American Tennis Player Taylor Dent Scores Shocking Upset to Win ...   Sep 28, 2003
American tennis player Taylor Dent has scored a shocking upset over world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain, to capture the inaugural Thailand Open ... (Voice of America)

Missouri Sends Two to All-American Tennis Championships  Oct 1, 2003
Columbia, Mo.-- Missouri's #24 ranked Urska Juric has been selected to play in the prestigious All-American Tennis Championship for the second consecutive ... (MUTigers.com)

Roddick eyes World No.1 slot  Oct 16, 2003
Madrid: Andy Roddick, relieved to be part of the present of American tennis rather than the man consistently touted as its future, has his sights set firmly on ... (Sify, India)

US Tennis Star Serena Williams Will Not Play Again This Year  Oct 18, 2003
The Women's Tennis Association has announced that American tennis star Serena Williams will not play again this year, as she continues to recover from a knee ... (Voice of America)

Tigers' Julie Coin Advances to Semi-finals of 2003 Riviera/ITA ...   Oct 12, 2003
PACIFIC PALISADES, CA - Clemson's Julie Coin advanced to the semi-finals of the 2003 Riviera/ITA All-American Tennis Championships before falling to second ... (ClemsonTigers.com)

Tennis teams end run at ITA All-American Tournaments  Oct 9, 2003
AUSTIN, Texas - The University of Texas men's and women's tennis teams ended their runs at the ITA All-American Tennis Tournaments on Wednesday evening. ... (TexasSports.com)

Reebok India launches new global marketing campaign  Oct 16, 2003
Outperform" commercial produced by Ridley Scott Associates (RSA) (Gladiator movie fame) features American tennis phenomenon Andy Roddick., famed US football ... (Agencyfaqs.com, India)

Reebok India's new global marketing campaign  Oct 16, 2003
Outperform" commercial produced by Ridley Scott Associates (RSA) (Gladiator movie fame) features American tennis phenomenon Andy Roddick, famed US football ... (Indian Television, India)

Althea Gibson's legacy of athletic and personal grace sure to ...   Oct 1, 2003
She began to play tournaments through the American Tennis Association, the oldest black sports organization in the US, and between 1944 and 1950, she won the ... (Asheville Citizen Times, NC)

The story of the minister and I  Oct 17, 2003
I’ve toured the globe and interviewed some of its greatest personalities. Talking to American tennis hero Andre Agassi was a landmark episode in my career. ... (Harare Herald, Zimbabwe)

Erin Burdette Advances At Riviera/ITA Women's All-American ...   Oct 10, 2003
Pacific Palisades, Ca - Erin Burdette, a junior from Jackson, Ga, advanced to the semifinals at the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Tennis Championships at ... (Gostanford.com, CA)

Corduneanu advances at ITA Tennis Championships  Oct 8, 2003
UL Lafayette’s Evghenii Corduneanu continued his stellar play Wednesday and advanced to the main draw of the ITA Men’s All-American Tennis Championships. ... (The Advertiser, LA)

Admit it, you want to be famous, too  Oct 8, 2003
American tennis prodigy Ashley Harkleroad, then 16, showed up on court at the 2001 US Open in a tiny outfit that resembled nothing so much as Saran Wrap and ... (Akron Beacon Journal, OH)

Tennis teams have perfect day at ITA All-American Tournaments  Oct 7, 2003
Haney now own a combined 7-1 mark in singles this season after both posted first-round victories in the qualifying round of the Icy Hot ITA All-American Tennis ... (TexasSports.com)

Erin Burdette Advances To Title Match at Riviera/ITA ...   Oct 12, 2003
Pacific Palisades, Ca - Erin Burdette, a junior from Jackson, Ga, advanced to the finals on Saturday at the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Tennis ... (Gostanford.com, CA)

Burdette loses in final  Oct 15, 2003
...of season-opening play, Stanford junior Erin Burdette had her eyes set on the tournament title in the final of the Riviera / ITA Women’s All-American Tennis ... (Stanford Daily)

Barrier-breaking Althea Gibson dies at 76  Sep 28, 2003
Then, after winning the first of several American Tennis Association titles - the black counterpart to the all-white United States Lawn Tennis Association - Ms ... (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Tennis star left legacy as pioneer  Sep 29, 2003
Then, after winning the first of several American Tennis Association titles - the black counterpart to the all-white US Lawn Tennis Association - Gibson moved ... (Baltimore Sun, MD)

Roddick is happy to lead by example  Oct 15, 2003
All have been inspired by Roddick’s lead. “It feels good to be part of the present of American tennis,” Roddick said. “I ... (The Times (subscription), UK)

Althea Gibson  Sep 29, 2003
The American tennis player Althea Gibson, who has died from respiratory failure aged 76, was the first black singles champion at Wimbledon and the US Open. ... (Guardian, UK)

Gibson exhibit honors legend  Sep 30, 2003
Glass met Gibson through their mutual involvement in the American Tennis Association, a governing body for African-American tennis events, and Gibson coached ... (San Diego Union Tribune, CA)

Furyk eyes run at Woods starting today in Vegas  Oct 8, 2003
TENNIS: Florida sophomore Jennifer Magley won two matches to advance to the final round of the qualifying draw at the Riviera/ITA All-American Tennis ... (St. Petersburg Times, FL)

Cajun soccer falls to Centenary  Oct 9, 2003
UL Lafayette’s Evghenii Corduneanu entered Thursday morning’s match having won his first seven matches in the ITA Men’s All-American Tennis ... (The Advertiser, LA)

WTen-Magley Wins 2 Rnds at All-Am. Champ Qualies  Oct 8, 2003
Magley (Bradenton, Fla.) won a pair of matches Tuesday afternoon to advance to the final round of the qualifying draw at the Riviera/ITA All-American Tennis ... (Gator Country, FL)

Glenn fires back at Utah president  Oct 9, 2003
University of Denver sophomore Suzana Maksovic advanced with two wins Wednesday in the back draw of the Riviera/ITA Women's All- American tennis championships ... (Denver Post, CO)

St. Mary's picks up first conference volleyball victory  Oct 11, 2003
STANFORD: KC Cookery and James Pade lost 8-5 to Lester Cook and Ante Matijevic of Texas A&M in doubles play at the ITA All-American Tennis Championships in ... (Contra Costa Times, CA)

Tennis pioneer Althea Gibson dies at 76  Sep 29, 2003
In 1950, the American Tennis Association, the governing body for black tournaments, was successful in prevailing upon the USTA to permit Gibson, the ATA's ... (San Diego Union Tribune, CA)

Tennis Champion Was a Pioneer  Sep 29, 2003
Walker, Gray said, contacted coaches at the American Tennis Assn., the organization that took the place of the United States Tennis Assn. ... (Greenwich Time, CT)

Tennis Legend Althea Gibson Remembered  Oct 2, 2003
NEWARK, NJ (NNPA)—Tributes poured in this week to honor African-American tennis legend Althea Gibson, who died at age 76. ''America ... (The Wilmington Journal, NC)

Cardinal Women Compete at Riviera/ITA All-American Championships  Oct 7, 2003
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. - Stanford's Story Tweedie-Yates advanced to the qualifying round of initial draws at the Riviera/ITA All-American Tennis ... (Gostanford.com, CA)

Tennis pioneer Gibson dead at 76  Sep 28, 2003
...and raised in Harlem, became the first American black to play in the US championships in 1950 after posting a string of titles in the all-black American Tennis ... (CNN Asia, Asia)

Black tennis pioneer dies  Sep 28, 2003
She became the first American black to play in the US championships in 1950 after posting a string of titles in the all-black American Tennis Association. ... (ITV, UK)

Tennis star had many firsts  Sep 29, 2003
She attended Florida A&M on a tennis and basketball scholarship, then began her ascent in the American Tennis Association, founded in 1916 for black players. ... (National Post, Canada)

Requiem for a champion  Oct 3, 2003
She played in matches sponsored by the American Tennis Association, an organization run by African Americans, and won 10 straight ATA championships. ... (NorthJersey.com, NJ)

Longhorns Preview: Men's Tennis  Oct 7, 2003
Salina, Kansas, respectively, will get a shot to prove their mettle this week when they compete against the nations best at the Icy Hot/ITA All-American Tennis ... (TexasSports.com)

Tennis legend Althea Gibson expires  Sep 28, 2003
...play in the US. championships in 1950 after posting a string of titles in the all-black American Tennis Association. In 1956 she ... (NDTV.com, India)

Editorial: Breaking barriers with a tennis racket  Sep 29, 2003
Like baseball, there was a separate circuit for black tennis players to follow if they wanted to compete in tournaments: the American Tennis Association. ... (Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY)

Tennis legend and pioneer Althea Gibson laid to rest  Oct 2, 2003
McGreevey, former Governor Brendan Byrne, and Gibson’s sister-in-law, Rosemary Darben, who played with Gibson and other black players in the American Tennis ... (News 12 New Jersey, NJ)

Americans ready to reload  Oct 2, 2003
Where is the new generation of American tennis players counted on to replace Pete Sampras, Jim Courier, Michael Chang and, eventually, Andre Agassi? ... (Fresno Bee, CA)

Tributes pour in for legend  Sep 29, 2003
TRIBUTES poured in today honouring African-American tennis legend Althea Gibson, who died at the age of 76. The White House lauded ... (NEWS.com.au, Australia)

Althea Gibson, First Black Wimbledon Champion, Dies at 76  Sep 28, 2003
...was soon defeating virtually everybody she played, winning her first tournament in 1942, the New York State girls championship sponsored by the American Tennis ... (Yahoo News)

Althea Gibson dies aged 78  Sep 28, 2003
Tennis was a segregated sport in the United States until the American Tennis Association persuaded the United States Lawn Tennis Association to allow Gibson ... (Independent, UK)

Pioneer, tennis champion Althea Gibson dies at 76  Sep 28, 2003
A&M on a tennis and basketball scholarship a sign at the tennis courts reads, ''The House that Althea Built'' and then began her ascent in the American Tennis ... (Boston Globe, MA)

Black tennis pioneer Althea Gibson dies at 76  Sep 28, 2003
She attended Florida A&M on a tennis and basketball scholarship, and then began her ascent in the American Tennis Association, founded in 1916 for black players ... (San Diego Union Tribune, CA)

Trailblazer paved way for tennis stars of today  Sep 29, 2003
...on a tennis and basketball scholarship -- a sign at the tennis courts reads, "The House that Althea Built" -- and then began her ascent in the American Tennis ... (Indianapolis Star, IN)

Pioneer tennis champion and golfer Althea Gibson dies at 76  Sep 29, 2003
She attended Florida A&M on a tennis and basketball scholarship and then began her ascent in the American Tennis Association, founded in 1916 for black players ... (San Diego Union Tribune, CA)

Black Tennis Pioneer Althea Gibson Dies at 76  Sep 28, 2003
She attended Florida A&M on a tennis and basketball scholarship, and then began her ascent in the American Tennis Association (search), founded in 1916 for ... (FOX News)

Tennis great Althea Gibson dead; first Black woman to win ...   Sep 28, 2003
She attended Florida A&M on a tennis and basketball scholarship, and then began her ascent in the American Tennis Association, founded in 1916 for Black players ... (Arizona Republic, AZ)

Tennis Pioneer Althea Gibson Dies at 76  Sep 28, 2003
She rose through the ranks of the American Tennis Association, a governing body for black tournaments that finally prevailed upon the US Tennis Association to ... (Newsday)

Althea Gibson dies  Sep 28, 2003
Carolina and raised in Harlem, became the first American black to play in the US Open in 1950 after posting a string of titles in the all-black American Tennis ... (NEWS.com.au, Australia)

Hundreds attend funeral for Althea Gibson  Oct 2, 2003
Gibson paved the way for other African-American tennis greats, such as the late Arthur Ashe and the Williams sisters -- Venus and Serena. ... (Sports Network)

PRO GAME: A Tribute to Althea Gibson  Oct 3, 2003
...the game in Harlem, where she grew up, and by the late 1940s dominated the competition offered by the sport's national black organization, the American Tennis ... (Tennis Magazine)

Althea Gibson, First Black Player to Win Wimbledon and US Titles ...   Sep 28, 2003
In 1942 she won her first tournament, the New York State girls' championship, sponsored by the American Tennis Association, which had been organized in 1916 by ... (New York Times)

Love unmatched  Oct 2, 2003
US championship in 1958. In all, she claimed 11 grand slam titles. The American Tennis Association's No. 1 ranked player for seven ... (Newark Star Ledger, NJ)

Pioneer, tennis champion Althea Gibson dies at 76  Sep 30, 2003
...on a tennis and basketball scholarship - a sign at the tennis courts reads, "The House that Althea Built" - and then began her ascent in the American Tennis ... (The East Carolinian)

A champion unmatched  Sep 29, 2003
And it was another American tennis champion, Alice Marble, who wrote about Althea Gibson in the magazine, American Lawn Tennis, in 1950, told how Gibson was ... (New York Daily News, NY)

Tennis pioneer Gibson, 76, dies  Sep 29, 2003
...tennis and basketball scholarship — a sign at the tennis courts reads, “The House that Althea Built” — and then began her ascent in the American Tennis ... (MSNBC)

Tennis pioneer Althea Gibson dies  Sep 28, 2003
Gibson was not able to play at Forest Hills - the home of the US Championships - until the American Tennis Association, the governing body for black tournaments ... (Sify, India)

Althea Gibson, 1927-2003  Sep 30, 2003
They arranged for Gibson to live in North Carolina with Eaton and his wife, attending high school while playing in tournaments held by the American Tennis ... (Africana, Africa)

State colleges  Oct 13, 2003
...; At Pacific Palisades, Calif., Clemson's Julie Coin advanced to the semifinals of the 2003 Riviera/ITA All-American Tennis Championships before losing to ... (Columbia State, SC)

Draper takes an unexpected victory on his way to showdown with ...   Oct 2, 2003
Sixth-seeded Ashley Harkleroad, one of the so-called "generation next" of American tennis, was stunned 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 by Chinese qualifier Yan Zi in the second ... (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)

Althea Gibson dies at 76  Sep 29, 2003
...on a tennis and basketball scholarship _ a sign at the tennis courts reads, "The House that Althea Built" _ and then began her ascent in the American Tennis ... (Hindustan Times, India)

Sharp Schuettler puts out Kendrick  Oct 2, 2003
In the women's matches sixth-seeded Ashley Harkleroad, one of the so-called "Generation Next" of American tennis, was stunned 7-6 6-4 by qualifier Yan Zi and ... (CNN Europe, Europe)

LOCAL AND STATE NEWS  Oct 2, 2003
...as a sharecropper’s daughter in South Carolina and wanderer in the streets of Harlem, didn’t impede her from becoming the first African American tennis ... (The Wilmington Journal, NC)

Top seed Schuettler in clinical form at Japan Open  Oct 2, 2003
Sixth-seeded Ashley Harkleroad, one of the so-called "Generation Next" of American tennis, was stunned 7-6 6-4 by Chinese qualifier Yan Zi in the second round. ... (Hindustan Times, India)

Draper sets up clash with Schuettler  Oct 2, 2003
Sixth-seeded Ashley Harkleroad, one of the so-called "Generation Next" of American tennis, was stunned 7-6, 6-4 by Chinese qualifier Yan Zi in the second round ... (ABC Online, Australia)

Paradorn also makes way into the last eight  Oct 2, 2003
Sixth-seeded Ashley Harkleroad, one of the so-called “Generation Next” of American tennis, was stunned 7-6, 6-4 by Chinese qualifier Yan Zi in the second ... (The Star, Malaysia)

Facts about Althea Gibson  Sep 29, 2003
...• 1947: Won the first of 10 consecutive American Tennis Association titles. The ATA was organized as an alternative for black ... (Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN)

Champ A. Gibson dies  Sep 29, 2003
A&M on a tennis and basketball scholarship - a sign at the tennis courts reads "The House that Althea Built" - and then began her ascent in the American Tennis ... (Arizona Republic, AZ)

Andrew Formanczyk And Chris Mitchell Bow Out Of ITA All-American ...   Oct 3, 2003
Spartans each suffer second round defeats Friday in singles action; will begin doubles play Saturday. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - For the ... (MSUSpartans.com)

Izenberg: Gibson's legacy will last forever  Sep 28, 2003
But why didn't she play in one earlier? This is a lady who won all that the all-black American Tennis Association had to offer. ... (Newark Star Ledger, NJ)

North Jersey Media Group  Oct 3, 2003
There was a pink rose on the floor in front of the casket, which also held a banner for the American Tennis Association National Championships. ... (NorthJersey.com, NJ)

Althea Gibson's Funeral Held Today  Oct 2, 2003
Brendan Byrne, and Gibson's sister-in-law, Rosemary Darben, who played with Gibson and other black players in the American Tennis Association before she broke ... (WPVI, PA)

Sometimes Pioneers Have Pain As Leaders  Sep 29, 2003
Yet it wasn't until three years after she started wearing out the competition in the American Tennis Association, a black-only equivalent of baseball's Negro ... (Miami Herald, FL)

ahead of her time  Sep 29, 2003
Yet it wasn’t until three years after she started wearing out the competition in the American Tennis Association, a black-only equivalent of baseball’s ... (MSNBC)

Dent shocks Ferrerro in Thailand final  Sep 28, 2003
American tennis player Taylor Dent has denied world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero the first indoor victory of his career, sweeping past the Spaniard 6-3, 7-6 ... (ABC Online, Australia)

Pioneer Gibson passes away  Oct 1, 2003
Gibson, born on August 25, 1927 to sharecroppers on a cotton farm in South Carolina, won a string of titles in the all-black American Tennis Association before ... (Cape Times, Africa)

The winning way  Oct 3, 2003
They might point to American tennis player Althea Gibson, who died last week, who before she won Wimbledon and the US Open, first had to win acceptance. ... (The Age, Australia)

Agassi withdraws from European events  Sep 27, 2003
American tennis player Andre Agassi has pulled out of three European tournaments scheduled for next month so he can devote more time to his family. ... (ABC Online, Australia)

Pacific HS notes: Okinawa road trip 'a welcome break'  Oct 7, 2003
...group.”. ¶ Senior top seed Priscilla Umemoto quietly is cobbling together a stellar season for the Osan American tennis team. ... (Pacific Stars and Stripes, Japan)

TOMPKINS: Gibson, like Rudolph, was black pioneer  Sep 30, 2003
She took to tennis like Pythagoras took to math. Gibson won 10 consecutive Black American Tennis Association national championships. ... (Alexandria Town Talk, LA)

Victims of the Columbia shuttle disaster honoured  Sep 29, 2003
Representatives of the American Tennis Association presented a wheelchair to the physically disabled tennis player Tomáš Masaryk. (Slovak Spectator, Slovakia)

Sports has a role in fight against AIDS in Africa  Sep 25, 2003
The African-American tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams were planning their first African visit this autumn, and though they now have personal tragedy to ... (International Herald Tribune, France)

Inside a Hilton's head  Oct 1, 2003
That's right, sports fans; Paris Hilton isn't just where American tennis players stay while they lose at the French Open. She is an actual person. Sort of. ... (ESPN)

Gibson served as model for Williams sisters  Sep 28, 2003
City, Miss. At the same time, she began her ascent in the American Tennis Association, founded in 1916 for black players. Gibson ... (ABC12.com, MI)

Black tennis trailblazer dies  Sep 29, 2003
...in Harlem, Gibson was the first black American to play in the US championships in 1950, after posting a string of titles in the all-black American Tennis ... (Daily News, Africa)

Hair's looking at you  Oct 3, 2003
50s. Kevin Keegan followed the fad of American tennis champs Roscoe Tanner and Vitas Gerulaitis with a shaggy perm in 1982. Glen ... (Daily Telegraph, Australia)

ALTHEA GIBSON, 1927-2003  Sep 29, 2003
...playing tennis at age 13 and, by 1947, at the age of 20, she won the first of 10 straight national championships sponsored by the all-black American Tennis ... (Newark Star Ledger, NJ)

Tennis Pioneer Althea Gibson Dies at 76  Sep 28, 2003
...and I conducted myself in that manner." She attended Florida A&M on a tennis and basketball scholarship, and then began her ascent in the American Tennis ... (Newsday)

Pioneer, tennis champion dies at 76  Sep 29, 2003
...a tennis and basketball scholarship -- a sign at the tennis courts reads, ''The House that Althea Built'' -- and then began her ascent in the American Tennis ... (Monterey County Herald, CA)

Tennis champion from Clarendon dies at 76  Sep 29, 2003
...tennis and basketball scholarship – a sign at the tennis courts reads, “The House that Althea Built” – and then began her ascent in the American Tennis ... (Sumter Item, SC)

Tennis champ who broke racial barriers dies  Sep 29, 2003
...a tennis and basketball scholarship — a sign at the tennis courts reads, "The House that Althea Built" — and then began her ascent in the American Tennis ... (NewHavenRegister.com) [an error occurred while processing this directive] American Tennis [an error occurred while processing this directive]