Arthur Ashe on his 1975 Wimbledon win Connors would reveal later that he was injured during that fortnight. No matter. Ashe gave tennis’s old guard one final hurrah; his Grand Slam title would ...

That’s one explanation—metaphorically speaking, of course—for what happened in the 1975 Wimbledon men’s final ... that Connors could be beaten. Arthur Ashe, who had just finished a ...

Arthur Ashe was only 49 years old when he passed ... Seven years after that, Ashe became the first African American to win at Wimbledon in 1975. The win at the U.S. Open propelled the ever ...

Many people in Richmond may drive along Arthur Ashe Boulevard, but do you know the story of the legendary tennis player it’s named after?

In 1947, Arthur Ashe Sr. took a job as caretaker of ... Among many other accomplishments documented in the book, Ashe was the Wimbledon champion in 1975, and, after heart surgery took him out ...

(WWBT) - A mural celebrating tennis champion, social activist and Richmond native Arthur Ashe was ... man to win a Wimbledon singles title as he defeated Jimmy Connors in July 1975.

2015 marks the 40th anniversary of tennis legend Arthur Ashe lifting the Wimbledon men’s singles title. From boyhood in segregated America, Ashe became one of the world’s opinion-formers.