Althea Neale Gibson (August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes...
65 KB (5,894 words) - 00:18, 15 August 2024
wife of Larry Flynt Althea Gibson (1927–2003), American female athlete Althea Forrest, one half of vocal duo Althea & Donna Althea McNish (1924–2020),...
2 KB (295 words) - 18:01, 22 March 2024
Anne Shilcock 1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson 1957: Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard 1958: Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960:...
147 KB (11,948 words) - 03:56, 15 August 2024
African-American woman to win a Grand Slam singles tournament, after Althea Gibson. The Williams sisters also won the doubles event at this tournament...
311 KB (24,381 words) - 11:10, 15 August 2024
Retrieved May 8, 2020. "Chris Evert to Replace Martina Navratilova at Gibson-Baldwin Grand Slam Jam". University of Texas Frank Erwin Center. April 14...
59 KB (4,862 words) - 04:56, 15 August 2024
Anne Shilcock 1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson 1957: Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard 1958: Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960:...
128 KB (8,394 words) - 18:01, 17 August 2024
Anne Shilcock 1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson 1957: Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard 1958: Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960:...
150 KB (17,298 words) - 03:07, 16 August 2024
American woman to do so in the Open era, and the second of all time after Althea Gibson. She reached four consecutive major finals between 2002 and 2003, but...
191 KB (19,716 words) - 13:07, 15 August 2024
'Hank' Kendall Constance Towers as Miss Hannah Hunter of Greenbriar Althea Gibson as Lukey, Miss Hunter's maid Judson Pratt as Sergeant Major Kirby Ken...
14 KB (1,557 words) - 21:42, 12 August 2024
1954: Doris Hart 1955: Doris Hart 1956: Shirley Fry 1957: Althea Gibson 1958: Althea Gibson 1959: Maria Bueno 1960: Darlene Hard 1961: Darlene Hard 1962:...
172 KB (13,689 words) - 02:05, 19 August 2024
Anne Shilcock 1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson 1957: Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard 1958: Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960:...
95 KB (9,430 words) - 03:47, 15 August 2024
with Russian over drugs test". BBC. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016. Gibson, Owen; Cambers, Simon (8 March 2016). "Maria Sharapova under pressure over...
216 KB (21,709 words) - 07:37, 15 August 2024
French Championships and Wimbledon in 1956 with her playing partner, Althea Gibson. Buxton was born in Liverpool on 16 August 1934, one of two children...
21 KB (1,504 words) - 05:17, 12 August 2024
bold indicate peer-less achievements. a Margaret Osborne duPont and Althea Gibson also hold these records; however, they attained those in the pre-Open...
53 KB (4,557 words) - 02:07, 9 August 2024
1954: Doris Hart 1955: Doris Hart 1956: Shirley Fry 1957: Althea Gibson 1958: Althea Gibson 1959: Maria Bueno 1960: Darlene Hard 1961: Darlene Hard 1962:...
95 KB (7,690 words) - 17:44, 17 August 2024
Anne Shilcock 1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson 1957: Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard 1958: Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960:...
133 KB (9,898 words) - 22:49, 9 August 2024
Anne Shilcock 1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson 1957: Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard 1958: Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960:...
76 KB (4,799 words) - 13:06, 2 August 2024
Anne Shilcock 1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson 1957: Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard 1958: Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960:...
92 KB (7,623 words) - 22:17, 13 August 2024
Anne Shilcock 1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson 1957: Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard 1958: Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960:...
187 KB (16,827 words) - 22:48, 13 August 2024
1963) First African American woman to compete on the world tennis tour: Althea Gibson First African American NBA basketball players: Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton...
42 KB (4,043 words) - 16:31, 17 July 2024
Althea Gibson won the title in 1957, the first tennis player of colour to do so, and successfully defended her title in 1958....
60 KB (1,331 words) - 05:14, 14 July 2024
(1/2) Althea Gibson (1/5) Shirley Fry (2/4) Shirley Fry (3/4) 1957♦ Shirley Fry (4/4) Shirley Bloomer Brasher (1/1) Althea Gibson (2/5) Althea Gibson (3/5)...
122 KB (980 words) - 00:53, 16 August 2024
Anne Shilcock 1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson 1957: Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard 1958: Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960:...
43 KB (1,415 words) - 00:38, 13 August 2024
Anne Shilcock 1956: Angela Buxton / Althea Gibson 1957: Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard 1958: Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson 1959: Jeanne Arth / Darlene Hard 1960:...
38 KB (2,706 words) - 02:56, 15 August 2024
Circuit First African-American woman to compete on the world tennis tour: Althea Gibson First African-American solo singer to have a #1 hit on the Billboard...
251 KB (22,677 words) - 23:23, 18 August 2024
Seventh Regiment Armory in Manhattan, from 1950 through 1952, defeating Althea Gibson, Beverly Baker, and Patricia Canning Todd in the finals. Chaffee reached...
6 KB (344 words) - 17:13, 17 July 2024
Carter Lydia Maria Child Bessie Coleman Dorothy Day Marian de Forest Althea Gibson Beatrice A. Hicks Barbara Holdridge Harriet Williams Russell Strong...
17 KB (1,642 words) - 04:02, 15 August 2024
367–56 Serena Williams 86.20 306–49 / Martina Navratilova 85.38 181–31 / Monica Seles 84.38 54–10 Althea Gibson 83.43 141–28 Justine Henin Minimum 50 wins...
111 KB (1,486 words) - 12:05, 22 July 2024
1954: Doris Hart 1955: Doris Hart 1956: Shirley Fry 1957: Althea Gibson 1958: Althea Gibson 1959: Maria Bueno 1960: Darlene Hard 1961: Darlene Hard 1962:...
139 KB (10,681 words) - 12:42, 14 August 2024
Don Budge and Bill Tilden. Fellow top-ranked players Pauline Betz and Althea Gibson followed Marble by turning professional in 1947 and 1958 respectively...
95 KB (10,668 words) - 01:22, 8 August 2024