Dar es Salaam, 274
Darmon, Pierre, 139
Dartmouth College, 457
anti-apartheid activity, 564–65
Dartmouth Review, The, 564
da Silva Costa, Paolo, 185, 186
Dating Game, The, 228
Daufuskie Island, 429
Daughters of the American Revolution, 24
David, Herman, 203
Davidson, Owen, 184, 188
Davis, Angela, 279
Davis, Bobby, 505, 555, 627
Davis, Brad, 568
Davis, Jefferson, 6, 618
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 307, 397, 426
Davis Cup, 89, 111, 118–22, 126, 135–37, 171, 191–92, 205, 206, 370, 396, 441, 589, 680n15
apparel, 380
Ashe as captain of, 467–92, 495–500, 516–20, 521, 522, 531–34, 585, 645
Ashe’s debut, 118–22
Ashe’s statistics, 456, 644–45
Code of Conduct, 519–20, 531, 532
court behavior, 472–87, 517–20, 531
Indian default controversy, 355–57, 362
NEC sponsorship, 471
new format, 471
of 1963, 107–8, 117, 118–22
of 1964, 132–33
of 1965, 136–37, 140–43, 147–52, 173
of 1966, 178–79, 181
of 1967, 184–88, 196–200
of 1968, 212–20, 226, 231, 234–38, 266
of 1969, 238–44, 251, 252, 255–56
of 1970, 267–73
of 1971, 273
of 1972, 297–98
1972 agreement, 297–98
of 1973, 298, 304, 385
of 1974, 355–57, 385
of 1975, 356, 366–67, 369, 385, 387
of 1976, 385, 402, 407, 416–17, 471
of 1977, 407
of 1978, 433–34, 437–38
of 1980, 467, 471, 475
of 1981, 468–69, 470–81
of 1982, 481, 483–87, 490–92
of 1983, 495–500, 508, 512–13
of 1984, 510, 516–19
of 1985, 519–20, 526–29, 531–34
of 1986, 534, 536–37
prize money, 471
professional players barred from, 233–34, 242, 256, 269–72, 297
South Africa and, 210, 218, 250, 251–56, 267–69, 270–71, 286, 289, 324, 354, 355–57, 426, 433–34, 465
Davis Cup Committee on Management, 355–56
“A Day of Stars and Tennis,” 299
Days of Grace: A Memoir (Ashe and Rampersad), 15, 179, 354, 548, 584–86, 595, 602, 603, 614
Daytona Beach, Florida, 37, 42
death penalty, 487
DecoTurf, 625
Deford, Alex, 454, 569
Deford, Frank, 141, 149, 171, 182–83, 190, 273, 308, 326, 454, 459, 462, 569, 603, 612, 615
de Klerk, F. W., 564, 565
Delatour, Hunter, 518
Delaware, 51
Dell, Carole, 326, 341
Dell, Dickie, 206
Dell, Donald, 108, 127, 128, 206, 209, 212–13, 220, 224, 235–38, 241, 252, 256, 257, 296–97, 300, 326, 351, 372, 378, 380–81, 382, 351, 372, 378, 380–81, 382, 383, 443, 444, 468, 480, 490, 496, 497, 498, 500–501, 504, 510, 516, 518, 536, 537, 541, 542, 603
Ashe and, 216–18, 224, 226, 257–62, 325, 501, 505–6, 569, 607, 610
Dellums, Ron, 286
Democratic Party, 131, 220, 296, 408, 463, 464, 465, 539–40, 566
Dent, Phil, 267, 347, 374, 401, 435, 474
Denver, 120, 304, 400
Denver Nuggets, 562–63
Depression, 8
Desdunes, Jean, 627
desegregation, 24–33, 77, 163, 245
bus, 76–77
lunch counter, 62
of 1950s, 31–33, 34–50, 51–59
of 1960s, 62–65, 70, 76–78, 118
school, 38, 52, 57, 62–63, 70, 112, 118, 177, 319
of tennis, 23–33, 34–59, 71, 435
Desert Inn Invitational, Las Vegas, 226–27, 234
Detroit, 101, 318
Detroit Invitational, of 1962, 101
Dewar Cup tournament, 357
Dibbs, Eddie, 388, 391, 439
Dickey, James B., 132
Diggs, Charles, 268, 423
DiLouie, Jai, 424
Dinkins, David, 463, 559, 565–66, 569, 592, 608, 609, 611
DiPasquale, Paul, 604, 606
statue of Ashe, 604–5, 617–24
Dixon, Dave, 205
Djata, Sundiata, 383
Djokovic, Novak, 627
Dobbs, William, 579
Doby, Larry, 30, 46
Docherty, Steve, 436
Dodd, Mead, and Company, 535
Doddington, HMS, 7
Dokes, Michael, 607
Doral Resort and Country Club, Miami, 262–63
Doral tennis program, 262–63, 293, 345, 353, 430, 431, 438, 461, 488, 493, 514, 526, 548, 562, 577, 601
Dorfman, Jacques, 487
Doswell, Thelma, 7
doubles, 25, 45, 101, 107, 120, 189, 218, 219, 299
Ashe-Riessen duo, 281–82
Ashe’s success with, 281–82
ATA, 45, 51, 81–82
first Wimbledon interracial, 115–16
McEnroe-Fleming duo, 474–83, 486, 491, 495, 499, 518
mixed, 115–16, 201, 316, 526
NCAA, 99
1940s interracial, 25–26
1963 Wimbledon, 114–15
1964 Wimbledon, 127
1965 Australian National, 156
1966 U.S. National, 181–82, 184
1967 Davis Cup, 185, 187–88
1968 Davis Cup, 219–20, 237–38
1968 U.S. Open, 225, 231, 282
1968 French Open, 247
1970 Australian Open, 267
1970 French Open, 281
1971 Australian Open, 282
1971 French Open, 282
1973 South African Open, 335–36, 338
1973 U.S. Open, 316
1974 French Open, 348
1975 Aetna World Cup, 366
1975 South African Open, 391
1976 Aetna World Cup, 401
1976 Las Vegas Tennis Classic, 404
1976 Volvo International, 406
1977 Australian Open, 417, 453
1978 Wimbledon, 436
1981 Davis Cup, 472–81
1982 Davis Cup, 481, 483–87, 491
1982 Wimbledon, 482
1983 Davis Cup, 495, 499, 512
1984 Davis Cup, 518
Pacific Coast, 124, 170
Western Open, 140
WTT, 313
Douglass, Frederick, 307, 322
Dowdell, Kevin, 555, 627
Dowdeswell, Roger, 128
Doyle, Matt, 512, 513
Dreyfuss, Joel, 460
Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, 22
Drysdale, Cliff, 127, 128, 145, 169, 182, 183, 189, 202, 205, 217, 223, 226, 264, 270, 276, 300, 311, 326, 335–36, 351, 352, 444, 596, 627
Dublin, 512
Du Bois, W.E.B., 175
Dukakis, Michael, 539–40
Duke University, 125, 143
Dummett, Marty, 618
Dunham, Katherine, 593
Du Pont Tennis Hall of Fame Award, 513
Durban, 338
Durham, North Carolina, 42, 44, 45, 51, 343
Durso, Joseph, 487
Earnhart, Ramsey, 99
Eastern Clay Court championships, 101
of 1961, 80
of 1962, 101
Eastern Grass Court championships, 129, 130, 220
of 1964, 130
of 1969, 253–54
Eastern Junior Championships, 58–59, 60, 67
of 1959, 58–59
Eastern-style grip, 13, 47, 72
East River Tennis Club, Queens, 447, 454
Eaton, Hubert, 29, 30, 49
Ebony, 229, 397, 414, 557
on Ashe, 229–31, 441
Echeverría, Luis, 36
8
economic inequality, 68–69
gender equity and prize money, 405–7
Ecuador, 198
Davis Cup competition, 198–200, 213, 534
Edberg, Stefan, 518, 528
Edlefsen, Tom, 124, 134, 136, 216
Edwards, Harry, 209, 210, 216, 226, 230, 539, 556
Egypt, 215, 348, 454–55
Einwick, Lou, 161, 238, 672n2
Elcock, Walter E., 316
Elder, Lee, 284, 321
Ellington, Duke, 610
Ellison, Ralph, 718n21
Ellis Park courts, 325, 328, 330–38, 340, 342, 355, 356, 358, 361, 367
El Shafei, Ismael, 215, 348, 352, 454, 455
Emerson, Roy, 102, 127, 131, 133, 144–46, 148, 151, 155, 156, 159, 169, 181, 182, 183, 184, 187, 188, 202, 205, 223, 245, 266, 302, 303, 304, 374, 596
endorsements, product, 25, 155, 246, 257–62, 265, 272, 389, 404, 430, 454, 461, 469, 487, 548, 562–63, 568, 577
entitlement, Ashe’s crusade against, 556–57
Équipe, L’, 399
Erickson, Keith, 125
Erving, Julius, 365
ESPN, 483
ESPN Arthur Ashe Courage Award, 625–26
Essence magazine, 586
Evans, Harry, 214–15
Evans, Richard, 203, 273, 326, 340, 377, 381, 388, 392, 444, 475
Evers, Medgar, 118, 176
Evert, Chris, 24, 297, 312, 347, 352, 380, 396, 407, 578, 599
Jimmy Connors and, 347, 352, 354, 374, 376, 380
Evert, Jimmy, 24
Face the Nation, 178, 228
Fair Housing Act (1968), 69
Fairlie, Brian, 282
“fair play” rule, 64
Falkenburg, Bob, 26
Falklands War, 499
fans, 97, 160, 337, 344, 389, 396
black, 173
Davis Cup, 499
Wimbledon, 376, 381
Fareed, Omar, 288
Fareed, Shireen, 288
Farrakhan, Louis, 539, 559
Farrell, Charley, 98
Farrin, Jim, 101
Farrow, Juan, 291–92, 345–46, 524
Fauntroy, Walter, 521
Federation Cup tournament, of 1972, 298
Federer, Roger, 589, 627, 711n15
feminism, 314, 316–18, 406, 431, 527, 538
Fennell, Willis, 42–43, 49
Fentress, Lee, 500, 501
Fernandes, Carlos, 113, 114
Fidelity Bankers Life Invitational Tournament, 161–64, 242
Fighting Back, 588
Fiji, 148, 150
Fillol, Jaime, 366
film, 165, 345, 395
Finch, Phil, 209, 210
Finn, Richard, 599
First National tournament, Louisville, 299
Fischl, Eric, Soul in Flight, 625
Fisk University, 24
Fitzgibbon, Herb, 49, 58
Flach, Ken, 519
Flam, Herbert, 138
Fleming, Peter, 467, 474–81, 482, 483, 486, 490, 491, 499, 512, 517, 518, 519
Fletcher, Ken, 152
Flink, Steve, 388–89, 496
Flodrops, Patrick, 487
Flood, Curt, 263, 459
Florida, 54–55, 72–73, 244, 262–63, 353, 389, 461, 488–89, 493, 514, 520, 562
Florida A&M University, 30
Florida Memorial College, 488–89, 493–95, 510, 514, 706n29
Flushing Meadows, New York, 424, 425, 436, 473, 624
football, 21, 24, 27, 54, 74, 75, 154, 272, 398, 677n11
desegregation, 24, 30, 46
race relations and, 24, 30, 46, 165–66, 398
UCLA, 75, 85, 86, 148
foot fault, 156, 301
Forbes, Gordon, 326
Forbes, Sir Hugh, 311
Ford, Gerald, 407, 408
Foreman, Chuck, 398
Foreman, George, 399
Forest Hills, New York, 21, 31–33, 36, 49, 58–60, 82, 102, 117, 183–84, 201, 222–27, 253, 254, 299, 315, 316, 387, 424, 426, 436
Forest Hills Invitational, 445
forehand, 13
Eastern-style, 13, 47
slice, 379
Fort Benjamin Harrison, 190, 194–95, 196
Fort Lewis, 179–80, 197
Fort Worth, 299
Foster, Bob, 329
Fowler, Tebbie, 92, 93
Fox, Allen, 99, 108, 114, 116, 118, 119, 138, 140, 186
Foxworth, Bruce, 524
France, 25, 47, 96, 97, 100, 235, 247–48, 275–76, 289, 323, 445
colonialism, 288–89
Davis Cup competition, 289, 355, 490–91
Franchitti, Vincenzo, 435
Franklin, Aretha, 397
Franklin, Blen, 324
Franklin, John Hope, 511
Franulovic, Zeljko, 309, 348, 406, 680n30
Fraser, Neale, 530
Frazier, Joe, 399
Frazier, Walt, 398, 419
Fred Perry sportswear, 155
Freedom Rides, 76–77, 95, 177
Freedom Summer, 130–31, 176
Freeman, Marcel, 524
Free South Africa Movement, 521
Frelimo, 367
French Indoor championships, 275–76, 357
French National Championships, 47, 289
French Open, 224, 284, 351, 524, 525, 548
Ashe’s statistics, 643
of 1969, 247–48
of 1971, 277, 281, 282, 284
of 1972, 297
of 1973, 309
of 1974, 348–49
of 1975, 371, 372
of 1976, 405
of 1978, 435
of 1979, 444
of 1980, 457
of 1982, 481, 482
of 1983, 502, 508, 527
of 1984, 524
of 1985, 526–27
French Tennis Federation, 289, 348, 451, 490
Freyss, Christophe, 446
Friedman, Charles, 394
Friends of Princeton Tennis, 343
Froehling, Frank, 71, 118, 136, 142, 146–47, 164, 189, 195, 202, 309
Gabon, 288, 289
Galaxy Cup competition, of 1974, 362
Gallo, Dr. Robert, 503
gambling, sports, 462
Gandhi, Mohandas, 355
García, Luis, 676n6
Garrison, Zina, 525, 526, 536, 626, 721n6
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., 496, 497
Geertz, Clifford, 232
gender equity, 314, 316–18, 396, 405–7, 462, 507–8, 524–26, 536, 538
“Battle of the Sexes,” 316–18, 396
prize money and, 405–7
General Motors, 233
Gengler, Margie, 343, 691n42
George, Susan, 374, 380
Georgetown University, 556
Gerdener, Theo, 280
Germany, 129, 247, 273, 287, 323, 444
Davis Cup competition, 531
Gerulaitis, Vitas, 405, 437, 441, 467
Getting Started in Tennis (Ashe), 462
Gewecke, Cliff, 160–61, 174, 191, 192, 308, 459
Ghana, 94, 275, 367
Giamatti, A. Bartlett, 497
Gibson, Althea, 1, 29–30, 34, 36, 46–48, 58, 65, 102, 118, 146, 155, 231, 291, 530, 590
Ashe and, 316, 699n4
fame and success of, 47
I Always Wanted to Be Somebody, 47
1973 U.S. Open mixed doubles, 316
Gibson, Bob, 210
Gibson, Canon Joel, 610
gifts, commercial, 51–52
Gilded Age, 21
Gillespie, Dizzy, 527, 610
Gimeno, Andrés, 225, 245–46, 273
Giovanni, Nikki, 322, 323
Glass, Luis, 158–59, 172, 192, 290
Glass, Virginia, 158
Godbout, François, 82
golf, 47, 164, 258, 262, 272, 283–84, 461, 495, 502, 514, 558, 562, 587, 596, 601
racist membership policies at private country clu
bs, 558
Gonzales, Pancho, 31, 46, 96, 102, 105–6, 120, 136, 137, 140, 142, 182–83, 205, 213, 215, 222, 226, 245, 247, 249, 254, 276, 472–73, 485, 579
Goode, Wilson, 463, 533
Goodman, Andrew, 130, 176
Goodman, Ellen, 575
Good Morning America, 599
Goodrich, Gail, 125
“Good Will” exhibition tour, 273–75
Goolagong, Evonne, 280–81, 287, 297, 298, 312, 321, 351, 354, 396, 407, 508
“honorary white” status, 287
Gordon, Harry, 153–55, 188
interview with Ashe, 153–55
Gordon, John, Jr., 17
Gordon’s Gin–Arthur Ashe Tennis Classic, 503
Gorman, Tom, 292, 301, 400, 532
gospel music, 560
Göteborg, 517–18, 527
Gottfried, Brian, 305, 360, 373, 391, 404, 406, 434, 437, 439, 482, 483, 484, 578
Gould, Ray, 357
Gowon, Yakubu, 275
Graebner, Clark, 55, 101, 129, 130, 142, 178, 183, 184, 194, 213, 215, 216, 218–26, 232, 235, 236, 237, 238, 247, 248, 268, 273, 305
1968 U.S Open semifinal match against Ashe, 223–26, 231–32
Graf, Steffi, 525, 526, 578
Grand Prix, 271–73, 276, 297, 351, 366, 486
of 1970, 271–73, 277
of 1975, 390–91
prize money, 271, 390
Grand Prix Masters tournament, 271, 297
of 1970, 277
of 1975, 366, 390
of 1978, 433
of 1979, 436, 438–40
Grand Slam, 25, 144, 145, 148, 155, 156, 187, 297, 299, 347, 348, 525, 526
Ashe’s first tournament win, 222–32, 395
Ashe’s statistics, 456, 643–44
See also specific tournaments and players
grass courts, 31, 32, 100, 101, 113, 115, 127, 129–30, 157, 201, 219, 221, 371, 379
Graves, Earl, 558, 566
Graves Junior High School, 45, 49
Gray, David, 530
Great Britain, 20, 33, 96, 108–14, 118, 121, 177, 203, 205, 235, 248–51, 311, 325, 349, 357, 371–84, 473, 587–89
colonialism, 112, 273–75, 338
Davis Cup competition, 121, 252, 355, 437
Falklands War, 499
racism, 112, 151
Victorian lawn tennis, 20
“The Great Cup Robbery,” 490
Great Society, 176, 539
Green, Dr. Robert, 358
Green, Traci, 627
Greene, Joe, 398
Greenwood, L. C., 398
Gregory, Charles, 9
Gregson, Randy, 518, 519, 532, 533
Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 27
Guerry, Zan, 424–25
Gulyás, István, 127
Gum Spring, Virginia, 41–42, 76, 190, 295, 344, 521, 553, 587
Guzmán, Francisco “Pancho,” 199–200
Hackensack, New Jersey, 100
Haiti, 122, 420, 592
refugees, 2–3, 592–94, 603
Halberstam, David, 552, 553
Hall, Eric, 263
Halliburton, John, 87
Hall of Fame tournament, Newport, 181
Hamer, Fannie Lou, 131
hammer grip, 72
Hampton Institute, 22, 73, 81, 158, 290