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Arthur Ashe
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Arthur Ashe
Former Tennis Grand Slam Champion & World No.1 Player
Arthur Ashe Bio Details
Full name
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr
Gender
Male
Age
49
Date of birth
Birth place
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Date of death:
6 Feb 1993
Place of death
New York, USA
Occupations
Champion of the first US Open Championship in 1968
Captain of the Davis Cup US team 1981-85
Wrote two autobiographies and a definitive three- volume history of black athletes, A Hard Road to Glory (1988).
Established the Arthur Ashe Foundation to Defeat Aids. He himself reportedly contracted the disease through a blood transfusion when he had open heart surgery at 40.
Founded Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid in 1983 which worked toward raising awareness of Apartheid policies and lobbying for sanctions and embargoes against the South African government. Two years later the was arrested outside the South African embassy in Washington during an anti-apartheid protest on January 11, 1985.
Arthur Ashe Siblings
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Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe Children
born 1986, age 31
with Jeanne-Marie Moutoussamy-Ashe
Daughter of Tennis Champion Arthur Ashe
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Tennis Grand Slam Winners
1970
Other people in this association:
Sue Barker 1976
Sir Andy Murray 2012
Sir Andy Murray 2013
Tennis Grand Slam Winners
1968
Other people in this association:
Sue Barker 1976
Sir Andy Murray 2012
Sir Andy Murray 2013
Tennis Grand Slam Winners
1975
Other people in this association:
Sue Barker 1976
Sir Andy Murray 2012
Sir Andy Murray 2013
Wimbledon Singles Winners
1975
Other people in this association:
Sir Andy Murray 2016
Sir Andy Murray 2013
Martina Hingis 1997
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