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Bobby Riggs was a United States tennis player who competed from 1930 until 1952. He achieved a singles record of 39–5 and stood 1.7 meters tall. Riggs is associated with the sport of tennis and is listed as a retired player.
He was born in 1918 and died on October 25, 1995. Riggs authored two works, titled *Court hustler* and *Tennis is my racket*. He is also referenced by 1,303 other encyclopedia articles.
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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 )
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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
Show 12 more facts
- 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
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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.