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Also known as Ashe, Arthur Robert, Arthur Ashe, Jr., Arthur Ashe Jr., Arthur R. Ashe Jr., Arthur R. Ashe, Jr., Arthur R. Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr.

American tennis player (1943–1993)

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Arthur Ashe was an American tennis player whose professional career spanned from 1970 to 1980. He achieved a career ranking of 2 and recorded a singles record of 699–228 and a doubles record of 315–173. Ashe earned $1,584,909 in prize money during his time on the tour. He was born on July 10, 1943, and died on February 6, 1993.

As an author, Ashe wrote 30 works, including *Days of Grace*, *Arthur Ashe on tennis*, and *A Hard Road to Glory, 1946-1969*. His writings have been referenced by 2,493 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 31 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Thesportsdb, Crossref, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1943
Works
30

Top works

  • Arthur Ashe
  • Days of Grace
  • Days of grace
  • Arthur Ashe on tennis
  • A Hard Road to Glory, 1946-1969

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1993-04-24
indie folkpop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
104
Total plays
166

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/arthur+ashe">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Sports profile

Sport
Tennis
Team
_Retired Tennis
Position
Tennis Player
Nationality
United States

via TheSportsDB

~32 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was an American professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles. Ashe was the first Black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team, and the only Black man ever to win the singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open. He retired in 1980.

Ashe was ranked world No. 1 by Rex Bellamy, Bud Collins, Judith Elian, Lance Tingay, World Tennis and Tennis Magazine (U.S.) in 1975. That year, Ashe was awarded the 'Martini and Rossi' Award, voted for by a panel of journalists, and the ATP Player of the Year award. In the ATP computer rankings, he peaked at world No. 2 in May 1976.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arthur Ashe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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