Angela Buxton was the Ladies’ Singles finalist at The Championships in 1956. The same year she was the Ladies’ Doubles champion with Althea Gibson.
A year later, at the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), Gibson won her first Ladies’ … continue reading
They were the game’s most unique pairing. One was from America’s south, the other from northwest England. They were outcasts who had faced racism and anti-Semitism. As an African American and an ethnic Jew – Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton … continue reading