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spt_BlackHistoryMonth_Tennis[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Oscar Johnson wins the National Public Parks Championships, becoming the first black player to win a United States Lawn Tennis Association sanctioned event.";

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spt_BlackHistoryMonth_Tennis[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Althea Gibson becomes the first black player to compete at the U.S. Championships. In 1956, Althea Gibson becomes the first black player to win a Grand Slam title, winning the French Open. Gibson would add a Wimbledon and U.S. Open singles title the following year.";

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spt_BlackHistoryMonth_Tennis[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the US Open. He would later become the first black man to win Wimbledon in 1975.";

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spt_BlackHistoryMonth_Tennis[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Arthur Ashe becomes the first black player to captain the U.S. Davis Cup team and coaches the United States to victory over Argentina in the Davis Cup final. Ashe was also the first black player to play Davis Cup for U.S., in 1963.";

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spt_BlackHistoryMonth_Tennis[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Zina Garrison reaches the singles final at Wimbledon becoming the first African-American woman to reach the final of one of the four major championships of tennis since Althea Gibson. In 2003, Zina became the first African-American captain in Fed Cup history.";

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spt_BlackHistoryMonth_Tennis[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Mal Washington joins Arthur Ashe as the only African-American men to reach the Wimbledon final and later becomes the first African-American man to represent the United States in Olympic tennis.";

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spt_BlackHistoryMonth_Tennis[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Venus Williams reaches the US Open women's final - the first African-American woman to reach the final since Gibson in 1958.  Arthur Ashe Stadium is dedicated at the US Open.";

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spt_BlackHistoryMonth_Tennis[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>The Williams sisters each win their first Grand Slam singles titles Serena, the 1999 US Open and Venus, Wimbledon in 2000. Venus also becomes the first African- American player to win an Olympic gold medal in singles at the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, Australia. The sisters also teamed up to win the Gold in doubles.";

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