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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.
Frances Tiafoe Jr. (/ t i ˈ ɑː f oʊ / tee-AH-foh; [2] born January 20, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. He reached his career high at world No. 10 in singles on June 19, 2023, becoming the first Sierra Leonean American man to be ranked in the top 10 by the ATP.
Jimmie Pierce McDaniel (September 4, 1916 – March 8, 1990) was an African-American tennis player. [2] He won the American Tennis Association, ATA National Championships event four times (1939–1941, 1946). [3] He was said to be the "greatest black player of the pre-war (WWII) era." [3] He was a lefty and was about 6 ft 5 in tall. [4]
Robert Hayes Ryland (June 16, 1920 – August 2, 2020) was an American tennis player and coach, known for having been the first African-American to play professional tennis. [1] Ryland coached some of the world's top-ranked professionals, including Harold Solomon , Renee Blount , Leslie Allen , Arthur Ashe , Bruce Foxworth , Venus Williams ...
In August 2008, Blake represented the United States as one of its three men's singles tennis players in the Beijing Olympics. In the quarterfinals, he gained one of the biggest wins of his career with his first ever win over Roger Federer 6–4, 7–6. At the time, Federer was ranked as the world's No. 1 men's player. [13]
Frances Tiafoe made it to the fourth round of the U.S. Open after defeating Andrey Rublev in a mammoth five-set The post Frances Tiafoe win sets up rare Black male match-up with Felix Auger ...
Wade Baldwin IV—professional basketball player; Lonzo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player [24] LiAngelo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player; LaMelo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player; Gene Banks—retired professional basketball player