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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 Wimbledon?
Arthur Ashe
First African American tennis player to win a singles title at Wimbledon in 1957?
Arthur Ashe was the only Black person from any era to win the Australian, US Open and Wmbledon. He won Wimbledon in 75 though and not 57. He beat Jimmy Connors in 4 sets.
Who was the most recent Australian men's singles player to win Wimbledon?
hewitt
Which male tennis player has won the most Wimbledon titles?
Pete Sampras has the most Wimbledon men's singles titles with 7.
What male tennis player has won 7 Wimbledon singles titles?
Rodger Federra
Which tennis player is the youngest winner of the mens singles title at wimbledon?
Rod Laver
Which female tennis player won 9 singles championships at Wimbledon?
Martina Navratilova.
Which tennis player won Wimbledon singles title from 1976 to 1980?
Björn Borg
Tennis player who won the Wimbledon title from 1976 to 1980?
Bjorn Rune Borg; the Swedish player won the Wimbledon Men's Singles Title consecutively from 1976 to 1980.
Was Althea Gibson the one od the worlds greatest skiers?
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.
Who was the last player to win a Wimbledon singles title with a wooden racket?
John McEnroe, 1981.
