The 1970s was an explosive decade for the game of tennis. Previous icons like Stan Smith and Rod Laver gave way to names like Bjorn Borg, Arthur Ashe, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Billie Jean King, ...
Arthur Ashe became the first — and to this day, only — Black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon in 1975, beating defending champion Jimmy Connors 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 in the final. Also that year ...