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Arthur Ashe
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. 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. He retired in 1980.
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sports · American tennis player (1943–1993) · tennis player · military officer · writer · also Arthur Ashe, Ashe, Arthur Robert, Arthur Ashe, Jr., Arthur Ashe Jr., Arthur R. Ashe Jr., Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
Born 10 July 1943 · Died 6 February 1993 · Q53325
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2026· 6 entries
QNS: Savannah Bananas among headliners for Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day
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2023· 2 entries
Essence: Arthur Ashe, A Rising Tennis-Core Brand Considers Its Legacy
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New York Daily News: Arthur Ashe’s life and career in photos
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2022· 4 entries
Yahoo: Arthur Ashe, athlete and activist
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STAT: Arthur Ashe and AIDS: Did the public have the right to know his diagnosis?
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CNN: ‘Not everyone can be an Arthur Ashe’: How a tennis legend created the blueprint for athlete activism
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CNN: How tennis legend Arthur Ashe became one of the most vocal HIV/AIDS activists
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2021· 1 entry
WBUR: Arthur Ashe represented 'the possibilities of life.' A new film explores the tennis great's legacy
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2020· 1 entry
Yahoo! Sports: Arthur Ashe statue to stay up in Richmond after vandalism, ‘White Lives Matter’ graffiti
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2019· 1 entry
The renaming of the Boulevard as Arthur Ashe Boulevard was celebrated in Richmond, Virginia
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2005· 2 entries
The United States Postal Service announced the release of an Arthur Ashe commemorative stamp, the first to feature a cover of Sports Illustrated magazine
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TENNIS Magazine ranked him 30th in their list of the 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS Era
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2002· 2 entries
Ashe winning Wimbledon in 1975 was voted 95th in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Sporting Moments
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Scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Arthur Ashe on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans
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1996· 1 entry
The city of Richmond posthumously honored Arthur Ashe's life with a statue by sculptor Paul DiPasquale on Monument Avenue, a place traditionally reserved for statues of key figures of the Confederacy
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1993· 17 entries
Ashe was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton
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Was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by United States president Bill Clinton
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Bill Clinton (1993).
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Earned Silver Olympic Order (1993).
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Awarded ATP Tour Awards (1993).
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Awarded Jefferson Awards for Public Service (1993).
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Awarded Phoenix Award (1993).
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Awarded Maxwell Finland Award (1993).
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A memorial service for Ashe was held at the Cathedral of St
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Died 1993-02-06.
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Ashe died from AIDS-related pneumonia at New York Hospital at 3:13 p
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“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.”
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Arthur Ashe received the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards
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Ashe was awarded the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's George Thomas "Mickey" Leland Award
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Arthur Ashe was also awarded posthumously the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year Award by the ATP, in honor of his career-long contributions to humanitarianism
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“There is a syndrome in sports called "paralysis by analysis.”
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“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”
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1992· 6 entries
Ashe was presented with the "Sports Legend" Award by the American Sportscasters Association at their Eighth annual Hall of Fame Awards Dinner in New York City
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Outside the White House for protesting with TransAfrica on the recent crackdown on Haitian refugees
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Publicly announced he had contracted HIV
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Ashe decided to preempt USA Today's plans to publish the story about his illness and, on April 8, 1992, publicly announced he had contracted HIV.
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In 1992, a friend of Ashe who worked for USA Today heard that he was ill and called him to confirm the story.
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A friend of Ashe who worked for USA Today heard that he was ill and called him to confirm the story
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1991· 2 entries
Ashe received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from The College of William and Mary in Virginia
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To observe political change in the country as it approached racial integration
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1988· 1 entry
Ashe published a three-volume book titled A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete, after working with a team of researchers for nearly six years
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1986· 2 entries
Awarded Sports Emmy Awards (1986).
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Ashe won a Sports Emmy for co-writing the documentary A Hard Road to Glory, with Bryan Polivka
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1985· 3 entries
Awarded International Tennis Hall of Fame (1985).
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For protesting outside the Embassy of South Africa, Washington, D
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Was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded hall of fame inductee presented by Intercollegiate Tennis Association (1983).
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Underwent a second round of heart surgery to correct the previous bypass surgery
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1982· 2 entries
Joined with Harry Belafonte to form the group Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid, which called for a cultural boycott of South Africa
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The Arthur Ashe Athletic Center, a 6,000-seat multi-purpose arena, was built in Richmond, Virginia
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1979· 3 entries
Awarded Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (1979).
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Awarded ATP Tour Awards (1979).
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Ashe was awarded ATP Comeback Player of the Year and was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
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1977· 4 entries
Awarded ATP Tour Awards (1977).
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Were married in the Church Center for the United Nations in New York City in a ceremony officiated by Andrew Young, the United States ambassador to the United Nations
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Ashe addressed a small crowd of boycott supporters at the U
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Received the ATP Sportsmanship Award, voted for by other ATP-tour players
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1975· 6 entries
In the first all-American Wimbledon final since 1947, Ashe, seeded sixth and just a few days short of his 32nd birthday, won Wimbledon at his ninth attempt, defeating the overwhelming favorite and defending champion, Jim
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Won the Wimbledon with ATP Mens (1975).
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Awarded ATP Tour Awards (1975).
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Awarded BBC World Sport Star of the Year (1975).
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Arthur Ashe received the inaugural ATP Player of the Year Award
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Received the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
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1974· 2 entries
Ashe released one the sport's first instructional long-playing records, "Learn Tennis with Arthur Ashe
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Losing in straight sets to Connors for the second consecutive year
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1972· 1 entry
Due to a dispute between the ILTF and the WCT, Ashe, as one of the 32 contracted WCT players, was barred from taking part in any ILTF Grand Prix tennis circuit tournaments from January to July
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1970· 2 entries
Won the ATP Paris Masters with ATP Mens (1970).
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Won the Australian Open with ATP Mens (1970).
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1968· 3 entries
Won the US Open with ATP Mens (1968).
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And was honorably discharged from the Army on February 22, 1969, as a 1st Lieutenant
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Ashe won the United States Amateur Championships against Davis Cup teammate Bob Lutz
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1966· 1 entry
And 1967, Ashe reached the final of the Australian Championship but lost on both occasions to Roy Emerson
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1965· 1 entry
Ranked the number 3 player in the United States, Ashe won both the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) singles title and the doubles title (with Ian Crookenden of New Zealand), helping UCLA win the NCAA team
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1963· 4 entries
Ashe became the first black player ever selected for the United States Davis Cup team
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Ashe was featured in Sports Illustrated, appearing in their Faces in the Crowd segment
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Played for United States Davis Cup team (1963–1978).
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Ashe won the Pacific Southwest Championships in Los Angeles on concrete defeating Rafael Osuna and Whitney Reed in the final two rounds
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1961· 2 entries
Ashe won the Eastern Clay Court Championships defeating George Ball and Bob Barker in close five set matches in the semifinal and final
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After lobbying by Johnson, was granted permission to compete in the previously segregated U
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1960· 1 entry
Ashe was precluded from competing against White youths in segregated Richmond during the school year, and unable to use the city's indoor courts that were closed to Black players
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1958· 2 entries
Ashe became the first African-American to play in the Maryland boys' championships
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“s decision. In 1958, Ashe became the first African-American to play in the Maryland boys”
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1943· 1 entry
Born 1943-07-10.
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