Arthur Ashe's impact extended far beyond the world of tennis.
As an activist, he was a champion for civil rights and spoke out in the war on AIDS and HIV, the virus that took his life in 1993 at the age of 49. Some of Ashe's greatest achievements followed his 11-year playing career.
But he was also a remarkable tennis player. Ashe won his first Grand Slam title as an amateur at the 1968 U.S. Open, becoming the first African American to win a men's singles title at a Grand Slam Championship. He went on to win the 1970 Australian Open and beat defending champion Jimmy Connors for the Wimbledon title in 1975 in a match that became an instant classic.