# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bobby-riggs
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:32:52.259Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bobby-riggs"
name: "Bobby Riggs"
slug: "bobby-riggs"
description: "Robert Larimore Riggs 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."
tagline: "American tennis player (1918–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bobby_Riggs_at_1939_Wimbledon_Championships.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Tennis Players"
  slug: "tennis-players"
profileType:
  name: "Tennis Player"
  slug: "tennis-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10833314"
birthDate: "1918-02-25"
deathDate: "1995-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Риггс, Бобби"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump