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Pages in category "African-American tennis players" The following 89 pages are in this category, out of 89 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 ...
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.
This is a list of top international male singles tennis players, both past and present. It includes players who have met one or more of the following criteria in singles: Officially ranked among the top 25 players by the Association of Tennis Professionals (since 1973) Ranked among the top 10 by an expert (e.g. A. Wallis Myers) before 1973
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.
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
[1] [2] Althea Gibson was the first African-American athlete to cross the color line in international tennis and would go on to become a barrier breaking tennis champion and winner of Wimbledon, US Open and French Open. Simpson met Dr. "Whirlwind" Johnson. [3] [4] Robert Walter Johnson was known as the "godfather of black tennis". Dr.
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]