Althea Gibson - wikipedia Althea Gibson Althea Gibson Gibson in 1956 Country ( sports ) United States ( 1927 - 08 - 25 ) August 25, 1927 Clarendon County, South Carolina, U.S. September 28, 2003 ( 2003 - 09 - 28 ) ( aged 76 ) East Orange, New Jersey, U.S. Height 5 ft 11 in ( 1.80 m ) Retired 1958 Plays Right - handed Int. Tennis HoF 1971 ( member page ) Singles Grand Slam Singles results Australian Open F ( 1957 ) French Open W ( 1956 ) Wimbledon W ( 1957, 1958 ) US Open W ( 1957, 1958 ) Doubles Grand Slam Doubles results Australian Open W ( 1957 ) French Open W ( 1956 ) Wimbledon W ( 1956, 1957, 1958 ) US Open F ( 1957 ) Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results Wimbledon F ( 1956, 1957, 1958 ) US Open W ( 1957 ) Althea Gibson ( August 25, 1927 -- September 28, 2003 ) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first person of color to win a Grand Slam title ( the French Open ). The following year she won both Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals ( precursor of the U.S. Open ), then won both again in 1958, and was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years. In all, she won 11 Grand Slam tournaments, including six doubles titles, and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Women 's Sports Hall of Fame. `` She is one of the greatest players who ever lived, '' said Robert Ryland, a tennis contemporary and former coach of Venus and Serena Williams. `` Martina could n't touch her. I think she 'd beat the Williams sisters. '' In the early 1960s she also became the first black player to compete on the women 's professional golf tour. At a time when racism and prejudice were widespread in sports and in society, Gibson was often compared to Jackie Robinson. `` Her road to success was a challenging one, '' said Billie Jean King, `` but I never saw her back down. '' `` To anyone, she was an inspiration, because of what she was able to do at a time when it was enormously difficult to play tennis at all if you were black, '' said former New York City Mayor David Dinkins. `` I am honored to have followed in such great footsteps, '' wrote Venus Williams. `` Her accomplishments set the stage for my success, and through players like myself and Serena and many others to come, her legacy will live on. '' Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and education 1.2 Amateur career 1.3 Professional career 2 Legacy 3 Grand Slam finals 3.1 Singles : 7 ( 5 titles, 2 runner - ups ) 3.2 Doubles : 7 ( 5 titles, 2 runner - ups ) 3.3 Mixed doubles : 4 ( 1 titles, 3 runner - ups ) 4 Grand Slam singles tournament timeline 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 Bibliography 9 External links Biography Early life and education Gibson was born on August 25, 1927, in the town of Silver, in Clarendon County, South Carolina, to Daniel and Annie Bell Gibson, who worked as sharecroppers on a cotton farm. The Great Depression hit rural southern farmers sooner than much of the rest of the country, so in 1930 the family moved to Harlem, where Althea 's three sisters and brother were born. Their apartment was located on a stretch of 143rd Street ( between Lenox Avenue and Seventh Avenue ) that had been designated a Police Athletic League play area ; during daylight hours it was barricaded so that neighborhood children could play organized sports. Gibson quickly became proficient in paddle tennis, and by 1939, at the age of 12, she was the New York City women 's paddle tennis champion. She was first introduced to tennis at the Harlem River Tennis Club in 1941 by musician Buddy Walker, who noticed her playing paddle tennis. Buddy would buy Althea her first stringed racket since she did not have the money for her own equipment. The first racket that Walker bought for Gibson sold at a Heritage Sports Collectibles Auction on November 16, 2017, which was part of Buddy Walker 's estate and consigned by Walker 's daughter. In 1940 a group of Gibson 's neighbors took up a collection to finance a junior membership and lessons at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club in the Sugar Hill section of Harlem. Former pro Frederick Johnson gave Gibson her first lesson in the summer of 1941 and entered her in her first tournament in 1942. In 1941 she entered -- and won -- her first tournament, the American Tennis Association ( ATA ) New York State Championship. She won the ATA national championship in the girls ' division in 1944 and 1945, and after losing in the women 's final in 1946, she won her first of ten straight national ATA women 's titles in 1947. `` I knew that I was an unusual, talented girl, through the grace of God, '' she wrote. `` I did n't need to prove that to myself. I only wanted to prove it to my opponents. '' Gibson 's ATA success drew the attention of Walter Johnson, a Lynchburg, Virginia, physician who was active in the African American tennis community. Under Johnson 's patronage -- he would later mentor Arthur Ashe as well -- Gibson gained access to more advanced instruction and more important competitions, and later, to the United States Tennis Association ( USTA ). In 1946 she moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, under the sponsorship of another physician and tennis activist, Hubert A. Eaton and enrolled at Williston High School. In 1949 she became the first black woman, and the second black athlete ( after Reginald Weir ), to play in the USTA 's National Indoor Championships, where she reached the quarter - finals. Later that year she entered Florida A&M University ( FAMU ) on a full athletic scholarship. Amateur career `` The loser is always a part of the problem ; the winner is always a part of the answer. The loser always has an excuse ; the winner always has a program. The loser says it may be possible, but it 's difficult ; the winner says it may be difficult, but it 's possible. '' -- Althea Gibson, 1991 Despite her growing reputation as an elite - level player, Gibson was effectively barred from entering the premier American tournament, the United States National Championships ( now the U.S. Open ) at Forest Hills. ( While USTA rules officially prohibited racial or ethnic discrimination, players qualified for the Nationals by accumulating points at sanctioned tournaments, most of which were held at white - only clubs. ) In 1950, in response to intense lobbying by ATA officials and retired champion Alice Marble -- who published a scathing open letter in the magazine American Lawn Tennis -- Gibson became the first black player to receive an invitation to the Nationals, where she made her Forest Hills debut on her 23rd birthday. Although she lost narrowly in the second round in a rain - delayed, three - set match to Louise Brough, the reigning Wimbledon champion and former U.S. National winner, her participation received extensive national and international coverage. `` No Negro player, man or woman, has ever set foot on one of these courts, '' wrote journalist Lester Rodney at the time. `` In many ways, it is even a tougher personal Jim Crow - busting assignment than was Jackie Robinson 's when he first stepped out of the Brooklyn Dodgers dugout. '' In 1951 Gibson won her first international title, the Caribbean Championships in Jamaica, and later that year became the first black competitor at Wimbledon, where she was defeated in the third round by Beverly Baker. In 1952 she was ranked seventh nationally by the USTA. In the spring of 1953 she graduated from Florida A&M and took a job teaching physical education at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. During her two years at Lincoln she became romantically involved with an Army officer whom she never named publicly, and considered enlisting in the Women 's Army Corps, but decided against it when the State Department sent her on a goodwill tour of Asia in 1955 to play exhibition matches with Ham Richardson, Bob Perry, and Karol Fageros. Many Asians in the countries they visited -- Burma, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, and Thailand -- ``... felt an affinity to Althea as a woman of color and were delighted to see her as part of an official U.S. delegation. With the United States grappling over the question of race, they turned to Althea for answers, or at least to get a firsthand perspective. '' Gibson, for her part, strengthened her confidence immeasurably during the six - week tour. When it was over, she remained abroad, winning 16 of 18 tournaments in Europe and Asia against many of the world 's best players. In 1956 Gibson became the first African - American athlete to win a Grand Slam event, the French Open singles championship. She also won the doubles title, partnered with Briton Angela Buxton. Later in the season she won the Wimbledon doubles championship ( again with Buxton ), the Italian Championships in Rome, the Indian Championships in New Delhi and the Asian championship in Ceylon. She also reached the quarter - finals in singles at Wimbledon and the finals at the U.S. Nationals, losing both to Shirley Fry. 1957 was, in her own words, `` Althea Gibson 's year ''. In July she won Wimbledon -- considered, at the time, the `` world championship of tennis ''. She was the first black champion in the tournament 's 80 - year history, and the first champion to receive the trophy personally from Queen Elizabeth II. `` Shaking hands with the queen of England, '' she said, `` was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus. '' She won the doubles championship as well, for the second year. Upon her return home Gibson became only the second black American, after Jesse Owens, to be honored with a ticker tape parade in New York City, and Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. presented her with the Bronze Medallion, the city 's highest civilian award. A month later she defeated Brough in straight sets to win her first U.S. National championship. `` Winning Wimbledon was wonderful, '' she wrote, `` and it meant a lot to me. But there is nothing quite like winning the championship of your own country. '' In all she reached the finals of eight Grand Slam events in 1957, winning the Wimbledon and U.S. National singles titles, the Wimbledon and Australian doubles championships, and the U.S. mixed doubles crown, and finishing second in Australian singles, U.S. doubles, and Wimbledon mixed doubles. At season 's end she broke yet another barrier as the first black player on the U.S. Wightman Cup team, which defeated Great Britain 6 -- 1. In 1958 Gibson successfully defended her Wimbledon and U.S. National singles titles, and won her third straight Wimbledon doubles championship, with a third different partner. She was the number - one - ranked woman in the world and in the United States in both 1957 and 1958, and was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years, garnering over 80 % of the votes in 1958. She also became the first black woman to appear on the covers of Sports Illustrated and Time. Professional career In late 1958, having won 56 national and international singles and doubles titles, Gibson retired from amateur tennis. Prior to the Open Era there was no prize money at major tournaments, and direct endorsement deals were prohibited. Players were limited to meager expense allowances, strictly regulated by the USTA. `` The truth, to put it bluntly, is that my finances were in heartbreaking shape, '' she wrote. `` Being the Queen of Tennis is all well and good, but you ca n't eat a crown. Nor can you send the Internal Revenue Service a throne clipped to their tax forms. The landlord and grocer and tax collector are funny that way : they like cold cash... I reign over an empty bank account, and I 'm not going to fill it by playing amateur tennis. '' Professional tours for women were still 15 years away, so her opportunities were largely limited to promotional events. In 1959 she signed to play a series of exhibition matches against Karol Fageros before Harlem Globetrotter basketball games. When the tour ended she won the singles and doubles titles at the Pepsi Cola World Pro Tennis Championships in Cleveland, but received only $500 in prize money. During this period, Gibson also pursued her long - held aspirations in the entertainment industry. A talented vocalist and saxophonist -- and runner - up in the Apollo Theater 's amateur talent contest in 1943 -- she made her professional singing debut at W.C. Handy 's 84th birthday tribute at the Waldorf - Astoria Hotel in 1957. An executive from Dot Records was impressed with her performance, and signed her to record an album of popular standards. Althea Gibson Sings was released in 1959, and Gibson performed two of its songs on The Ed Sullivan Show in May and July of that year, but sales were disappointing. She appeared as a celebrity guest on the TV panel show What 's My Line ? and was cast as a slave woman in the John Ford motion picture The Horse Soldiers ( 1959 ), which was notable for her refusal to speak in the stereotypic `` Negro '' dialect mandated by the script. She also worked as a sports commentator, appeared in print and television advertisements for various products, and increased her involvement in social issues and community activities. In 1960 her first memoir, I Always Wanted to Be Somebody, written with sportswriter Ed Fitzgerald, was published. Her professional tennis career, however, was going nowhere. `` When I looked around me, I saw that white tennis players, some of whom I had thrashed on the court, were picking up offers and invitations, '' she wrote. `` Suddenly it dawned on me that my triumphs had not destroyed the racial barriers once and for all, as I had -- perhaps naively -- hoped. Or if I did destroy them, they had been erected behind me again. '' In 1964, at the age of 37, Gibson became the first African - American woman to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association ( LPGA ) tour. Racial discrimination continued to be a problem : Many hotels still excluded people of color, and country club officials throughout the south -- and some in the north -- routinely refused to allow her to compete. When she did compete, she was often forced to dress for tournaments in her car because she was banned from the clubhouse. Although she was one of the LPGA 's top 50 money winners for five years, and won a car at a Dinah Shore tournament, her lifetime golf earnings never exceeded $25,000. She made financial ends meet with various sponsorship deals and the support of her husband, William Darben, brother of best friend and fellow tennis player Rosemary Darben, whom she married in 1965 ( and divorced in 1976 ). While she broke course records during individual rounds in several tournaments, Gibson 's highest ranking was 27th in 1966, and her best tournament finish was a tie for second after a three - way playoff at the 1970 Len Immke Buick Open. She retired from professional golf at the end of the 1978 season. `` Althea might have been a real player of consequence had she started when she was young, '' said Judy Rankin. `` She came along during a difficult time in golf, gained the support of a lot of people, and quietly made a difference. '' In 1976 Gibson made it to the finals of the ABC television program Superstars, finishing first in basketball shooting and bowling, and runner - up in softball throwing. With the advent of the Open Era she began entering major tennis tournaments again ; but by then, in her forties, she was unable to compete effectively against younger players. She also attempted a golf comeback, in 1987 at age 60, with the goal of becoming the oldest active tour player, but was unable to regain her tour card. In a second memoir, So Much to Live For, she articulated her disappointments, including unfulfilled aspirations, the paucity of endorsements and other professional opportunities, and the many obstacles of all sorts that were thrown in her path over the years. In 1972 she began running Pepsi Cola 's national mobile tennis project, which brought portable nets and other equipment to underprivileged areas in major cities. She ran multiple other clinics and tennis outreach programs over the next three decades, and coached numerous rising competitors, including Leslie Allen and Zina Garrison. `` She pushed me as if I were a pro, not a junior, '' wrote Garrison in her 2001 memoir. `` I owe the opportunity I received to her. '' In the early 1970s Gibson began directing women 's sports and recreation for the Essex County Parks Commission in New Jersey. In 1976 she was appointed New Jersey 's athletic commissioner, the first woman in the country to hold such a role, but resigned after one year due to lack of autonomy, budgetary oversight, and adequate funding. `` I do n't wish to be a figurehead, '' she said. In 1977 she challenged incumbent Essex County State Senator Frank J. Dodd in the Democratic primary for his seat. She came in second behind Dodd, but ahead of Assemblyman Eldridge Hawkins. Gibson went on to manage the Department of Recreation in East Orange, New Jersey. She also served on the State Athletic Control Board and became supervisor of the Governor 's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. In 1983 she married Sydney Llewellyn, her coach during her peak tennis years. That marriage also ended in divorce, after five years ; she had no children. In the late 1980s Gibson suffered two cerebral hemorrhages and in 1992, a stroke. Ongoing medical expenses depleted her financial resources, leaving her unable to afford her rent or medication. Though she reached out to multiple tennis organizations requesting help, none responded. Former doubles partner Angela Buxton made Gibson 's plight known to the tennis community, and raised nearly $ 1 million in donations from around the world. In early 2003 Gibson survived a heart attack, but died on September 28, 2003, at the age of 76 from complications following respiratory and bladder infections. She was interred in the Rosedale Cemetery in Orange near her first husband, Will Darben. Legacy It would be 15 years before another woman of color -- Evonne Goolagong, in 1971 -- won a Grand Slam championship ; and 43 years before another African - American woman, Serena Williams, won her first of six U.S. Opens in 1999, not long after faxing a letter and list of questions to Gibson. Serena 's sister Venus then won back - to - back titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 2000 and 2001, repeating Gibson 's accomplishment of 1957 and 1958. In 1980 Gibson became one of the first six inductees into the International Women 's Sports Hall of Fame, placing her on par with such pioneers as Amelia Earhart, Wilma Rudolph, Gertrude Ederle, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, and Patty Berg. Other inductions included the National Lawn Tennis Hall of Fame, the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the Florida Sports Hall of Fame, the Black Athletes Hall of Fame, the Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey, the New Jersey Hall of Fame, the International Scholar - Athlete Hall of Fame, and the International Women 's Hall of Fame. She received a Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1988. Gibson completes a backhand groundstroke in bronze in Newark, NJ, near the courts ( in background ) on which she ran clinics for young players in her later years. In 1991 Gibson became the first woman to receive the Theodore Roosevelt Award, the highest honor from the National Collegiate Athletic Association ; she was cited for `` symbolizing the best qualities of competitive excellence and good sportsmanship, and for her significant contributions to expanding opportunities for women and minorities through sports. '' Sports Illustrated for Women named her to its list of the `` 100 Greatest Female Athletes ''. In a 1977 historical analysis of women in sports, New York Times columnist William C. Rhoden wrote, `` Althea Gibson and Wilma Rudolph are, without question, the most significant athletic forces among black women in sports history. While Rudolph 's accomplishments brought more visibility to women as athletes... Althea 's accomplishments were more revolutionary because of the psychosocial impact on black America. Even to those blacks who had n't the slightest idea of where or what Wimbledon was, her victory, like Jackie Robinson 's in baseball and Jack Johnson 's in boxing, proved again that blacks, when given an opportunity, could compete at any level in American society. '' On opening night of the 2007 U.S. Open, the 50th anniversary of her first victory at its predecessor, the U.S. Championships, in 1957, Gibson was inducted into the US Open Court of Champions. `` It was the quiet dignity with which Althea carried herself during the turbulent days of the 1950s that was truly remarkable, '' said USTA president Alan Schwartz, at the ceremony. `` ( Her ) legacy... lives on not only in the stadiums of professional tournaments, but also in schools and parks throughout the nation. Every time a black child or a Hispanic child or an Islamic child picks up a tennis racket for the first time, Althea touches another life. When she began playing, less than five percent of tennis newcomers were minorities. Today, some 30 percent are minorities, two - thirds of whom are African American. This is her legacy. '' Gibson 's five Wimbledon trophies are displayed at the Smithsonian Institution 's National Museum of American History. The Althea Gibson Cup seniors tournament is held annually in Croatia, under the auspices of the International Tennis Federation ( ITF ). The Althea Gibson Foundation identifies and supports gifted golf and tennis players who live in urban environments. In 2005 Gibson 's friend Bill Cosby endowed the Althea Gibson Scholarship at her alma mater, Florida A&M University. In September 2009, Wilmington, North Carolina, named its new community tennis court facility the Althea Gibson Tennis Complex at Empie Park. Other tennis facilities named in her honor include those at Manning High School ( near her birthplace in Silver, South Carolina ), the Family Circle Tennis Center in Charleston, South Carolina, Florida A&M University, and Branch Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey. In 2012 a bronze statue, created by sculptor Thomas Jay Warren, was dedicated to her memory in Branch Brook Park. In August 2013, the United States Postal Service issued a postage stamp honoring Gibson, the 36th in its Black Heritage series. A documentary titled Althea, produced for the American Masters Series on PBS, premiered in September 2015. In November 2016, the Council of Paris named a public multisport gymnasium after her in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. Located in a street named after Gerty Archimede, the first black female lawyer to pass the Guadeloupe bar in 1939 and the second black woman elected to the French National Assembly in 1946, the Gymnase Althea Gibson will be inaugurated at the end of 2017. `` I hope that I have accomplished just one thing, '' she said, in 1958, `` that I have been a credit to tennis, and to my country. '' `` By all measures, '' reads the inscription on her Newark statue, `` Althea Gibson certainly attained that goal. '' In 2018, the United States Tennis Association unanimously voted to erect a statue honoring Gibson on the grounds of the US Open. Grand Slam finals Singles : 7 ( 5 titles, 2 runner - ups ) Althea Gibson 's 1956 Wimbledon doubles trophy, her first of three, and the first Wimbledon trophy won by an African American Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score Winner 1956 French Championships Clay Angela Mortimer Barrett 6 -- 0, 12 -- 10 Runner - up 1956 U.S. Championships Grass Shirley Fry 3 -- 6, 4 -- 6 Runner - up 1957 Australian Championships Grass Shirley Fry Irvin 3 -- 6, 4 -- 6 Winner 1957 Wimbledon Grass Darlene Hard 6 -- 3, 6 -- 2 Winner 1957 U.S. Championships Grass Louise Brough Clapp 6 -- 3, 6 -- 2 Winner 1958 Wimbledon ( 2 ) Grass Angela Mortimer Barrett 8 -- 6, 6 -- 2 Winner 1958 U.S. Championships ( 2 ) Grass Darlene Hard 3 -- 6, 6 -- 1, 6 -- 2 Doubles : 7 ( 5 titles, 2 runner - ups ) Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score Winner 1956 French Championships Clay Angela Buxton Darlene Hard Dorothy Head Knode 6 -- 8, 8 -- 6, 6 -- 1 Winner 1956 Wimbledon Grass Angela Buxton Fay Muller Daphne Seeney 6 -- 1, 8 -- 6 Winner 1957 Australian Championships Grass Shirley Fry Mary Bevis Hawton Fay Muller 6 -- 2, 6 -- 1 Winner 1957 Wimbledon ( 2 ) Grass Darlene Hard Mary Bevis Hawton Thelma Coyne Long 6 -- 1, 6 -- 2 Runner - up 1957 U.S. Championships Grass Darlene Hard Louise Brough Clapp Margaret Osborne duPont 2 -- 6, 5 -- 7 Winner 1958 Wimbledon ( 3 ) Grass Maria Bueno Margaret Osborne duPont Margaret Varner Bloss 6 -- 3, 7 -- 5 Runner - up 1958 U.S. Championships Grass Maria Bueno Darlene Hard Jeanne Arth 6 -- 2, 3 -- 6, 4 -- 6 Mixed doubles : 4 ( 1 titles, 3 runner - ups ) Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score Runner - up 1956 Wimbledon Grass Gardnar Mulloy Shirley Fry Vic Seixas 6 -- 2, 2 -- 6, 5 -- 7 Runner - up 1957 Wimbledon Grass Neale Fraser Darlene Hard Mervyn Rose 4 -- 6, 5 -- 7 Winner 1957 U.S. Championships Grass Kurt Nielsen Darlene Hard Robert Howe 6 -- 3, 9 -- 7 Runner - up 1958 Wimbledon Grass Kurt Nielsen Lorraine Coghlan Green Robert Howe 3 -- 6, 11 -- 13 Grand Slam singles tournament timeline Key SF QF # R RR Q # NH ( W ) Won ; ( F ) finalist ; ( SF ) semifinalist ; ( QF ) quarterfinalist ; ( # R ) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1 ; ( RR ) round - robin stage ; ( Q # ) qualification round ; ( A ) absent ; ( NH ) not held. 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Retrieved 2013 - 08 - 24. Jump up ^ Dillman, Lisa ( 2007 - 08 - 27 ). `` Williams sisters part of Gibson tribute ''. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2007 - 10 - 04. Retrieved 2007 - 08 - 28. Jump up ^ Gray and Lamb 2004, pp. 212 -- 3. Jump up ^ Gray and Lamb 2004, p. 184. Jump up ^ ITF Super-Seniors Althea Gibson Cup. ITFTennis.com Retrieved May 6, 2013. Jump up ^ The Althea Gibson Foundation. AltheaGibson.com Retrieved May 6, 2013. Jump up ^ The Althea Gibson Endowed Scholarship. FAMU.edu. Retrieved May 7, 2013. Jump up ^ Althea Gibson Tennis Complex at Empie Park. WilmingtonNC.gov Archived 2013 - 04 - 27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 4, 2013. Jump up ^ Jones, D ( April 30, 2002 ) : Serving Up an Honor : Manning Tennis Complex Named for Althea Gibson. Google News archive. Retrieved May 7, 2013. Jump up ^ Family Circle Tennis Center Archived 2013 - 06 - 10 at the Wayback Machine... Retrieved May 7, 2013. Jump up ^ Gray and Lamb 2004, p. 203. Jump up ^ Branch Brook Park Alliance Archived 2013 - 04 - 07 at the Wayback Machine... Retrieved May 7, 2013. Jump up ^ Althea Gibson Statue, Newark, NJ. warrensculpture.com Retrieved May 7, 2013. Jump up ^ Eunice Lee, `` Statue of first black woman to win Wimbledon unveiled in Newark park '', NJ.com, March 29, 2012. Jump up ^ Bigalke, Jay ( August 19, 2013 ). `` Althea Gibson stamp 36th in Black Heritage series ; ceremony to take place Aug. 23 in Flushing, N.Y. ''. Linn 's Stamp News. Sidney, Ohio : Amos Press, Inc. 86 ( 4425 ) : 1 and 34 -- 36. ISSN 0161 - 6234. Jump up ^ `` Althea Gibson Stamps - The Postal Store @ USPS.com ''. Store.usps.com. 2011 - 03 - 28. Archived from the original on 2013 - 12 - 05. Retrieved 2013 - 08 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Althea '', American Masters Series, PBS.org, retrieved October 10, 2016. Jump up ^ http://www.lemonde.fr/tennis/article/2016/11/10/a-althea-gibson-paris-reconnaissant_5029010_1616659.html Jump up ^ Gibson and Curtis 1968, p. 27. Jump up ^ Bronze statue of civil rights pioneer Althea Gibson dedicated in Essex County ( March 28, 2012 ). Independent Press archive. Retrieved May 7, 2013. Jump up ^ Statue of Tennis Legend Althea Gibson Planned for US Open ( February 27, 2018 ). New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2018. Further reading Lansbury, Jennifer. A spectacular leap : black women athletes in twentieth - century America. University of Arkansas Press, 2014, Fayetteville. ISBN 9781557286581. Bibliography Gibson, Althea ( E. Fitzgerald, ed. ) ( 1960 ). I Always Wanted to Be Somebody ( Hardcover ed. ). New York : Harper & Brothers. ASIN B0007G5SL8. Gibson, Althea ; Curtis, Richard ( 1968 ). So Much to Live For ( Hardcover ed. ). New York : Putnam. ASIN B0006BVL5Q. Gray, Frances Clayton ; Lamb, Yanick Rice ( 2004 ). Born to Win : The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson ( Hardcover ed. ). Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978 - 0471471653. Schoenfeld, Bruce ( 2005 ). The Match : Althea Gibson & Angela Buxton : How Two Outsiders -- One Black, the Other Jewish -- Forged a Friendship and Made Sports History ( Paperback ed. ). New York : Harper. ISBN 006052653X. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Althea Gibson. Althea Gibson at the International Tennis Hall of Fame Althea Gibson biography on American Masters Althea Gibson biography ( short ) U.S. Open mixed doubles page Wimbledon women 's doubles page Althea Gibson Tennis Center ( Wilmington, NC ) Black History biography Althea Gibson -- Womens History.about.com Althea Gibson in the Grand Slam Tournaments French Championships women 's singles champions ( 1897 ) Adine Masson ( 1898 ) Adine Masson ( 1899 ) Adine Masson ( 1900 ) Hélène Prévost ( 1901 ) P. Girod ( 1902 ) Adine Masson ( 1903 ) Adine Masson ( 1904 ) Kate Gillou ( 1905 ) Kate Gillou ( 1906 ) Kate Gillou - Fenwick ( 1907 ) Comtesse de Kermel ( 1908 ) Kate Gillou - Fenwick ( 1909 ) Jeanne Matthey ( 1910 ) Jeanne Matthey ( 1911 ) Jeanne Matthey ( 1912 ) Jeanne Matthey ( 1913 ) Marguerite Broquedis ( 1914 ) Marguerite Broquedis ( 1915 -- 1919 ) No competition ( due to World War I ) ( 1920 ) Suzanne Lenglen ( 1921 ) Suzanne Lenglen ( 1922 ) Suzanne Lenglen ( 1923 ) Suzanne Lenglen ( 1924 ) Julie Vlasto ( 1925 ) Suzanne Lenglen ( 1926 ) Suzanne Lenglen ( 1927 ) Kea Bouman ( 1928 ) Helen Wills ( 1929 ) Helen Wills ( 1930 ) Helen Wills Moody ( 1931 ) Cilly Aussem ( 1932 ) Helen Wills Moody ( 1933 ) Margaret Scriven ( 1934 ) Margaret Scriven ( 1935 ) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling ( 1936 ) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling ( 1937 ) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling ( 1938 ) Simonne Mathieu ( 1939 ) Simonne Mathieu ( 1940 -- 1945 ) No competition ( due to World War II ) ( 1946 ) Margaret Osborne duPont ( 1947 ) Patricia Canning Todd ( 1948 ) Nelly Adamson Landry ( 1949 ) Margaret Osborne duPont ( 1950 ) Doris Hart ( 1951 ) Shirley Fry ( 1952 ) Doris Hart ( 1953 ) Maureen Connolly ( 1954 ) Maureen Connolly ( 1955 ) Angela Mortimer ( 1956 ) Althea Gibson ( 1957 ) Shirley Bloomer ( 1958 ) Zsuzsa Körmöczy ( 1959 ) Christine Truman ( 1960 ) Darlene Hard ( 1961 ) Ann Jones ( 1962 ) Margaret Smith ( 1963 ) Lesley Turner ( 1964 ) Margaret Smith ( 1965 ) Lesley Turner ( 1966 ) Ann Haydon - Jones ( 1967 ) Françoise Dürr Pre Open Era Wimbledon ladies ' singles champions ( 1884 ) Maud Watson ( 1885 ) Maud Watson ( 1886 ) Blanche Bingley ( 1887 ) Lottie Dod ( 1888 ) Lottie Dod ( 1889 ) Blanche Bingley Hillyard ( 1890 ) Lena Rice ( 1891 ) Lottie Dod ( 1892 ) Lottie Dod ( 1893 ) Lottie Dod ( 1894 ) Blanche Bingley Hillyard ( 1895 ) Charlotte Cooper ( 1896 ) Charlotte Cooper ( 1897 ) Blanche Bingley Hillyard ( 1898 ) Charlotte Cooper ( 1899 ) Blanche Bingley Hillyard ( 1900 ) Blanche Bingley Hillyard ( 1901 ) Charlotte Sterry ( 1902 ) Muriel Robb ( 1903 ) Dorothea Douglass ( 1904 ) Dorothea Douglass ( 1905 ) May Sutton ( 1906 ) Dorothea Lambert Chambers ( 1907 ) May Sutton ( 1908 ) Charlotte Sterry ( 1909 ) Dora Boothby ( 1910 ) Dorothea Lambert Chambers ( 1912 ) Dorethea Lambert Chambers ( 1913 ) Ethel Thomson Larcombe ( 1914 ) Dorothea Lambert Chambers ( 1915 ) Dorothea Lambert Chambers ( 1915 - 18 ) No competition ( due to World War I ) ( 1919 ) Suzanne Lenglen ( 1920 ) Suzanne Lenglen ( 1921 ) Suzanne Lenglen ( 1922 ) Suzanne Lenglen ( 1923 ) Suzanne Lenglen ( 1924 ) Kathleen McKane ( 1925 ) Suzanne Lenglen ( 1926 ) Kathleen McKane Godfree ( 1927 ) Helen Wills ( 1928 ) Helen Wills ( 1929 ) Helen Wills ( 1930 ) Helen Wills Moody ( 1931 ) Cilly Aussem ( 1932 ) Helen Wills Moody ( 1933 ) Helen Wills Moody ( 1934 ) Dorothy Round ( 1935 ) Helen Wills Moody ( 1936 ) Helen Jacobs ( 1937 ) Dorothy Round ( 1938 ) Helen Wills Moody ( 1939 ) Alice Marble ( 1940 -- 45 ) No competition ( due to World War II ) ( 1946 ) Pauline Addie ( 1947 ) Margaret Osborne ( 1948 ) Louise Brough ( 1949 ) Louise Brough ( 1950 ) Louise Brough ( 1951 ) Doris Hart ( 1952 ) Maureen Connolly ( 1953 ) Maureen Connolly ( 1954 ) Maureen Connolly ( 1955 ) Louise Brough ( 1956 ) Shirley Fry ( 1957 ) Althea Gibson ( 1958 ) Althea Gibson ( 1959 ) Maria Bueno ( 1960 ) Maria Bueno ( 1961 ) Angela Mortimer ( 1962 ) Karen Hantze Susman ( 1963 ) Margaret Smith ( 1964 ) Maria Bueno ( 1965 ) Margaret Smith ( 1966 ) Billie Jean King ( 1967 ) Billie Jean King U.S. National Championships women 's singles champions ( 1887 ) Ellen Hansell ( 1888 ) Bertha Townsend ( 1889 ) Bertha Townsend ( 1890 ) Ellen Roosevelt ( 1891 ) Mabel Cahill ( 1892 ) Mabel Cahill ( 1893 ) Aline Terry ( 1894 ) Helen Hellwig ( 1895 ) Juliette Atkinson ( 1896 ) Elisabeth Moore ( 1897 ) Juliette Atkinson ( 1898 ) Juliette Atkinson ( 1899 ) Marion Jones ( 1900 ) Myrtle McAteer ( 1901 ) Elisabeth Moore ( 1902 ) Marion Jones ( 1903 ) Elisabeth Moore ( 1904 ) May Sutton ( 1905 ) Elisabeth Moore ( 1906 ) Helen Homans ( 1907 ) Evelyn Sears ( 1908 ) Maud Barger - Wallach ( 1909 ) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman ( 1910 ) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman ( 1911 ) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman ( 1912 ) Mary Browne ( 1913 ) Mary Browne ( 1914 ) Mary Browne ( 1915 ) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory ( 1916 ) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory ( 1917 ) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory ( 1918 ) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory ( 1919 ) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman ( 1920 ) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory ( 1921 ) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory ( 1922 ) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory ( 1923 ) Helen Wills ( 1924 ) Helen Wills ( 1925 ) Helen Wills ( 1926 ) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory ( 1927 ) Helen Wills ( 1928 ) Helen Wills ( 1929 ) Helen Wills ( 1930 ) Betty Nuthall Shoemaker ( 1931 ) Helen Wills Moody ( 1932 ) Helen Jacobs ( 1933 ) Helen Jacobs ( 1934 ) Helen Jacobs ( 1935 ) Helen Jacobs ( 1936 ) Alice Marble ( 1937 ) Anita Lizana ( 1938 ) Alice Marble ( 1939 ) Alice Marble ( 1940 ) Alice Marble ( 1941 ) Sarah Palfrey Cooke ( 1942 ) Pauline Betz Addie ( 1943 ) Pauline Betz Addie ( 1944 ) Pauline Betz Addie ( 1945 ) Sarah Palfrey Cooke ( 1946 ) Pauline Betz Addie ( 1947 ) Louise Brough Clapp ( 1948 ) Margaret Osborne duPont ( 1949 ) Margaret Osborne duPont ( 1950 ) Margaret Osborne duPont ( 1951 ) Maureen Connolly ( 1952 ) Maureen Connolly ( 1953 ) Maureen Connolly ( 1954 ) Doris Hart ( 1955 ) Doris Hart ( 1956 ) Shirley Fry Irvin ( 1957 ) Althea Gibson ( 1958 ) Althea Gibson ( 1959 ) Maria Bueno ( 1960 ) Darlene Hard ( 1961 ) Darlene Hard ( 1962 ) Margaret Court ( 1963 ) Maria Bueno ( 1964 ) Maria Bueno ( 1965 ) Margaret Court ( 1966 ) Maria Bueno ( 1967 ) Billie Jean King Australasian and Australian Championships women 's doubles champions ( 1922 ) Esna Boyd Robertson / Marjorie Mountain ( 1923 ) Esna Boyd Robertson / Sylvia Lance Harper ( 1924 ) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Sylvia Lance Harper ( 1925 ) Sylvia Lance Harper / Daphne Akhurst Cozens ( 1926 ) Meryl O'Hara Wood / Esna Boyd Robertson ( 1927 ) Meryl O'Hara Wood / Louie Bickerton ( 1928 ) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Esna Boyd Robertson ( 1929 ) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Louie Bickerton ( 1930 ) Margaret Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott ( 1931 ) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Louise Bickerton ( 1932 ) Coral McInnes Buttsworth / Marjorie Cox Crawford ( 1933 ) Margaret Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott ( 1934 ) Margaret Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott ( 1935 ) Evelyn Dearman / Nancy Lyle Glover ( 1936 ) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton ( 1937 ) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton ( 1938 ) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton ( 1939 ) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton ( 1940 ) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton ( 1941 - 1945 ) No competition ( due to World War II ) ( 1946 ) Joyce Fitch / Mary Bevis ( 1947 ) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton ( 1948 ) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton ( 1949 ) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton ( 1950 ) Louise Brough Clapp / Doris Hart ( 1951 ) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton ( 1952 ) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton ( 1953 ) Maureen Connolly / Julia Sampson Hayward ( 1954 ) Mary Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long ( 1955 ) Mary Hawton / Beryl Penrose ( 1956 ) Mary Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long ( 1957 ) Althea Gibson / Shirley Fry Irvin ( 1958 ) Mary Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long ( 1959 ) Renée Schuurman / Sandra Reynolds Price ( 1960 ) Maria Bueno / Christine Truman Janes ( 1961 ) Mary Carter Reitano / Margaret Court ( 1962 ) Margaret Court / Robyn Ebbern ( 1963 ) Margaret Court / Robyn Ebbern ( 1964 ) Judy Tegart / Lesley Turner ( 1965 ) Margaret Court / Lesley Turner ( 1966 ) Carole Caldwell Graebner / Nancy Richey ( 1967 ) Lesley Turner / Judy Tegart ( 1968 ) Karen Krantzcke / Kerry Melville French Championships women 's doubles champions ( 1907 ) Adine Masson / Yvonne de Ploffel ( 1908 ) Kate Gillou - Fenwick / Cecile Matthey ( 1909 ) Jeanne Matthey / Daisy Speranza ( 1910 ) Jeanne Matthey / Daisy Speranza ( 1911 ) Jeanne Matthey / Daisy Speranza ( 1912 ) Jeanne Matthey / Daisy Speranza ( 1913 ) Blanche Amblard / Suzanne Amblard ( 1914 ) Blanche Amblard / Suzanne Amblard ( 1915 -- 1919 ) No competition ( due to World War I ) ( 1920 ) Élisabeth d'Ayen / Suzanne Lenglen ( 1921 ) Suzanne Lenglen / Geramine Pigueron ( 1922 ) Suzanne Lenglen / Geramine Pigueron ( 1923 ) Suzanne Lenglen / Julie Vlasto ( 1924 ) Marguerite Broquedis / Yvonne Bourgeois ( 1925 ) Suzanne Lenglen / Julie Vlasto ( 1926 ) Suzanne Lenglen / Julie Vlasto ( 1927 ) Irene Bowder Peacock / Bobbie Heine ( 1928 ) Phoebe Holcroft Watson / Eileen Bennett ( 1929 ) Lilí Álvarez / Kea Bouman ( 1930 ) Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1931 ) Eileen Bennett Whittingstall / Betty Nuthall ( 1932 ) Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1933 ) Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1934 ) Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1935 ) Margaret Scriven / Kay Stammers ( 1936 ) Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke ( 1937 ) Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke ( 1938 ) Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke ( 1939 ) Simonne Mathieu / Jadwiga Jędrzejowska ( 1940 -- 1945 ) No competition ( due to World War II ) ( 1945 ) Paulette Fritz / Simone Lafargue ( 1946 ) Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne ( 1947 ) Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont ( 1948 ) Doris Hart / Patricia Canning Todd ( 1949 ) Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont ( 1950 ) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry ( 1951 ) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry ( 1952 ) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry ( 1953 ) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry ( 1954 ) Maureen Connolly / Nell Hall Hopman ( 1955 ) Beverly Baker Fleitz / Darlene Hard ( 1956 ) Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson ( 1957 ) Shirley Bloomer / Darlene Hard ( 1958 ) Rosie Reyes / Yola Ramírez Ochoa ( 1959 ) Sandra Reynolds / Renée Schuurman ( 1960 ) Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard ( 1961 ) Sandra Reynolds / Renée Schuurman ( 1962 ) Sandra Reynolds Price / Renée Schuurman ( 1963 ) Ann Haydon - Jones / Renée Schuurman ( 1964 ) Margaret Smith / Lesley Turner ( 1965 ) Margaret Smith / Lesley Turner ( 1966 ) Margaret Smith / Judy Tegart ( 1967 ) Françoise Dürr / Gail Chanfreau Pre Open Era Wimbledon ladies ' doubles champions ( 1913 ) Winifred McNair / Dora Boothby ( 1914 ) Agnes Morton / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1915 - 18 ) No competition ( due to World War I ) ( 1919 ) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1920 ) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1921 ) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1922 ) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1923 ) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1924 ) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills ( 1925 ) Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1926 ) Mary Browne / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1927 ) Helen Wills / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1928 ) Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson ( 1929 ) Peggy Saunders Michel / Phoebe Holcroft Watson ( 1930 ) Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1931 ) Phyllis Mudford / Dorothy S. Barron ( 1932 ) Doris Metaxa / Josane Sigart ( 1933 ) Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1934 ) Simonne Mathieu / Elizabeth Ryan ( 1935 ) Freda James / Kay Stammers ( 1936 ) Freda James / Kay Stammers ( 1937 ) Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke ( 1938 ) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble ( 1939 ) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble ( 1940 - 45 ) No competition ( due to World War II ) ( 1946 ) Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont ( 1947 ) Patricia Canning Todd / Doris Hart ( 1948 ) Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont ( 1949 ) Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont ( 1950 ) Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont ( 1951 ) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry ( 1952 ) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry ( 1953 ) Doris Hart / Shirley Fry ( 1954 ) Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont ( 1955 ) Angela Mortimer Barrett / Anne Shilcock ( 1956 ) Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson ( 1957 ) Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard ( 1958 ) Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson ( 1959 ) Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard ( 1960 ) Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard ( 1961 ) Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean Moffitt ( 1962 ) Karen Hantze Susman / Billie Jean Moffitt ( 1963 ) Maria Bueno / Darlene Hard ( 1964 ) Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey ( 1965 ) Maria Bueno / Billie Jean Moffitt ( 1966 ) Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey ( 1967 ) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King U.S. National Championships mixed doubles champions ( 1892 ) Mabel Cahill / Clarence Hobart ( 1893 ) Ellen Roosevelt / Clarence Hobart ( 1894 ) Juliette Atkinson / Edwin P. Fischer ( 1895 ) Juliette Atkinson / Edwin P. Fischer ( 1896 ) Juliette Atkinson / Edwin P. Fischer ( 1897 ) Laura Henson / D.L. Magruder ( 1898 ) Carrie Neely / Edwin P. Fischer ( 1899 ) Elizabeth Rastall / Albert Hoskins ( 1900 ) Margaret Hunnewell / Alfred Codman ( 1901 ) Marion Jones / Raymond Little ( 1902 ) Elisabeth Moore / Wylie Grant ( 1903 ) Helen Chapman / Harry Allen ( 1904 ) Elisabeth Moore / Wylie Grant ( 1905 ) Augusta Schultz Hobart / Clarence Hobart ( 1906 ) Sarah Coffin / Edward Dewhurst ( 1907 ) May Sayers / Wallace Johnson ( 1908 ) Edith Rotch / Nathaniel Niles ( 1909 ) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace Johnson ( 1910 ) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Joseph Carpenter, Jr. ( 1911 ) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace Johnson ( 1912 ) Mary Browne / R. Norris Williams ( 1913 ) Mary Browne / Bill Tilden ( 1914 ) Mary Browne / Bill Tilden ( 1915 ) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Harry Johnson ( 1916 ) Eleonora Sears / Willis E. Davis ( 1917 ) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Irving Wright ( 1918 ) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Irving Wright ( 1919 ) Marion Jessup / Vincent Richards ( 1920 ) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace Johnson ( 1921 ) Mary Browne / Bill Johnston ( 1922 ) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Bill Tilden ( 1923 ) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory / Bill Tilden ( 1924 ) Helen Wills / Vincent Richards ( 1925 ) Kathleen McKane Godfree / John Hawkes ( 1926 ) Elizabeth Ryan / Jean Borotra ( 1927 ) Eileen Bennett Whittingstall / Henri Cochet ( 1928 ) Helen Wills / John Hawkes ( 1929 ) Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / George Lott ( 1930 ) Edith Cross / Wilmer Allison ( 1931 ) Betty Nuthall Shoemaker / George Lott ( 1932 ) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Fred Perry ( 1933 ) Elizabeth Ryan / Ellsworth Vines ( 1934 ) Helen Jacobs / George Lott ( 1935 ) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Enrique Maier ( 1936 ) Alice Marble / Gene Mako ( 1937 ) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Don Budge ( 1938 ) Alice Marble / Don Budge ( 1939 ) Alice Marble / Harry Hopman ( 1940 ) Alice Marble / Bobby Riggs ( 1941 ) Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Jack Kramer ( 1942 ) Louise Brough Clapp / Ted Schroeder ( 1943 ) Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert ( 1944 ) Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert ( 1945 ) Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert ( 1946 ) Margaret Osborne duPont / Bill Talbert ( 1947 ) Louise Brough Clapp / John Bromwich ( 1948 ) Louise Brough Clapp / Tom Brown ( 1949 ) Louise Brough Clapp / Eric Sturgess ( 1950 ) Margaret Osborne duPont / Ken McGregor ( 1951 ) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman ( 1952 ) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman ( 1953 ) Doris Hart / Vic Seixas ( 1954 ) Doris Hart / Vic Seixas ( 1955 ) Doris Hart / Vic Seixas ( 1956 ) Margaret Osborne duPont / Ken Rosewall ( 1957 ) Althea Gibson / Kurt Nielsen ( 1958 ) Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser ( 1959 ) Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser ( 1960 ) Margaret Osborne duPont / Neale Fraser ( 1961 ) Margaret Smith / Bob Mark ( 1962 ) Margaret Smith / Fred Stolle ( 1963 ) Margaret Smith / Ken Fletcher ( 1964 ) Margaret Smith / John Newcombe ( 1965 ) Margaret Smith / Fred Stolle ( 1966 ) Donna Floyd Fales / Owen Davidson ( 1967 ) Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson Grand Slam / non-calendar year / career Grand Slam - winning singles / doubles tennis players Grand Slam Men 's singles 1938 : Don Budge 1962 : Rod Laver 1969 : Rod Laver Women 's singles 1953 : Maureen Connolly 1970 : Margaret Court 1988 : Steffi Graf Men 's doubles 1951 : Ken McGregor / Frank Sedgman Women 's doubles 1960 : Maria Bueno 1984 : Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1998 : Martina Hingis Mixed doubles 1963 : Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher 1965 : Margaret Court 1967 : Owen Davidson Non-calendar year Grand Slam Men 's singles 2015 -- 16 : Novak Djokovic Women 's singles 1983 -- 84 : Martina Navratilova 1993 -- 94 : Steffi Graf 2002 -- 03 : Serena Williams 2014 -- 15 : Serena Williams Men 's doubles 2012 -- 13 : Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan Women 's doubles 1949 -- 50 : Louise Brough 1986 -- 87 : Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1992 -- 93 : Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva 1996 -- 97 : Natasha Zvereva 2009 -- 10 : Serena Williams / Venus Williams Mixed doubles 1967 -- 68 Billie Jean King Career Grand Slam Men 's singles 1933 - 34 - 35 : Fred Perry 1937 - 38 : Don Budge 1960 - 61 - 62 : Rod Laver 1961 - 63 - 64 : Roy Emerson 1992 - 94 - 95 - 99 : Andre Agassi 2003 - 04 - 09 : Roger Federer 2005 - 08 - 09 - 10 : Rafael Nadal 2008 - 11 - 16 : Novak Djokovic Women 's singles 1951 - 52 - 53 : Maureen Connolly 1949 - 50 - 51 - 54 : Doris Hart 1951 - 56 - 57 : Shirley Fry Irvin 1960 - 62 - 63 : Margaret Court 1966 - 67 - 68 - 72 : Billie Jean King 1974 - 75 - 82 : Chris Evert 1978 - 81 - 82 - 83 : Martina Navratilova 1987 - 88 : Steffi Graf 1999 - 2002 - 03 : Serena Williams 2004 - 06 - 08 - 12 : Maria Sharapova Men 's doubles 1935 - 36 - 39 : Adrian Quist 1948 - 50 - 51 Frank Sedgman 1951 : Ken McGregor 1953 -- 56 : Lew Hoad / Ken Rosewall 1957 - 58 - 59 : Neale Fraser 1959 - 60 - 62 : Roy Emerson 1965 -- 67 : John Newcombe / Tony Roche 1962 - 64 - 67 - 77 : Bob Hewitt 1982 - 84 - 86 - 89 : John Fitzgerald 1983 - 87 - 89 : Anders Järryd 1994 - 95 - 98 : Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 1989 - 92 -- 93 - 2000 : Mark Woodforde 1992 -- 93 - 95 - 2000 : Todd Woodbridge 1998 - 2002 - 03 - 05 : Jonas Björkman 2003 - 05 - 06 : Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2002 - 04 - 07 - 08 : Daniel Nestor 1999 - 2006 - 12 : Leander Paes Women 's doubles 1942 - 46 - 50 : Louise Brough Clapp 1947 - 48 - 50 - 51 : Doris Hart 1950 - 51 - 57 : Shirley Fry Irvin 1956 -- 1957 : Althea Gibson 1958 -- 60 : Maria Bueno 1961 -- 64 : Lesley Turner Bowrey 1961 - 63 - 64 : Margaret Court 1964 - 66 - 69 - 70 : Judy Tegart Dalton 1980 -- 81 : Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith 1975 - 76 - 77 - 80 : / Martina Navratilova 1981 - 82 - 83 - 84 : Pam Shriver 1989 - 90 - 93 : Helena Suková 1988 -- 90 - 91 - 92 : Gigi Fernández 1989 - 90 - 91 - 93 : / Natasha Zvereva 1989 - 90 - 94 : Jana Novotná 1996 - 97 - 98 : Martina Hingis 1999 - 2000 - 01 : Serena Williams / Venus Williams 2000 - 01 - 06 : Lisa Raymond 2012 - 13 - 14 : Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci Mixed doubles 1925 - 26 - 27 - 28 Jean Borotra 1949 -- 51 : Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman 1961 - 1963 : Margaret Court 1962 - 1963 : Ken Fletcher 1965 - 66 - 67 : Owen Davidson 1967 -- 68 : Billie Jean King 1969 -- 75 : Marty Riessen 1961 - 70 - 77 - 79 : Bob Hewitt 1992 -- 93 - 95 : Mark Woodforde 1990 - 93 - 94 - 95 : Todd Woodbridge 1974 - 85 - 2003 : Martina Navratilova 2001 - 02 - 05 : Daniela Hantuchová 1997 - 99 - 2005 - 06 : Mahesh Bhupathi 2002 - 04 - 08 - 10 : Cara Black 1999 - 2003 - 08 - 16 : Leander Paes 2006 - 15 - 16 : Martina Hingis Women 's tennis players who won two or more Grand Slam singles titles in one calendar year Four wins 1953 : Maureen Connolly Brinker 1970 : Margaret Court 1988 : Steffi Graf Three wins 1928 : Helen Wills Moody ( FO&WI&US ) 1929 : Helen Wills Moody ( FO&WI&US ) 1962 : Margaret Court ( AO&FO&US ) 1965 : Margaret Court ( AO&WI&US ) 1969 : Margaret Court ( AO&FO&US ) 1972 : Billie Jean King ( FO&WI&US ) 1973 : Margaret Court ( AO&FO&US ) 1983 : Martina Navratilova ( AO&WI&US ) 1984 : Martina Navratilova ( FO&WI&US ) 1989 : Steffi Graf ( AO&WI&US ) 1991 : Monica Seles ( AO&FO&US ) 1992 : Monica Seles ( AO&FO&US ) 1993 : Steffi Graf ( FO&WI&US ) 1995 : Steffi Graf ( FO&WI&US ) 1996 : Steffi Graf ( FO&WI&US ) 1997 : Martina Hingis ( AO&WI&US ) 2002 : Serena Williams ( FO&WI&US ) 2015 : Serena Williams ( AO&FO&WI ) Two wins 1925 : Suzanne Lenglen ( FO&WI ) 1927 : Helen Wills Moody ( WI&US ) 1930 : Helen Wills Moody ( FO&WI ) 1931 : Cilly Aussem ( FO&WI ) 1932 : Helen Wills Moody ( FO&WI ) 1939 : Alice Marble ( WI&US ) 1946 : Pauline Betz Addie ( WI&US ) 1949 : Margaret Osborne duPont ( FO&US ) 1950 : Louise Bough Clapp ( AO&WI ) 1952 : Maureen Connolly Brinker ( WI&US ) 1954 : Maureen Connolly Brinker ( FO&WI ) 1956 : Shirley Fry Irvin ( WI&US ) 1957 : Althea Gibson ( WI&US ) 1958 : Althea Gibson ( WI&US ) 1959 : Maria Bueno ( WI&US ) 1960 : Darlene Hard ( FO&US ) 1963 : Margaret Court ( AO&WI ) 1964 : Margaret Court ( AO&FO ) 1964 : Maria Bueno ( WI&US ) 1967 : Billie Jean King ( WI&US ) 1968 : Billie Jean King ( AO&WI ) 1971 : Evonne Goolagong Cawley ( FO&WI ) 1974 : Chris Evert ( FO&WI ) 1975 : Chris Evert ( FO&US ) 1976 : Chris Evert ( WI&US ) 1980 : Chris Evert ( FO&US ) 1982 : Martina Navratilova ( FO&WI ) 1982 : Chris Evert ( AO&US ) 1985 : Martina Navratilova ( AO&WI ) 1986 : Martina Navratilova ( WI&US ) 1987 : Martina Navratilova ( WI&US ) 1994 : Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( FO&US ) 2000 : Venus Williams ( WI&US ) 2001 : Jennifer Capriati ( AO&FO ) 2001 : Venus Williams ( WI&US ) 2003 : Serena Williams ( AO&WI ) 2003 : Justine Henin ( FO&US ) 2006 : Amélie Mauresmo ( AO&WI ) 2007 : Justine Henin ( FO&US ) 2009 : Serena Williams ( AO&WI ) 2010 : Serena Williams ( AO&WI ) 2012 : Serena Williams ( WI&US ) 2013 : Serena Williams ( FO&US ) 2016 : Angelique Kerber ( AO&US ) AO = Australian Open, FO = French Open, WI = Wimbledon, US = US Open Awards and achievements Theodore Roosevelt Award winners 1967 : Eisenhower 1968 : Saltonstall 1969 : White 1970 : Hovde 1971 : Kraft Jr. 1972 : Holland 1973 : Bradley 1974 : Owens 1975 : Ford 1976 : Hamilton 1977 : Bradley 1978 : Zornow 1979 : Chandler 1980 : Cooley 1981 : Linkletter 1982 : Cosby 1983 : Palmer 1984 : Lawrence 1985 : Fleming 1986 : Bush 1987 : Zable 1988 : Not presented 1989 : Ebert 1990 : Reagan 1991 : Gibson 1992 : Kemp 1993 : Alexander 1994 : Johnson 1995 : Mathias 1996 : Wooden 1997 : Payne 1998 : Dole 1999 : Richardson 2000 : Staubach 2001 : Cohen 2002 : Shriver 2003 : de Varona 2004 : Page 2005 : Ride 2006 : Kraft 2007 : Tagliabue 2008 : Glenn 2009 : Albright 2010 : Mitchell 2011 : Dunwoody 2012 : Allen 2013 : Dungy 2014 : Mills 2015 : Jackson 2016 : Ueberroth 2017 : Brooke - Marciniak Florida Women 's Hall of Fame administered by the Florida Commission on the Status of Women 1980 -- 1989 1982 Mary McLeod Bethune Helene S. Coleman Elaine Gordon Wilhelmina Celeste Goehring Harvey Paula Mae Milton Barbara Jo Palmer 1984 Roxcy O'Neal Bolton Barbara Landstreet Frye Lena B. Smithers Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Sybil Collins Mobley Helen Muir Gladys Pumariega Soler Julia DeForest Sturtevant Tuttle 1986 Annie Ackerman Rosemary Barkett Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry Dorothy Dodd Marjory Stoneman Douglas Elsie Jones Hare Elizabeth McCullough Johnson Frances Bartlett Kinne Arva Moore Parks McCabe Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Florence Barbara Seibert Marilyn K. Smith Eartha M.M. White 1990 -- 1999 Jacqueline Cochran Carrie P. Meek Ruth Bryan Owen 1993 Betty Skelton Frankman Erde Paulina Pedroso Janet Reno 1994 Nikki Beare Betty Mae Jumper Gladys Nichols Milton 1995 Evelyn Stocking Crosslin JoAnn Hardin Morgan Sarah Brooks Pryor Marjorie Harris Carr Betty Castor Ivy Julia Cromartie Stranahan Alicia Baro Carita Doggett Corse M. Athalie Range 1998 Helen Gordon Davis Mattie Belle Davis Christine Fulwylie - Bankston 1999 Althea Gibson Sister Jeanne O'Laughlin Dessie Smith Prescott 2000 -- 2009 2000 Chris Evert Paula Fickes Hawkins Marianne Mathewson - Chapman 2001 Jessie Ball duPont Lenore Carrero Nesbitt Lynda Keever 2002 Victoria Joyce Ely Toni Jennings Frances Langford Stuart 2003 Sarah Ann Blocker Gloria Estefan Mary R. Grizzle 2004 / 2005 Shirley D. Coletti Judith Kersey Marion Hammer 2005 / 2006 Caridad Asensio Tillie Fowler Lucy W. Morgan 2006 / 2007 Maryly VanLeer Peck Peggy A. Quince 2007 / 2008 Barbara J. Pariente Pallavi Patel Ileana Ros - Lehtinen 2008 / 2009 Louise H. Cortelis Gwen Margolis Betty Schlesinger Sembler 2009 / 2010 Eugenie Clark Claudine Dianne Ryce Dara Grace Torres 2010 -- 2019 2010 / 2011 Mary Brennan Karl Anna I. Rodriguez 2011 / 2012 Ruth H. Alexander Elizabeth `` Budd '' Bell Vicki Bryant Burke 2012 / 2013 Clara C. Frye Aleene Pridgen Kidd MacKenzie Lillie Pierce Voss 2013 / 2014 Susan Benton Louise Jones Gopher Dottie Berger MacKinnon 2014 / 2015 Mary Lee Farrior Evelyn Cahn Keiser Charlotte Edwards Maguire 2016 Carol Jenkins Barnett Helen Aguirre Ferré Elmira Louise Leto 2017 Mary Lou Baker Kathleen Scott Robertson Katherine Fernandez Rundle Inductees to the National Women 's Hall of Fame 1970 -- 1979 1973 Jane Addams Marian Anderson Susan B. Anthony Clara Barton Mary McLeod Bethune Elizabeth Blackwell Pearl S. Buck Rachel Carson Mary Cassatt Emily Dickinson Amelia Earhart Alice Hamilton Helen Hayes Helen Keller Eleanor Roosevelt Florence Sabin Margaret Chase Smith Elizabeth Cady Stanton Helen Brooke Taussig Harriet Tubman 1976 Abigail Adams Margaret Mead Mildred `` Babe '' Didrikson Zaharias 1979 Dorothea Dix Juliette Gordon Low Alice Paul Elizabeth Bayley Seton 1980 -- 1989 1981 Margaret Sanger Sojourner Truth 1982 Carrie Chapman Catt Frances Perkins Belva Lockwood Lucretia Mott 1984 Mary `` Mother '' Harris Jones Bessie Smith 1986 Barbara McClintock Lucy Stone Harriet Beecher Stowe Gwendolyn Brooks Willa Cather Sally Ride Ida B. Wells - Barnett 1990 -- 1999 Margaret Bourke - White Barbara Jordan Billie Jean King Florence B. Seibert 1991 Gertrude Belle Elion 1993 Ethel Percy Andrus Antoinette Blackwell Emily Blackwell Shirley Chisholm Jacqueline Cochran Ruth Colvin Marian Wright Edelman Alice Evans Betty Friedan Ella Grasso Martha Wright Griffiths Fannie Lou Hamer Dorothy Height Dolores Huerta Mary Jacobi Mae Jemison Mary Lyon Mary Mahoney Wilma Mankiller Constance Baker Motley Georgia O'Keeffe Annie Oakley Rosa Parks Esther Peterson Jeannette Rankin Ellen Swallow Richards Elaine Roulet Katherine Siva Saubel Gloria Steinem Helen Stephens Lillian Wald Madam C.J. Walker Faye Wattleton Rosalyn S. Yalow Gloria Yerkovich 1994 Bella Abzug Ella Baker Myra Bradwell Annie Jump Cannon Jane Cunningham Croly Catherine East Geraldine Ferraro Charlotte Perkins Gilman Grace Hopper Helen LaKelly Hunt Zora Neale Hurston Anne Hutchinson Frances Wisebart Jacobs Susette La Flesche Louise McManus Maria Mitchell Antonia Novello Linda Richards Wilma Rudolph Betty Bone Schiess Muriel Siebert Nettie Stevens Oprah Winfrey Sarah Winnemucca Fanny Wright 1995 Virginia Apgar Ann Bancroft Amelia Bloomer Mary Breckinridge Eileen Collins Elizabeth Hanford Dole Anne Dallas Dudley Mary Baker Eddy Ella Fitzgerald Margaret Fuller Matilda Joslyn Gage Lillian Moller Gilbreth Nannerl O. Keohane Maggie Kuhn Sandra Day O'Connor Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin Pat Schroeder Hannah Greenebaum Solomon Louisa May Alcott Charlotte Anne Bunch Frances Xavier Cabrini Mary A. Hallaren Oveta Culp Hobby Wilhelmina Cole Holladay Anne Morrow Lindbergh Maria Goeppert - Mayer Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose Maria Tallchief Edith Wharton 1998 Madeleine Albright Maya Angelou Nellie Bly Lydia Moss Bradley Mary Steichen Calderone Mary Ann Shadd Cary Joan Ganz Cooney Gerty Cori Sarah Grimké Julia Ward Howe Shirley Ann Jackson Shannon Lucid Katharine Dexter McCormick Rozanne L. Ridgway Edith Nourse Rogers Felice Schwartz Eunice Kennedy Shriver Beverly Sills Florence Wald Angelina Grimké Weld Chien - Shiung Wu 2000 -- 2009 2000 Faye Glenn Abdellah Emma Smith DeVoe Marjory Stoneman Douglas Mary Dyer Sylvia A. Earle Crystal Eastman Jeanne Holm Leontine T. Kelly Frances Oldham Kelsey Kate Mullany Janet Reno Anna Howard Shaw Sophia Smith Ida Tarbell Wilma L. Vaught Mary Edwards Walker Annie Dodge Wauneka Eudora Welty Frances E. Willard 2001 Dorothy H. Andersen Lucille Ball Rosalynn Carter Lydia Maria Child Bessie Coleman Dorothy Day Marian de Forest Althea Gibson Beatrice A. Hicks Barbara Holdridge Harriet Williams Russell Strong Emily Howell Warner Victoria Woodhull 2002 Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis Ruth Bader Ginsburg Katharine Graham Bertha Holt Mary Engle Pennington Mercy Otis Warren 2003 Linda G. Alvarado Donna de Varona Gertrude Ederle Martha Matilda Harper Patricia Roberts Harris Stephanie L. Kwolek Dorothea Lange Mildred Robbins Leet Patsy Takemoto Mink Sacagawea Anne Sullivan Sheila E. Widnall 2005 Florence Ellinwood Allen Ruth Fulton Benedict Betty Bumpers Hillary Clinton Rita Rossi Colwell Mother Marianne Cope Maya Y. Lin Patricia A. Locke Blanche Stuart Scott Mary Burnett Talbert 2007 Eleanor K. Baum Julia Child Martha Coffin Pelham Wright Swanee Hunt Winona LaDuke Elisabeth Kübler - Ross Judith L. Pipher Catherine Filene Shouse Henrietta Szold 2009 Louise Bourgeois Mildred Cohn Karen DeCrow Susan Kelly - Dreiss Allie B. Latimer Emma Lazarus Ruth Patrick Rebecca Talbot Perkins Susan Solomon Kate Stoneman 2010 -- 2019 2011 St. Katharine Drexel Dorothy Harrison Eustis Loretta C. Ford Abby Kelley Foster Helen Murray Free Billie Holiday Coretta Scott King Lilly Ledbetter Barbara A. Mikulski Donna E. Shalala Kathrine Switzer 2013 Betty Ford Ina May Gaskin Julie Krone Kate Millett Nancy Pelosi Mary Joseph Rogers Bernice Sandler Anna Schwartz Emma Willard 2015 Tenley Albright Nancy Brinker Martha Graham Marcia Greenberger Barbara Iglewski Jean Kilbourne Carlotta Walls LaNier Philippa Marrack Mary Harriman Rumsey Eleanor Smeal 2017 Matilda Cuomo Temple Grandin Lorraine Hansberry Victoria Jackson Sherry Lansing Clare Boothe Luce Aimee Mullins Carol Mutter Janet Rowley Alice Waters Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year 1931 : Helene Madison 1932 : Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1933 : Helen Jacobs 1934 : Virginia Van Wie 1935 : Helen Wills 1936 : Helen Stephens 1937 : Katherine Rawls 1938 : Patty Berg 1939 : Alice Marble 1940 : Alice Marble 1941 : Betty Hicks 1942 : Gloria Callen 1943 : Patty Berg 1944 : Ann Curtis 1945 : Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1946 : Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1947 : Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1948 : Fanny Blankers - Koen 1949 : Marlene Hagge 1950 : Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1951 : Maureen Connolly 1952 : Maureen Connolly 1953 : Maureen Connolly 1954 : Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1955 : Patty Berg 1956 : Pat McCormick 1957 : Althea Gibson 1958 : Althea Gibson 1959 : Maria Bueno 1960 : Wilma Rudolph 1961 : Wilma Rudolph 1962 : Dawn Fraser 1963 : Mickey Wright 1964 : Mickey Wright 1965 : Kathy Whitworth 1966 : Kathy Whitworth 1967 : Billie Jean King 1968 : Peggy Fleming 1969 : Debbie Meyer 1970 : Chi Cheng 1971 : Evonne Goolagong 1972 : Olga Korbut 1973 : Billie Jean King 1974 : Chris Evert 1975 : Chris Evert 1976 : Nadia Comăneci 1977 : Chris Evert 1978 : Nancy Lopez 1979 : Tracy Austin 1980 : Chris Evert 1981 : Tracy Austin 1982 : Mary Decker 1983 : Martina Navratilova 1984 : Mary Lou Retton 1985 : Nancy Lopez 1986 : Martina Navratilova 1987 : Jackie Joyner - Kersee 1988 : Florence Griffith Joyner 1989 : Steffi Graf 1990 : Beth Daniel 1991 : Monica Seles 1992 : Monica Seles 1993 : Sheryl Swoopes 1994 : Bonnie Blair 1995 : Rebecca Lobo 1996 : Amy Van Dyken 1997 : Martina Hingis 1998 : Pak Se - ri 1999 : United States women 's national soccer team 2000 : Marion Jones 2001 : Jennifer Capriati 2002 : Serena Williams 2003 : Annika Sörenstam 2004 : Annika Sörenstam 2005 : Annika Sörenstam 2006 : Lorena Ochoa 2007 : Lorena Ochoa 2008 : Candace Parker 2009 : Serena Williams 2010 : Lindsey Vonn 2011 : Abby Wambach 2012 : Gabby Douglas 2013 : Serena Williams 2014 : Mo'ne Davis 2015 : Serena Williams 2016 : Simone Biles 2017 : Katie Ledecky VIAF : 57714535 LCCN : n79114046 ISNI : 0000 0001 1445 1214 GND : 130256692 SUDOC : 074243632 BNF : cb114714196 ( data ) SNAC : w6sx97h9 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Althea_Gibson&oldid=832292231 '' Categories : 1927 births 2003 deaths African - American golfers African - American tennis coaches African - American tennis players African - American sportswomen American female golfers American female tennis players American autobiographers Australian Championships ( tennis ) champions Deaths from respiratory failure Florida A&M Rattlers and Lady Rattlers athletes French Championships ( tennis ) champions Golfers from South Carolina Grand Slam ( tennis ) champions in mixed doubles Grand Slam ( tennis ) champions in women 's doubles Grand Slam ( tennis ) champions in women 's singles International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees Lincoln Blue Tigers coaches LPGA Tour golfers Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States People from Clarendon County, South Carolina People from Harlem Sportspeople from Manhattan Sportspeople from Wilmington, North Carolina Tennis players at the 1959 Pan American Games Tennis people from South Carolina United States National champions ( tennis ) Wimbledon champions ( pre-Open Era ) World No. 1 tennis players Burials at Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, New Jersey Women autobiographers Professional tennis players before the Open Era Sportspeople from Essex County, New Jersey Pan American Games medalists in tennis Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Pages using infobox tennis biography with tennishofid All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from July 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu Башҡортса Català Čeština Deutsch Español Euskara فارسی Français हिन्दी Italiano Malagasy മലയാളം مصرى Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Русский Simple English Slovenščina Suomi Svenska Tagalog Українська Winaray Yorùbá 20 more Edit links This page was last edited on 25 March 2018, at 01 : 52. 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Question: first black tennis player to win a grand slam
Answer: Althea Gibson