The day Althea Gibson made Wimbledon history by entering the tournament as a black woman. On this date in 1956, Althea Gibson won the first Grand Slam tennis tournament for a black woman.
Since then, a variety of professional female tennis players have won Wimbledon titles. As of 2021, the player with the most wins was Martina Navratilova with nine titles. Steffi Graf and Serena Williams both tied for second in the ranking with seven wins each.