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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).
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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. — born July 10, 1943, Richmond, Va., U.S. 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… … 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
Arthur Ashe — Infobox Tennis player playername = Arthur Ashe caption = country = USA residence = Richmond, Virginia datebirth = July 10, 1943 placebirth = Richmond, Virginia, USA datedeath = death date and age|mf=yes|1993|2|6|1943|7|10 placedeath = New York… … Wikipedia
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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Robert — /rob euhrt/, n. 1. Henry Martyn /mahr tn/, 1837 1923, U.S. engineer and authority on parliamentary procedure: author of Robert s Rules of Order (1876, revised 1915). 2. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning glory and bright. * * * (as… … Universalium
