The Battle of Sexes tennis match was a highly publicized exhibition match between the top women’s tennis player at the time, King Billie Jean, and retired men’s player Bobby the Riggs. The match took place on the 20th of September, 1973, at the Astrodome in Houston in Texas, and it was transmitted around the world. https://todayshistory.org/20-september-1973-2/17218/