Arthur Ashe
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1943 — Present
Celebrity
Personal Info
- Born
- Jul 10, 1943
- Age
- 82
- Birth Place
- Richmond, Virginia, US
LEGACY & ORIGINS
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro 1969 (amateur tour from 1959)
Retired 1980
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,584,909 (ATP)
Int. Tennis HoF 1985 (member page)
Singles
Career record 1188–371 in pre Open-Era & Open Era
Career titles 87 (44 open era titles listed by ATP)
Highest ranking No. 2 (May 10, 1976)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open W (1970)
French Open QF (1970, 1971)
Wimbledon W (1975)
US Open W (1968)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals F (1978)
WCT Finals W (1975)
Doubles
Career record 323–176[a]
Career titles 18 (14 Grand Prix and WCT titles)
Highest ranking No. 15 (August 30, 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open W (1977)
French Open W (1971)
Wimbledon F (1971)
US Open F (1968)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (1963, 1968, 1969, 1970)
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.
Ashe is believed to have acquired HIV from a blood transfusion he received during heart bypass surgery in 1983. He publicly announced his illness in April 1992, and began working to educate others about HIV and AIDS. He founded the Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS and the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health before his death from AIDS-related pneumonia at the age of 49 on February 6, 1993. On June 20, 1993, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by United States president Bill Clinton. The Arthur Ashe Stadium, the main court for the US Open and the largest tennis arena in the world, is named in his honor.
Turned pro 1969 (amateur tour from 1959)
Retired 1980
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,584,909 (ATP)
Int. Tennis HoF 1985 (member page)
Singles
Career record 1188–371 in pre Open-Era & Open Era
Career titles 87 (44 open era titles listed by ATP)
Highest ranking No. 2 (May 10, 1976)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open W (1970)
French Open QF (1970, 1971)
Wimbledon W (1975)
US Open W (1968)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals F (1978)
WCT Finals W (1975)
Doubles
Career record 323–176[a]
Career titles 18 (14 Grand Prix and WCT titles)
Highest ranking No. 15 (August 30, 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open W (1977)
French Open W (1971)
Wimbledon F (1971)
US Open F (1968)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (1963, 1968, 1969, 1970)
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.
Ashe is believed to have acquired HIV from a blood transfusion he received during heart bypass surgery in 1983. He publicly announced his illness in April 1992, and began working to educate others about HIV and AIDS. He founded the Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS and the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health before his death from AIDS-related pneumonia at the age of 49 on February 6, 1993. On June 20, 1993, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by United States president Bill Clinton. The Arthur Ashe Stadium, the main court for the US Open and the largest tennis arena in the world, is named in his honor.
Life & Career Details
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro 1969 (amateur tour from 1959)
Retired 1980
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,584,909 (ATP)
Int. Tennis HoF 1985 (member page)
Singles
Career record 1188–371 in pre Open-Era & Open Era
Career titles 87 (44 open era titles listed by ATP)
Highest ranking No. 2 (May 10, 1976)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open W (1970)
French Open QF (1970, 1971)
Wimbledon W (1975)
US Open W (1968)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals F (1978)
WCT Finals W (1975)
Doubles
Career record 323–176[a]
Career titles 18 (14 Grand Prix and WCT titles)
Highest ranking No. 15 (August 30, 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open W (1977)
French Open W (1971)
Wimbledon F (1971)
US Open F (1968)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (1963, 1968, 1969, 1970)
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.
Ashe is believed to have acquired HIV from a blood transfusion he received during heart bypass surgery in 1983. He publicly announced his illness in April 1992, and began working to educate others about HIV and AIDS. He founded the Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS and the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health before his death from AIDS-related pneumonia at the age of 49 on February 6, 1993. On June 20, 1993, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by United States president Bill Clinton. The Arthur Ashe Stadium, the main court for the US Open and the largest tennis arena in the world, is named in his honor.
Turned pro 1969 (amateur tour from 1959)
Retired 1980
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,584,909 (ATP)
Int. Tennis HoF 1985 (member page)
Singles
Career record 1188–371 in pre Open-Era & Open Era
Career titles 87 (44 open era titles listed by ATP)
Highest ranking No. 2 (May 10, 1976)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open W (1970)
French Open QF (1970, 1971)
Wimbledon W (1975)
US Open W (1968)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals F (1978)
WCT Finals W (1975)
Doubles
Career record 323–176[a]
Career titles 18 (14 Grand Prix and WCT titles)
Highest ranking No. 15 (August 30, 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open W (1977)
French Open W (1971)
Wimbledon F (1971)
US Open F (1968)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (1963, 1968, 1969, 1970)
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.
Ashe is believed to have acquired HIV from a blood transfusion he received during heart bypass surgery in 1983. He publicly announced his illness in April 1992, and began working to educate others about HIV and AIDS. He founded the Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS and the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health before his death from AIDS-related pneumonia at the age of 49 on February 6, 1993. On June 20, 1993, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by United States president Bill Clinton. The Arthur Ashe Stadium, the main court for the US Open and the largest tennis arena in the world, is named in his honor.
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