Althea Gibson in 1957.
Arthur Ashe is an African American and the first and only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon. He is also the only black man to win the singles title at the US Open and the Australian Open.
He became the First African-American to win.
It was Athea Gibson in 1958.Althea Gibson
Tennis star Althea Gibson won women's singles titles at Wimbledon in 1957 and 1958.
Althea Gibson
May Sutton became the 1st American woman to win the womens singles championship at Wimbledon in 1905.
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Arthur Ashe
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Arthur Ashe in 1975.
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).
Althea Gibson, in 1957. She was also the first black woman to win the U.S. Open.