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Who was the first African American female to win single's tennis competition at Wimbledon?
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∙ 2011-02-16 22:53:22
Althea Gibson was the first African American to win female single's tennis competition at Wimbledon.
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∙ 2011-02-16 22:53:22
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Who was the first African-American to win a singles title at Wimbledon?
Althea Gibson was the first black American to win Wimbledon, on July 6, 1957.
Who was the first African American to win singles title at Wimbledon?
Althea Gibson in 1957.
Who was the first African American to win a singles title at Wimbledon?
Althea Gibson in 1957.
Who was the first African American to become the Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions?
Arthur Ashe is an African American and the first and only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon. He is also the only black man to win the singles title at the US Open and the Australian Open.
What was unique about Arthur Ashe's Wimbledon Singles victory in 1975?
He became the First African-American to win.
First African American tennis player to win Wimbledon?
Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon Women's singles final in 1957 and 1958 and the doubles title in 1956-58.
Who was the first African American tennis player to win a singles title at Wimbledon in 1957?
It was Athea Gibson in 1958.Althea Gibson
Who was the first African American female athelete?
Tennis star Althea Gibson won women's singles titles at Wimbledon in 1957 and 1958.
Who was the first American male to win Wimbledon?
The first American male to win the Wimbledon singles title was Bill Tilden in 1920.
Who was the first American woman to win the Wimbledon ladies singles tennis championship?
May Sutton became the 1st American woman to win the womens singles championship at Wimbledon in 1905.
Was Venus Williams the first African American woman to win wimbolden?
No. The first African-American woman to win a Wimbledon singles title was Althea Gibson, who won back-to-back championships at the All-England Club event in 1957 and 1958.
Who was the first American woman to win Wimbledon?
May Sutton Brandy became the first American woman to win the ladies singles tennis championship at Wimbledon in 1905.
