Arthur Ashe was the first African American tennis player who won 3 grand slam titles.
Don Budge (USA) is the first man to win tennis grandslam.
Althea Gibson was the first black tennis player to win a Grand Slam title (1956). Arthur Ashe was the first MALE black tennis player to win a Grand Slam title (1968).
The first amateur to win a grand slam in tennis was Don Budge. He was an American from California, and won the event in 1938.
Don Budge
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American Athea Gibson was the first black professional tennis player. She won her first Grand Slam tennis title in 1956.
There is no "2012 open tennis tournament".
Don Budge in 1938.
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In professional tennis, the first black male to win a Grand Slam event in singles was Arthur Ashe in 1968 at the U.S. Open.
Pete Sampras and Roger Federer both have 14 grand slams each.