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Boris Becker, age 17.
Althea Gibson was a champion tennis player. In 1956 she won the French Open in both singles and doubles. Gibson became the leading women's tennis player in the world. In 1957 and 1958 she won both the Wimbledon and U.S. National singles titles, becoming the first African American to win a Wimbledon singles title. After she won the 1958 titles, she retired from tennis and played professional golf. She was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971.
If by '2008 men's single' you mean Wimbledon, then Rafael Nadal. Nadal also beat Federer in the French Open.
It was Athea Gibson in 1958.Althea Gibson
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Martina Navratilova, 1982-1987.
Amelie Mauresmo is a former professional tennis player that won two Grand Slams singles titles, one at the Australian Open and the other one at Wimbledon.
Evonne Goolagong is the first Aboriginal (Indigenous Australian) woman player who won the Wimbledon singles title in 1971 and 1980.
Björn Borg became the first tennis player to win five consecutive Wimbledon titles in the 1980 Wimbledon Men's Singles final after he defeated John McEnroe in a five-set match, often cited as the best Wimbledon final ever played.
Richard Krajicek
Bjorn Borg was a tennis player from Sweden, formerly No. 1 in the world in men's tennis. Borg won 11 Grand Slam singles titles from 1974 to 1981, including five consecutive Wimbledon titles and six French Open titles.