1957 Ladies Singles Wimbledon Trophy, won by Althea Gibson
date: label: date made
content: 1957
name: label: user
content: Gibson, Althea
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Althea Gibson (1927-2003) grew up in Harlem, New York and saw success in the African-American tennis community, including two national black women’s tennis championships. Despite her success, she was not allowed to compete in white tennis tournaments. Alice Marble, a four-time U.S. Nationals (now the U.S. Open) Champion, publicly insisted that Gibson be allowed to join. Gibson was subsequently invited to the U.S. Nationals in 1950 and Wimbledon in 1951. Gibson went on to win 11 Grand Slam events including back-to-back U.S. Nationals and Wimbledon championships in 1957 and 1958, leading to her nomination as AP’s Female Athlete of the Year in 1957 and 1958. After her tennis career, Gibson became the first black player to compete on the women’s professional golf tour. She is an inductee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
label: Associated Place
content: United Kingdom: England, Merton, Wimbledon
topic: label: web subject
content: African American
label: web subject
content: Women
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Tennis
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Althea Gibson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0260.04
label: accession number
content: 1988.0260
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0260.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trophy, tennis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 5 1/2 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 13.97 cm x 20.32 cm