In men, Andre Agassi was 33 when he won the 2003 Australian Open in singles.
In women, Martina Navratilova was 33 when she won the 1990 Wimbledon in singles.
Men:
Historical: Aurther Gore, Age 41 Wimbledon 1909.
Modern Era: Andres Gimeno Age 34 French Open 74.
Women:
Martina Navratilova, Doubles, age 46
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).
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Fred Perry was the last British tennis player to win a Grand Slam and it was in 1936.
American Athea Gibson was the first black professional tennis player. She won her first Grand Slam tennis title in 1956.
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.
Margaret court.
Ivan Lendl, professional player in the 1980's. Originally from the Czech Republic. Won a number of grand slams of tennis and held the #1 title for a number of years.
John McEnroe's oldest child was born in 1986. MCenroe won the Wimbledon Men's Double title with Michael Stich in 1992.
Budge.
Stan Smith is an American tennis player who won the Grand Slam singles title twice. His relation to Adidas is that there is a style of Adidas tennis shoes named after him.
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There is no "2012 open tennis tournament".