[DOC] [TLE] Althea Gibson - Wikipedia [PAR] 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,... [DOC] [TLE] Serena Williams - Wikipedia [PAR] Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional 
tennis player. ... She is also the only tennis player to have won 10 Grand Slam 
singles titles in two separate .... 1 Hingis to become the second African-American 
woman after Althea Gibson in 1958 to win a Grand Slam singles tournament. [DOC] [TLE] Althea Gibson is first African American to win Wimbledon - Jul 06 ... [PAR] She began playing tennis as a teenager and went on to win the national ... 
During the 1950s, Gibson won 56 singles and doubles titles, including 11 major 
titles. After winning Wimbledon and the U.S. Open again in 1958, Gibson retired 
from .... In May 1980, Elizabeth Anne Rowe became the first woman member of 
the class... [DOC] [TLE] Black History Month - Althea Gibson's 1950 Appearance At The U.S. ... [PAR] 1999-2000: The Williams sisters each win their first Grand Slam singles titles 
Serena, the 1999 US Open and Venus, Wimbledon in 2000. ... In 1981, she won 
the Avon Championships, becoming the first African-American woman to win a 
major tennis tournament since Althea Gibson's 1958 U.S. Open victory. Allen is 
now... [DOC] [TLE] Inspiring Accomplishments | USTA [PAR] The first African American woman to reach a Grand Slam final since legend ... the 
first black woman to claim a Grand Slam singles title since Althea Gibson in 1958. 
... The next day, Serena and her sister Venus won the US Open doubles title. ... 
She also became only the second player to win Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and... [DOC] [TLE] Gallery of Champions #4 | Black Tennis History [PAR] Leslie Allen won the ATA National Women's Singles Champion  1977 She was 
a ... first African American woman to win a major tennis tournament since Althea 
Gibson ... Slam Final (Wimbledon 1990)She was the first Black Captain of the 
U.S. ... of time she won one Grand Slam mixed doubles title at the French Open in
... [DOC] [TLE] My Favorite Player is... [PAR] She won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon and the US Open with Max 
Mirnyi, ... On September 11, 1999, Williams won her first Grand Slam tournament 
when she became US Open champion, becoming the first African American 
woman to win a Grand Slam singles tournament since Althea Gibson in 1958. [DOC] [TLE] Althea Gibson - International Tennis Hall of Fame [PAR] Five were in singles: the French in 1956, Wimbledon in 1957 and 1958, and the 
U.S. ... After that remarkable run of accomplishment, Gibson became the first ... 
Williams won the 1999 US Open, for another African-American female to win a 
major ... She was athletic as a youth, gravitating toward basketball and paddle 
tennis,... [DOC] [TLE] ESPN Classic - "Two-headed monster" rules Grand Slam circuit [PAR] Serena won the U.S. Open in 1999 before Venus won the tournament the ... 
Venus won Wimbledon in 2000 and 2001, the first time starting a 35-match 
winning streak. ... Then she kicked off 2003 by beating Venus in the Australian 
Open final to .... the first Grand Slam singles title for an African-American woman 
since 1958,... [DOC] [TLE] ESPN Classic - Garrison's biggest rally came off the court - ESPN.com [PAR] Zina Garrison won 14 singles titles in her 15-year career and had to ... becoming 
the first African-American woman to reach a Grand Slam final since Althea ... Off 
the court, she had made news earlier when she announced that she had bulimia. 
... The next year, Garrison won both the Wimbledon and U.S. Open junior titles. [DOC] [TLE] Serena Williams Biography - life, family, story, history, wife, school ... [PAR] Beginning in the late 1990s, Serena Williams became one of the world's most ... 
Her 1999 singles victory at the U.S. Open made her only the second black 
woman ever to win a Grand Slam title; Althea

Question: In 1999 she won the U.S. Open, becoming the first African-American woman since 1958 to win a Grand Slam singles title
Answer: Serena Williams