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Was Althea Gibson the African American to win the singles title at Wimbledon?
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Who was the first African American to win a singles title at Wimbledon?
Althea Gibson in 1957.
First African American to win Wimbledon?
Althea Gibson
Who was the first African American tennis player to win a singles title at Wimbledon in 1957?
It was Athea Gibson in 1958.Althea Gibson
Who was the first African American female athelete?
Tennis star Althea Gibson won women's singles titles at Wimbledon in 1957 and 1958.
Who was the first black woman to win the Women's Singles Championship at Wimbledon?
Althea Gibson, in 1957. She was also the first black woman to win the U.S. Open.
Who won the Wimbledon women's singles title in 1957?
Althea Gibson
Who won the Wimbledon women's singles title in 1958?
Althea Gibson
Who was the first African American to win a singles tennis title?
Althea Gibson female
Who was the first African-America woman to win at Wimbledon?
Althea Gibson.
Who won Wimbledon in 1957?
Men's singles: Lew Hoad. Women's singles: Althea Gibson
Who was the first African American female athlete of all time?
The first to achieve great notoriety was Althea Gibson, who was the first black woman to win Wimbledon singles title (in 1957 and 1958) and to qualify for the LPGA tour (in 1963).
Was Serena Williams the first black tennis player?
No. The first African-American woman to win a Wimbledon singles title was Althea Gibson, who won back-to-back championships at the All-England Club event in 1957 and 1958.
