Arthur Ashe, born July, 1943 in Richmond, Virginia, was the first African-American to be selected to the United States Davis Cup team in 1963. He is the first (and only!) African-American man to win singles titles at Wimbledon, US Open, and the Australian Open.
He was the first black male to play in the Maryland boys' championships in 1958. He was the first black man to win the National Junior indoor tennis title. In 1968, he won the United States Amateur Championships.
He passed away in February 1993 from AIDS-related pneumonia following a tainted blood transfusion he received during heart bypass surgery in 1983.
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