Arthur Ashe Stadium opened in 1997, in Queens' Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. It cost $254 million to build, and at 23,000 seats, it’s considered the largest tennis-focused stadium in the world.

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 ...

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 ...

Arthur Ashe Stadium is getting a makeover. The stadium in Queens, New York, will receive $800 million in upgrades, it was announced by The United States Tennis Association. The project has begun ...

Arthur Ashe was only 49 years old when he passed away in 1993, but the tennis superstar accomplished so much in his life—from becoming the face of tennis to the face of activism. Ashe was also ...

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 ...