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    Arthur Ashe is the first American to win the U.S. Men's Singles title since 1955 and the first ever African American to win a men's singles title at what other championship?

    Question #90062. Asked by HARLEYDAWG. (Dec 19 07 7:08 AM)


    AyatollahK

    		Wimbledon.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5/newsid_2798000/2798971.stm

    "1975: Ashe's Wimbledon win makes history

    American tennis player Arthur Ashe has become the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles' championship. New Yorker Althea Gibson was the first black woman to take the Wimbledon title in 1958."

    Dec 19 07, 8:34 AM
    saddlebabe

    		Grand Slam

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ashe

    Dec 19 07, 10:26 AM
    mctavish99

    		Australian Open, 1970

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ashe

    Dec 19 07, 11:18 AM
    AyatollahK

    		You're right that, in addition to Wimbledon, Australian Open is also a correct answer. From the Wiki article that you linked:

    "Ashe remains the only African American player ever to win the men's singles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, or Australian Open. He is one of only two men of black African ancestry to win a Grand Slam singles title (the other being France's Yannick Noah, who won the French Open in 1983)."

    Dec 19 07, 5:38 PM

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