Arthur Ashe
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/Wimbledonresult = "W" (1975 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles/1975)

/USOpenresult = "W" (1968 US Open – Men's Singles/1968)

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/ MastersCupresult = F (1978 Colgate-Palmolive Masters – Singles/1978)

/WCTFinalsresult = "W" (1975 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles/1975)

/doublesrecord = 323–176

/doublestitles = 18 (14 Grand Prix and WCT titles)

/highestdoublesranking = No. 15 (August 30, 1977)

/ grandslamsdoublesresults = yes

/ AustralianOpenDoublesresult = "W" (1977)

/ FrenchOpenDoublesresult = "W" (1971)

/ WimbledonDoublesresult = F (1971)

/ USOpenDoublesresult = F (1968)

/ Team = yes

/ DavisCupresult = "W" (1963 Davis Cup/1963, 1968 Davis Cup/1968, 1969 Davis Cup/1969, 1970 Davis Cup/1970)

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"Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr." (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was an American World-number-one male tennis-player rankings/World No. 1 professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles, ranking him among the best tennis players from the United States.

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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.