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Arthur Ashe

Tennis Player Profiles

Country	United States
Residence	Petersburg, Virginia
Date of birth	July 10, 1943
Place of birth	Richmond, Virginia, USA
Date of death	February 6, 1993 (aged 49)
Place of death	New York City, New York, USA
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro	1969
Retired	1980
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$1,584,909 (according to the ATP)
Int. Tennis HOF	1985 (member page)
Singles
Career record	818-260 (at Grand Prix tour, WCT tour, and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	33
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1969)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	W (1970)
French Open	QF (1970, 1971)
Wimbledon	W (1975)
US Open	W (1968)
Doubles
Career record	323-176 (at Grand Prix tour, WCT tour, and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	18 (14 according to the ATP)
Highest ranking	15 (30 August, 1977)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1977)
French Open	W (1971)
Wimbledon	F (1971)
US Open	F (1968)

Arthur Ashe, an African American was awarded a tennis scholarship to UCLA in 1963.

Arthur Ashe was also the first African American to be selected to the United States Davis cup team.

Ashe played a key role in the formation of the ATP.

Ashe is ranked as one of the best 21 tennis players of all time by Jack Kramer in his autobiography.

Arthur Ashe was elected to the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1985.

Ashe died a tragic death as he had contracted AIDS during his blood transfusion given for the heart operations performed on him.

Arthur Ashe finished writing his book Days of Grace just a week before his death.

Ashe was an active participant in the apartheid movement.

HONORS

Arthur Ashe has been honored posthumously with a statue on Mount Avenue.

A stadium has been named after him, and a commemorative postal stamp has been released featuring him.

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

19771

1978

1979

Career SR

Career Win-Loss

Australia

1 / 4

16–3

French Open

0 / 8

25–8

Wimbledon

1 / 9

27–8

US Open

1 / 10

38–9

Win-Loss

11–1

13–3

15–3

15–4

6–1

5–2

9–3

10–1

7–3

3–1

10–4

2–2

N/A

106–28

1 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 2

3 / 31

N/A

The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
A = did not participate in the tournament
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 7 finals (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1966	Australian Championships	Hardcourt	Roy Emerson	6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1967	Australian Championships	Hardcourt	Roy Emerson	6–4, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	1968	US Open	Hardcourt	Tom Okker	14–12, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	1970	Australian Open	Hardcourt	Dick Crealy	6–4, 9–7, 6–2
Runner-up	1971	Australian Open	Hardcourt	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	1972	US Open	Hardcourt	Ilie Năstase	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(1–5), 6–4, 6–3
Winner	1975	Wimbledon	Grass	Jimmy Connors	6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4

Grand Slam, Grand Prix and WCT Tour titles (33)

Singles

1.	August 1, 1968	U.S. Amateur Championships, Boston MA, USA
2.	August 29, 1968	US Open, New York City, USA	Grass	Tom Okker	14–12, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
3.	January 19, 1970	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Grass	Dick Crealy	6–4, 9–7, 6–2
4.	1970	Berkeley, California
5.	1970	Paris, France
6.	1971	Charlotte, USA
7.	1971	Paris, France
8.	1971	Stockholm, Sweden

1972 – Louisville WCT, Montreal WCT, Rome WCT, Rotterdam WCT
1973 – Chicago WCT, Washington
1974 – Barcelona WCT, Bologna WCT, Stockholm
1975 – Barcelona WCT, Dallas WCT, Los Angeles, Munich WCT, Rotterdam WCT, San Francisco, Stockholm - WCT, Wimbledon
1976 – Columbus WCT, Indianapolis WCT, Richmond WCT, Rome WCT, Rotterdam WCT
1978 – Colombus, Los Angeles, San Jose