U.S. Championships

By Randy Walker @TennisPublisher It was on August 28, 1950, when the U.S. Championships – the modern-day US Open – broke the color barrier as Althea Gibson became the first black player to compete. As documented in my book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY (for sale for $19.95 here https://a.co/d/jhzTcxr) Gibson won her first round match at the West Side Tennis Club at Forest … [Read more...] about The Loophole That Almost Prevented Althea Gibson From Breaking The U.S. Tennis Color Barrier In 1950