Her athletic performance in New York impressed onlookers of all colors and cracked opened the door for a new generation of Black players to come By Sally H. Jacobs - Author, Althea: The Life of Tennis ...

Tennis star Althea Gibson, the first black athlete to win Wimbledon and the U.S. national title, dies at age 76. In 1950, Gibson became the first black to play in the U.S. championships, and at ...

Althea Gibson represents to black professional tennis players what Jackie Robinson is to American blacks in Major League Baseball. Gibson, a 1950s era player, pioneered the way for Arthur Ashe, Zina ...

As you might expect from an individual sport, tennis has had its share of independent-minded men and women who wished no part of hierarchy, dared to think differently and were willing to suffer the ...

When tennis legend Venus Williams stepped onto Arthur Ashe Stadium at the USTA Billie King Tennis Center for her first-round matchup at the 2025 US Open, her white polo and matching pleated skirt was ...