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Oscar Johnson (tennis)

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Oscar Johnson
Country (sports) United States
DiedMarch 2019
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US Open2R (1953)

Oscar Johnson (died March 2019[1]) was an American tennis player who was the first black person to win a United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) tournament – the Long Beach Junior Open on July 4, 1948, age 17.[2] He was honored by the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987,[3] and inducted to the Black Tennis Hall of Fame in 2010.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Pioneer, Legend and Hall of Famer Oscar Johnson Has Passed, blacktennishalloffame.com (access: July 16, 2019).
  2. ^ Paul Fein, Tennis Confidential, Washington 2002, p. 254.
  3. ^ Alan Drooz (August 27, 1987), "Oscar Johnson Makes It to Hall of Fame : Black Tennis Champion Had to Break a Few Barriers Along the Way", Los Angeles Times
  4. ^ 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees, blacktennishalloffame.com (access: July 16, 2019).