When Arthur Ashe and Jimmy Connors stepped out onto Wimbledon’s soft green grass for the men’s singles final 40 years ago today, the distinctions resonated in much more than black and white.
Arthur Ashe became the first — and to this day, only — Black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon in 1975, beating defending champion Jimmy Connors 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 in the final. Also that year ...
In 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win Wimbledon in the gentlemen's singles draw. Fifty years later, HEAD released the Legacy Edition Arthur Ashe Competition Kit to celebrate his ...
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