He defeated Margaret Court in his first "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match during the early 1970s. His outspoken gloating and trumpeting of male
chauvinism afterward drew the ire of ranking women's champion Billie Jean King who finally accepted his challenge and defeated Riggs when his
second "Battle of the Sexes" tennis contest occurred, in Houston, Texas, on September 20, 1973.
All my life everything has been a contest. This so turns me on and I so love it---I love the competition---and that's the thing I crave, like some guys crave women. I crave the game...