Angela Buxton, Althea Gibson’s Doubles Partner, Dies at 85

Angela Buxton and Althea Gibson won Wimbledon doubles in 1956. Both faced discrimination, Gibson because she was Black and Buxton because of Anti-Semitism. “The International Tennis Federation announced the death […]

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USA Wins Althea Gibson Cup: Brenda Carter Reports from Umag

From Brenda Carter, Captain of the Althea Gibson Cup team: Amazingly, we did it.  We won the Althea Gibson Cup by defeating the team from Great Britain.  Both singles matches […]

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USA Wins Doris Hart Cup; Other Finals are Ongoing

Friday September 21, 2018, Palm Desert, California, USA; 5:15 am PDT A second article will be written tomorrow, or earlier to recap all matches. The USA Women’s 80s team, the […]

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