Arthur Ashe hits a slice serve with unerring accuracy, the ball arcing ever wider off the court. Jimmy Connors, his heavily favored opponent and the defending champion, gets just enough of his racket ...

He had already won the U.S. Open in 1968 and the Australian Open in 1970. But Arthur Ashe wanted tennis’s most coveted trophy — the grandest, oldest Slam title of them all — given to the winner of the ...

WIMBLEDON, England — Arthur Ashe was never afraid of changing tack. He arrived at his only Wimbledon final 50 years ago having darted his way through a nettlesome draw as something approaching a ...

Arthur Ashe hatches a plan on how to defeat Jimmy Connors at the 1975 Wimbledon finals. Arthur Ashe devises an unconventional game plan to topple the seemingly invincible Jimmy Connors at the 1975 ...

LONDON (AP) — A look at some of the anniversaries this year at Wimbledon: Arthur Ashe became the first — and to this day, only — Black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon in 1975, beating ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — A look at some of the ...