TitleMr.
Name:Arthur
Surname:Ashe
Nationality:USA  USA
Date of Birth:10/06/1943
Died:06/02/1993
Function:Player
 
Biography:
First black man to win U.S. Championship (1968) and Wimbledon (1975); 1st U.S. player to earn $100,000 in 1 year (1970); won Davis Cup as player (1968-70) and captain (1981-82); wrote black sports history, Hard Road to Glory; announced in 1992 that he was infected with AIDS virus from a blood transfusion during 1983 heart surgery; in 1997, the new home for the U.S. Open was named Arthur Ashe Stadium.
 
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