It was the 89th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1975. Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King won the singles titles.

Jul 13, 2025 · WIMBLEDON, England -- On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe, a heavy underdog, became the first and only Black man to date to win the Wimbledon singles title, defeating defending champion …

Jun 19, 2022 · Arthur Ashe, who had just finished a five-set win over Tony Roche in his own semifinal, sat toweling off in the Wimbledon locker room as Jimmy strutted across the TV screen above him.

On Saturday, 5 July 1975, Arthur Ashe beat Jimmy Connors for the 1975 Wimbledon title. With insight from Ashe's closest friends, James Buddell recounts one of the most significant wins in the sport's …

The date was Friday, 4 July 1975. The following day, Arthur Ashe was to play the Wimbledon gentlemen’s singles final against defending champion and heavy favourite Jimmy Connors. Much …

Follow the latest scores, order of play and draw information for WIMBLEDON 1975: Grand Slam tournament played in GREAT BRITAIN.

Jul 5, 2025 · The lead sports page of the Deseret News following 1975 victories of Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King at Wimbledon.

Ashe was the first Black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon, and the second Black player to do so overall, after Althea Gibson. The final is widely regarded as a tactical masterpiece by Ashe, and one …

Jul 10, 2025 · In an all-Bruin final in 1975, underdog Arthur Ashe shocked the tennis world by defeating Jimmy Connors to become the first — and so far only — Black man to win the Wimbledon men’s …

It was the 89th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1975. Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King won the singles titles.