I have been enjoying Wimbledon tennis on TV, and when the announcers recently paid tribute to native Richmonder and tennis great Arthur Ashe Jr., it caught my attention. Fifty years ...

Fifty years have now passed since Ashe stunned Connors in four sets to become the first – and to this day only – Black man to win the Wimbledon gentlemen’s singles title, and the ...

Two nights before he played one of the most important tennis matches of his life, Arthur Ashe had dinner with three of his best friends. It was in London in 1975, and Ashe was scheduled to play ...

1991 Netpro Legends Tennis #17 Arthur Ashe BGS 9.5 sold for $.99 on June 10, 2011 on Fanatics Weekly (formerly PWCC). The same card recently sold for $59.99 on February 14, 2024 on eBay. | Card ...

Tennis Arthur Ashe’s knack for reinvention led him to history at Wimbledon He became the only Black man to win a Wimbledon singles title by outsmarting Jimmy Connors in the final.

Born in July 1943 in Richmond, Virginia, Ashe was introduced to the sport when his father, Arthur Sr., became a caretaker for Brook Field Park in 1947, a segregated playground equipped with tennis ...