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Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe was an American professional tennis player and civil rights advocate.

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Known for: First Black man to win singles titles at Wimbledon, US Open, and Australian Open; pioneering American tennis player.
Listed under: Sports Legends and Tennis Legends

About Arthur Ashe

He won three Grand Slam singles 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. He remained an amateur player before the advent of the Open Era in tennis. Ashe was a serve-and-volley player with a powerful serve. In 1975 he won the season-ending WCT Finals. Ashe was ranked world No. 1 by Rex Bellamy, Bud Collins, Judith Elian, Lance Tingay, World Tennis and Tennis Magazine (U.S.) in 1975. That year, Ashe was awarded the 'Martini and Rossi' Award, voted for by a panel of journalists, and the ATP Player of the Year award. In the ATP computer rankings, he peaked at world No. 2 in May 1976. He publicly announced his illness in April 1992, and began working to educate others about HIV and AIDS.

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