Ashe, Arthur (Robert), Jr.
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died Feb. 6, 1993, New York, N.Y.
U.S. tennis player.
He won his first grand-slam singles title (the 1968 U.S. Open) as an amateur. The first African American member of the U.S.
Davis Cup team, he helped win five championships (1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1978). In 1975 he won the
Wimbledon singles title and received World Championship Tennis top ranking. He retired in 1980 and became captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team (to 1985). Off the court he was a critic of racial injustice, including South Africa's apartheid policy. In 1992 he revealed that he had been infected with HIV by a transfusion following surgery, and he thereafter devoted time to increasing public awareness of AIDS. The U.S. Open is now played at Arthur Ashe Stadium, which opened at the National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., in 1997.
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Ashe, Arthur Robert,Jr. — Ashe (ăsh), Arthur Robert, Jr. 1943 1993. American tennis player who was the first African American player to win the U.S. Open singles championship (1968) and the Wimbledon singles title (1975). * * * … Universalium
Ashe, Arthur Robert, Jr. — ▪ 1994 U.S. tennis player and social activist (b. July 10, 1943, Richmond, Va. d. Feb. 6, 1993, New York, N.Y.), captured centre court when he won the men s singles title at the debut of the U.S. Open championship in 1968, becoming the… … Universalium
Ashe, Arthur (Robert), Jr. — (10 jul. 1943, Richmond, Va., EE.UU.–6 feb. 1993, Nueva York, N.Y.). Tenista estadounidense. Ganó su primer título de singles en un Grand Slam cuando aún era aficionado (el Abierto de EE.UU. de 1968). Fue el primer miembro afroamericano del… … Enciclopedia Universal
Arthur Robert Ashe — noun United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943 1993) • Syn: ↑Ashe, ↑Arthur Ashe • Instance Hypernyms: ↑tennis player … Useful english dictionary
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Ashe — noun United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943 1993) • Syn: ↑Arthur Ashe, ↑Arthur Robert Ashe • Instance Hypernyms: ↑tennis player * * * /ash/, n. Arthur (Robert … Useful english dictionary
Arthur Ashe — noun United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943 1993) • Syn: ↑Ashe, ↑Arthur Robert Ashe • Instance Hypernyms: ↑tennis player * * * Arthur Ashe [ … Useful english dictionary
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