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Arthur Ashe
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American tennis player (1943–1993)
Arthur Ashe was an American tennis player who lived from 1943 to 1993 and became one of the sport's most significant figures. He matters because he broke racial barriers in professional tennis at a time when the sport was segregated and helped change the game and society through his athletic achievements and activism.
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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
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1993-04-24
Discography
- Don’t Look Back2016
- Orbit2016
- Can’t Hide2016
- Recognize2016
- Let You Get Away2016
- Used to It2017
- Used to It (stripped)2017
- Rewind2017
- Right to It2017
- Girl Who Cried Wolf2017
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 104
- Total plays
- 166
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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.”
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Team
- _Retired Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 73
- Official website
- www.cmgww.com/sports/ashe
- Image
- Arthur Ashe (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 185
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- Commons category
- Arthur Ashe
- date of birth
- 1943-07-10
- date of death
- 1993-02-06
- doubles record
- 315–173
- singles record
- 699–228
- prize money
- 1584909
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- end of work period
- 1980-00-00
- ranking
- 2
- name in native language
- Arthur Ashe
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Article
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.