Arthur Ashe
/ˌɑːθər ˈæʃ/
/ˌɑːrθər ˈæʃ/
- (1943-93) a US tennis player. He was the first African American to win the US Open (1968) and Wimbledon (1975). He became captain of the US Davis Cup team in 1983.
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