a myth as people confusing matches. The one serve for the man, can hit to the double court for the woman was in the Connors vs Navratilova match. Whereas Riggs was 20 years retired and in his mid 50's at the time of his matches and naturally handicapped by age, Connors at 40 in his match was still a a top ranked player necessitating some artificial handicap to produce a decent match. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:8982:5600:BD10:2D46:95A0:6DD6 (talk) 00:34, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

SugarDaddy
I saw this match on TV as a kid. It was abig event. At the introductions, Riggs came up to the net and handed King a 4ft sized SugarDaddy candy. 216.153.214.89 (talk) 05:08, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Unclear
The text is written very unclear, it seems as in the first paragraph the text says that Riggs won the match even though he did not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.19.26.231 (talk) 18:35, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

King vs. Riggs
I wonder what King proved by beating someone 26 years her senior? It would really have meant something if she had beaten someone closer to her own age (like Rod Laver or John Newcombe). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tonyhung (talk • contribs) 01:56, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Phil Neer vs. Helen Wills Moody
Neer was the eighth ranked American male player at the time

That seems a bit unlikely. He never progressed beyond R3 in the US Championships:

He does seem to have turned professional at some point, poss. before 1932, perhaps he was ranked 8th in a small pool of players, usually tennis coaches, who played in rather limited tours/tournaments.

Neer doesn't seem to have played in any of the US Pro Championships:  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.169.140.100 (talk) 21:25, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Peanuts
Sorry, I don't write english well, but I found this http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1973/07/15 for popular culture.

--79.24.200.53 (talk) 21:50, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Riggs' exposed nipples shirt?
Makers:_Women_Who_Make_America has footage of Riggs playing tennis wearing a shirt with large portholes around each nipple. Was that part of this event? 70s tennis fashion? Or some other stunt? I can't find anything with web searches for Riggs nipples etc.--184.21.215.174 (talk) 17:29, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Number of sets
Does anyone know why the match between Margaret and Bobby was best of three sets, but the match between Billie Jean and Bobby was best of five? Tad Lincoln (talk) 20:17, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Heads-up on ESPN story this morning
A witness coming forward 40 yrs later claiming that Riggs tanked the match with King, Maffia-arranged. - The Match-Maker. Tarc (talk) 13:16, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

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When is "today"?
In mentioning the amount of money Riggs was paid to wear a jacket, there's a parenthetic conversion to modern dollars using the term "$291,000 today". When is "today"? It ought to read "$291,000 in 2019 dollars" (or in whatever year the original amount is being converted). OughtThoughts (talk) 22:34, 9 August 2021 (UTC)