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Althea Gibson
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Gibson, Althea (ălthē´) , 1927—, U.S. tennis player, b. Silver, S.C. In 1948 she won the first of 10 straight national black women's singles championships. She was the first black to play in the U.S. grass court championships at Forest Hills, N.Y. (1950), and at Wimbledon, England (1951). In addition to many international tournament victories, she won both the U.S. and English women's singles championships in 1957 and 1958. She retired from competition in 1958. In 1971 she was named to the National Lawn Tennis Hall of Fame.