Althea Gibson (1927-) was not only the first black woman but the first ever black person to win at Wimbledon. She took the title in 1951 and the same year she was the first black woman to be invited to enter the American Lawn Tennis Association Championships. In 1950 she also became the first African American of either sex to compete in the US Open tennis competition.
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∙ 14y agoThe first black person to win both the US national tennis championship and Wimbledon was Althea Gibson in 1957 and 1958.
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∙ 12y agoAthea Gibson
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∙ 11y agoAlthea Gibson.
Arthur Ashe.
Arthur Ashe
Rod Laver won the first open era Wimbledon. :)
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.
Arthur Ashe
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Althea Gibson, in 1957. She was also the first black woman to win the U.S. Open.
I believe it was Arthur Ashe.
Arthur Ash is a tennis player, and the first black man to win Wimbledon.
Arthur ashe became famous as he was the first black American to win the Wimbledon title.
Althea Gibson who won the Ladies Singles in 1957. The first black man was Arthur Ashe in 1975.
The first British man to win Wimbledon was Spencer Gore in 1877. The last British man to win Wimbledon was Fred Perry in 1934, 1936 & 1937.