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Althea Neale Gibson (August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first African American to win a Grand Slam event (the French Open).
Robert Hayes "Bob" Ryland (June 16, 1920 – August 2, 2020) was an American tennis player and coach, known for having been the first African-American to play professional tennis. [1] Ryland coached some of the world's top-ranked professionals, including Harold Solomon , Renee Blount , Leslie Allen , Arthur Ashe , Bruce Foxworth , Venus ...
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.
She was the first African-American tennis player to compete on the US Tennis Tour, and after her tennis career was over, she took her talents to the. Though she may not be a household name, Althea ...
First African American to break the color barrier in the Sugar Bowl: Bobby Grier, (Pittsburgh Panthers in the 1956 Sugar Bowl) [38] First African American Wimbledon tennis champion: Althea Gibson (doubles, with Englishwoman Angela Buxton); also first African American to win a Grand Slam event (French Open). [39] (See also: Arthur Ashe, 1968 ...
Ashe, an American tennis player, won the first ever U.S. Open in 1968, the first Black man to win the title. (Althea Gibson was the first Black player to win the U.S. Nationals, a precursor to the ...
Pages in category "African-American tennis players" The following 89 pages are in this category, out of 89 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
[1] [2] Althea Gibson was the first African-American athlete to cross the color line in international tennis and would go on to become a barrier breaking tennis champion and winner of Wimbledon, US Open and French Open. Simpson met Dr. "Whirlwind" Johnson. [3] [4] Robert Walter Johnson was known as the "godfather of black tennis". Dr.