List of black tennis players
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This is a list of black tennis players.
Women[edit]
| Name | Country | Achievements |
|---|---|---|
| Ora Washington[2] |  United States
|
7 titles in singles |
| Althea Gibson[3] | United States
|
5 GS in singles |
| Serena Williams[3] | United States
|
Open Era record 22 GS in singles, 14 GS in doubles, 2 GS in mixed doubles, 71 titles in singles, 23 titles in doubles, 2 titles in mixed doubles, 768 match wins in singles, 301 weeks no. 1 in singles, 8 weeks no. 1 in doubles, 5 times singles WTA Tour finals won, 5 times WTA year end no. 1 in singles, 3 Olympic Gold in doubles, 1 Olympic Gold in singles |
| Venus Williams[3] | United States
|
7 GS in singles, 14 GS in doubles, 2 GS in mixed doubles, 49 titles in singles, 23 titles in doubles, 2 titles in mixed doubles, 728 match wins in singles, 12 weeks no. 1 in singles, 8 weeks no. 1 in doubles, 1 time singles WTA Tour finals won, 3 Olympic Gold in doubles, 1 Olympic Gold in singles |
| Sloane Stephens[3] | United States
|
4 titles in singles |
| Zina Garrison[3] | United States
|
3 GS in mixed doubles, 14 titles in singles, 20 titles in doubles, 3 titles in mixed doubles, 587 match wins in singles, 1 Olympic Gold in doubles |
| Madison Keys | United States
|
2 titles in singles |
| Chanda Rubin[3] | United States
|
1 GS in doubles, 7 titles in singles, 10 titles in doubles |
| Lori McNeil[4] | United States
|
12 titles in singles, 40 titles in doubles[5] |
| Lucy Diggs Slowe[4] | United States
|
In 1917, won the women's national title of the American Tennis Association's first tournament, becoming the first African-American woman to win a major sports title. |
| Katrina Adams[6] | United States
|
20 titles in doubles |
Men[edit]
| Name | Country | Achievements |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Ashe[3] | United States
|
3 GS in singles, 2 GS in doubles, 33 titles in singles, 18 titles in doubles, Davis Cup winner 4 times |
| Mahesh Bhupathi |  India
|
4 GS in doubles, 8 GS in mised doubles, 52 titles in doubles, 8 titles in mixed doubles, No. 1 in doubles, 687 match wins in doubles |
| James Blake[3] | United States
|
10 titles in singles, 7 titles in doubles |
| Genius Chidzikwe[7] |  Zimbabwe
|
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| Oscar Johnson | United States
|
first black person to win a USLTA tournament[8] |
| Nick Kyrgios |  Australia
|
1 title in singles |
| Gaël Monfils[3] |  France
|
6 singles titles |
| Yannick Noah[3] | France
|
won French Open[9] |
| Leander Paes | India
|
8 GS in doubles, 10 GS in mixed doubles, 1 title in singles, 55 titles in doubles, 10 titles in mixed doubles, No. 1 in doubles, 714 match wins in doubles |
| Sree-Amol Roy |  Bangladesh
|
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| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga[3] | France
|
12 titles in singles, 4 titles in doubles |
| Donald Young[3] | United States
|
5 GS in singles |
| Phillip Simmonds[10] | United States
|
In 2003, Simmonds along with Scott Oudsema, won the Australian Open Tennis Championships boy's doubles title, the first American team to win the competition. |
| Bob Ryland[11][12] | United States
|
In 1959, Ryland became the first black man to ever play the game as a professional. |
| Roger Smith[6] |  Bahamas
|
3 titles in doubles |
| Nduka Odizor[6] |  Nigeria
|
1 title in singles and 7 titles in doubles |
| Ronald Agénor[6] |  Haiti
|
3 titles in singles |
| Reginald Weir[13] | United States
|
5 time ATA national champion (1931, 1932, 1933, 1937, and 1942) |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Tennis", Encyclopedia of African American Society, SAGE, 2005, p. 808, ISBN 9781452265414
- ↑ "Black Women in Sports". History.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 John Grasso (2011), Historical Dictionary of Tennis, Scarecrow, pp. 19–20, ISBN 9780810872370
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lewis, Jason (March 31, 2011). "Lucy Diggs Slowe, the Mother of Black Tennis". Los Angeles Sentinel. via HighBeam (subscription required).
- ↑ "Lori McNeil – National Coach, Women's Tennis". USTA.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Aldridge, David (September 4, 1988). "Tennis' Blacks Yearn for Recognition; International Contingent Expands, but Their Endorsement Share Grows More Slowly". The Washington Post. via HighBeam (subscription required).
- ↑ Sundiata A. Djata (2008), Blacks at the Net: Black Achievement in the History of Tennis, Vol. 2, Syracuse University Press, p. 39, ISBN 9780815608981
- ↑ Alan Drooz (27 August 1987), "Oscar Johnson Makes It to Hall of Fame : Black Tennis Champion Had to Break a Few Barriers Along the Way", Los Angeles Times
- ↑ "Grand Slam – History of Blacks in Tennis", Black Enterprise: 94, September 1994
- ↑ Evans, Judith (June 24, 2003). "His Game Carries Weight; Simmonds Leads Group of Black Tennis Players". The Washington Post. via HighBeam (subscription required).
- ↑ Novich, David (February 15, 2013). "Bob Ryland: A Story in Tennis History". USTA.
- ↑ Burkett, Joel (July 28, 2011). "Pioneering African American Tennis Players". Los Angeles Sentinel. via HighBeam (subscription required).
- ↑ Ashe, Arthur (January 1, 2006). "American Tennis Association". Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. via HighBeam(subscription required).
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