"Gibson, Althea (1927), American professional tennis player and golfer, 
who was named woman athlete of the year for 1957. She was born near 
Sumter, South Carolina, and educated at Florida Agricultural and 
Mechanical University. At the age of 15 she was New York State black 
girls' singles tennis champion; this was the first of many titles she 
would hold during the next 15 years. In 1957 she won the All-England 
women's singles championship at Wimbledon, the United States 
women's clay court singles championship at River Forest, Illinois, and 
the U.S. Open at Forest Hills in New York City. For these achievements 
she was named woman athlete of the year for 1957 by the Associated Press. 
After repeating as Wimbledon and U.S. national champion in 1958, 
she played professional exhibition tennis in 1959-60 and 
joined the Ladies Professional Golf Association in 1963. 
She was named in 1971 to the National Lawn Tennis Hall of Fame."
(Source: Gibson, Althea," Microsoft® Encarta® Online  Encyclopedia 2003 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2003 
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