<P> In 2001, ABC aired a television film about the match between King and Riggs titled When Billie Beat Bobby, starring Holly Hunter and Ron Silver as King and Riggs respectively . </P> <P> In 2013, New Black Films released the documentary movie Battle of the Sexes in cinemas, with television broadcast following soon after . It was directed by James Erskine and Zara Hayes . The film was released on DVD in 2014 . </P> <P> The 2017 film Battle of the Sexes, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, is about the King / Riggs match, and stars Emma Stone and Steve Carell as King and Riggs, respectively . </P> <P> Nineteen years later, a third "Battle of the Sexes" match, entitled Battle of Champions, was played in 1992 . Outdoors at Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada, it matched 40 year - old Jimmy Connors and Martina Navratilova, age 35 . Navratilova had previously turned down invitations to take on John McEnroe and Ilie Năstase, as she considered them undignified . The promoters initially tried to match Connors with the then top - ranked female player, Monica Seles . Connors called the match' war .' Navratilova, on the other hand, called it a battle of egos . </P>

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