Althea Gibson Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

$5,000,000

Althea Gibson, the famous American professional tennis player and professional golfer, had a net worth of $5 million at the time of her death. She was the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis and had an impressive career, winning 11 Grand Slam tournaments, including six doubles titles, and being inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame.

Key facts:

Althea Gibson was the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis.

She became the first person of color to win a Grand Slam title, the French Open, in 1956.

Gibson won a total of eleven Grand Slam tournaments, including six doubles titles.

She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.

Gibson's five Wimbledon trophies are on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

Basic Information About Althea Gibson

Category	Athletes › Tennis Players
Professions	Tennis player, Professional golfer
Net worth	$5,000,000
Date of birth	1927-08-25
Place of birth	Clarendon County
Date of death	2003-09-28 (aged 76)
Nationality	United States of America
Gender	Female
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.8 m)
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia

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Althea Gibson's photos

References & Fact Checks ✅

1/ Filename: althea-gibson-darlene-hard-wimbledon-1957-37p8wDEr.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 18:44:11)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Althea-Gibson-Darlene-Hard-Wimbledon-1957.jpg
Original Source: The Detroit Tribune, July 20, 1957
Author: Newspress Photo
Date taken: 6 July 1957 (photo date)

2/ Filename: althea-gibson-queen-elizabeth-wimbledon-1957-t28AfVBc.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 18:44:13)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Althea-Gibson-Queen-Elizabeth-Wimbledon-1957.jpg
Original Source:
The Detroit News
- A cropped version of the photograph also appeared on page one of The New York Times on July 7, 1957
Author: Associated Press
Date taken: 6 July 1957 event date

3/ Filename: althea-gibson-parade-1957-F4xSrMRe.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 18:44:14)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Althea-Gibson-Parade-1957.jpg
Original Source: The Detroit Tribune, July 27, 1957
Author: Newspress Photo
Date taken: 11 July 1957 (more information)

4/ Filename: althea-gibson-el-grafico-2033-crop-35153zSt.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 18:44:15)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Althea_Gibson_-_El_Grafico_2033-crop.jpg
Original Source: File:Althea Gibson - El Gráfico 2033.jpg
Author: Unknown authorUnknown author
Date taken: 1958

5/ Filename: althea-gibson-statue-5c448r33.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 18:44:16)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Althea_Gibson_statue.jpg
Original Source: Thomas Jay Warren; Own work
Author:
sculpture: Thomas Jay Warren

image: DoctorJoeE
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Date taken: 5 March 2013, 12:43:39

6/ Filename: althea-gibson-s-wimbledon-trophy-1956-uw3HN2B4.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 18:44:17)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Althea_Gibson%E2%80%99s_Wimbledon_Trophy_1956.jpg
Original Source: Althea Gibson’s Wimbledon Trophy 1956
Author: Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Date taken: 28 September 2008, 14:35