2014 — Novak Djokovic wins his second Wimbledon title and denies Roger Federer his record eighth by holding off the Swiss star in five sets. Djokovic wastes a 5-2 lead in the fourth set but holds on ...

Bonita Gibson is part of a small population of supercentenarians in the United States, or someone who is at least 110 years old.

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It would be almost 15 years later that another African American tennis star with Tallahassee roots – Althea Gibson – broke the color barrier in professional tennis in 1950, eventually winning ...

Born in 1927, Althea Gibson grew up in a time when Black players weren’t allowed at most tennis tournaments. But her skill on the court earned her many important firsts in the sport.

American tennis player Althea Gibson (1927 - 2003) holding the Venus Rosewater Plate after winning the women's singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 5th 1958.

Althea Gibson, the trailblazing athlete who won 11 Grand Slam tennis titles and later became the first Black golfer to compete on the LPGA, remains an unfamiliar name to many in the world of golf.

Gibson, who moved to Harlem at a young age, later settled in East Orange. She became New Jersey's first female athletic commissioner in 1976 and the following year made an unsuccessful bid for ...

Before tennis icons Serena Williams and Coco Gauff took the world by storm, there was Althea Gibson. Updated: 11:00 PM CST Feb 21, 2024 Lauren Lee Game changer: Meet the woman who came before ...

It took a few years to gain her stride among new competitors, but in 1956, she became the first black person to win the French Championships. The next year, she won Wimbledon at age 29. Despite the ...