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Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was an American professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles. Ashe was the first Black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team, and the only Black man ever to win the singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open.
After graduating, Moutoussamy-Ashe worked as a graphic artist and in television photojournalism for WNBC and WNEW in New York, and also for PM Magazine. [4] Her friend, Gordon Parks suggested that she obtain credentials to photograph the 1968 United Negro College Fund Tennis Tournament organized by tennis champion Arthur Ashe.
Jimmy Connors (final, lost to Arthur Ashe) Ken Rosewall (fourth round, lost to Tony Roche) Björn Borg (quarterfinals, lost to Arthur Ashe) Guillermo Vilas (quarterfinals, lost to Roscoe Tanner) Ilie Năstase (second round, lost to Sherwood Stewart) Arthur Ashe (champion) Stan Smith (first round, lost to Byron Bertram)
"Citizen Ashe" chronicles the late Arthur Ashe’s advancement as one of the greatest to pick up a racket and someone who leveraged his platform in campaigns like apartheid in South Africa and the ...
“Citizen Ashe,” a new documentary about tennis star Arthur Ashe, is as interested in its subject’s political evolution as it is in his heroics on the court. Ashe was one of the top tennis ...
A decade after Gibson's last triumph at the US Nationals, Arthur Ashe became the first African-American man to win a Grand Slam singles title, at the 1968 US Open. Billie Jean King said, "If it hadn't been for [Althea], it wouldn't have been so easy for Arthur, or the ones who followed." [97]
A roof was added to Ashe in 2016, to prevent weather delays from impacting the tournament."Arthur Ashe Stadium’s innovative $150 million retractable roof is the largest of any tennis stadium in ...
Citizen Ashe tells the story of tennis champion and civil rights activist Arthur Ashe, as he rises to prominence after becoming the first African American to win the US Open in 1968. The assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy jumpstart Ashe's political activism and provide him with a platform for social change. [1]