As Women’s History Month closes, we take a closer look at Althea Gibson, the Black American two-sport athlete whose legacy is still being celebrated even 20 years after her death.It may be 50 years ...

Althea Gibson’s advice to Serena and Venus Williams Fortunately, times have changed. When Serena Williams retired in 2022, for example, she did so having won nearly $100 million in prize money ...

At Wimbledon in 1957, the No. 1-seeded woman, New York’s Althea Gibson, teamed up with Australian Neale Fraser in the mixed-doubles draw. Fraser was a hard-charging lefty who would become the ...

Gibson was 23 years old when she entered the public tennis scene in the summer of 1950 at the U.S. Nationals Championships at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, making her the ...

Althea Gibson. Gibson became the first Black player to compete in what would later become the US Open and now, the United States Tennis Association is paying tribute to her legacy with the 2025 US ...

Over 50 years after tennis star Althea Gibson solidified her greatness at the U.S. Open, the trailblazer in sports is getting her just due.

She is Althea Gibson, the first Black woman to play in what is now called the US Open; the first to win one of the Grand Slam tournaments, in 1956; and the first to be ranked No. 1 in the world.

Althea Gibson, tennis player: born Silver, South Carolina 25 August 1927; married 1965 William Darben (marriage dissolved), 1983 Sydney Llewellyn (deceased); died East Orange, New Jersey 28 ...

As Women’s History Month closes, we celebrate Althea Gibson, the Black American two-sport athlete whose legacy is still felt 20 years after her death.

As Women’s History Month closes, we take a closer look at Althea Gibson, the Black American two-sport athlete whose legacy is still being celebrated even 20 years after her death. It may be 50 ...