on Ashe’s AIDS announcement, 574–78
black, 33, 47, 229–31, 552–53
British, 249, 312, 335, 374, 473, 587, 588
on 1975 Wimbledon, 377, 379, 382–84
on 1981 Davis Cup, 475–79
right to privacy debate, 574–78
South African, 326, 328, 329, 333–34, 360–61
See also specific publications
Pretoria, 340
Price, Tom, 81
Prichard, Peter, 576
Prince Company, 259
Princeton University, 107, 108, 112, 343–44, 488
private country clubs, racist membership policies at, 558
product endorsements, 25, 155, 246, 257–62, 265, 272, 389, 404, 430, 454, 461, 469, 487, 548, 562–63, 568, 577
professional tennis, 96–97, 204–6, 218, 219–20, 233–34
Ashe goes pro, 243–56
conflict between independent and contract pros, 242–43, 269–77, 284–85, 296–98
Davis Cup vs., 233–34, 242, 256, 269–72, 297
ILTF vs., 96–97, 203–4, 234, 242–43, 252, 269–77 296–98
Open Era and, 204–6, 233–34, 242–43, 252–55, 269–77, 296–98, 395
prize money, 202, 205–6, 222, 224, 225, 233–34, 242, 243, 245–47, 252, 256, 271–72, 276, 296, 302–5, 313, 317, 362, 367, 369, 390, 393, 402–7, 440, 469, 471
Proposition 42, 497, 556–57
Proposition 48, 496–97, 556
ProServ, 258, 444, 500, 506, 510, 516, 529, 537, 613, 681n3
breakup of, 500–501
Protestantism, 21
psychiatry, 15
Public Broadcasting System, 285
Puerto Rico, 55–56, 170, 195, 235, 365
Quarles, Benjamin, 511–12
Queen’s Club tournament, London, 215, 217, 444, 482
Queensland Championships, 151, 236
of 1968, 236–38
Quindlen, Anna, 575–76
racism, 2, 3, 31, 318
Ashe and, 5, 6, 56–57, 61–65, 73, 77–78, 90–96, 100–101, 131, 142, 143, 146, 151, 153–55, 171–76, 182, 196, 210, 217, 218, 236, 244–46, 249–56, 262–65, 286, 307, 318–19, 392, 399, 403, 404, 425, 614–15
Asian, 241
British, 112, 151
in college tennis, 23–24, 26, 86–87, 90–95
gradations of skin color, 6–7
Jim Crow culture, 5–11, 19–20, 23, 28, 38–39, 43, 48, 52, 55, 57, 61–64, 68–69, 76–77, 79–80, 90, 100, 105, 110, 112, 118, 131, 161–62, 189, 332, 343, 399, 608
Los Angeles, 84, 86–87, 90–96, 143–44
membership policies at private country clubs, 558
of 1940s, 24–31
of 1950s, 31–59
of 1960s, 62–65, 68–71, 76–78, 80, 118, 164–68, 171–76
Richmond, 5–18, 19–20, 38–39, 52–54, 57, 61–64, 66–69, 76, 79–80, 105, 112, 161–64, 172, 189–90, 332
riots, 143
St. Louis, 68–71, 77
South African apartheid, 53, 73, 127–28, 209–11, 216–18, 236, 249–56, 264–69, 270–71, 280–82, 285–87, 298, 320–46, 355–62, 368, 391, 408–10, 421–23, 426–27, 434, 462, 464–65, 469–71, 510–11, 521–22, 528–29, 533–34, 563–65, 628
sports of 1960s and, 164–68
in tennis, 19–33, 34–50, 52–65, 71, 77–79, 90–91, 96, 100–101, 127–28, 144, 161–63, 165–66, 171–76, 192–93
Till murder, 43
UCLA, 86–87, 90–96
See also Jim Crow; segregation; white supremacy
rackets, 17, 223, 259
Arthur Ashe Competition 2 model, 404
Ashe endorsement, 259–60, 404, 430, 461
commercial gifts, 51–52
Continental grip, 72
Eastern grip, 13, 47, 72
first, 17–18, 39
hammer grip, 72
Head, 259–60, 404, 430, 461
metal, 223, 252, 259, 282
Wilson T-2000, 259
wood, 223, 253
Racquet Club, Palm Springs, 98
Rahim, Haroon, 300
Ralston, Dennis, 74, 89, 99, 107, 108, 114, 115, 119, 120, 121, 124, 131–34, 136, 137, 140, 141, 142, 144, 164, 183, 184–86, 196, 235, 260, 266, 293, 357, 366, 378, 385, 401, 435
Ashe rivalry, 124–26, 130, 137, 181, 266
goes pro, 186, 204
Ramírez, Raúl, 360, 369, 374, 407, 417, 437, 471–72
Rampersad, Arnold, 584–85, 718n21
Rand Daily Mail, 335
Reader’s Digest, 614
Reagan, Ronald, 463, 465
AIDS policy, 548
South Africa policy, 564
Reasoner, Harry, 431
Reay, Basil, 298, 356
Reconstruction, 6, 7
Redgrave, Lynn, 588
Reed, David, 52, 80, 103, 106, 192
Reed, Whitney, 101, 124, 125, 137
referees, 392–93, 487, 518
registered players, 97, 204, 225, 234, 239, 242, 252, 258
Reid, Horace, 291, 292
Reilly, Paul, 244
religion, 21, 207, 559–60, 573
Rembrandt van Rijn, 455
The Prophet Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, 455
Republican Party, 220, 407, 408, 463, 465, 533
Revolutionary War, 8
Reynolds, Betty, 620
Rhoden, Bill, 607–8, 610–11
Rhodes, Cecil, 359
Rhodesia, 64, 274, 465
Richards, Renée, 396
Richardson, Chuck, 619
Richardson, Ham, 107, 118, 119, 146
Richey, Cliff, 126, 131, 136, 155, 164, 170, 185, 186, 187–88, 189, 197, 198, 199, 214–15, 219, 247, 266, 268, 269, 273, 276, 277, 284, 297, 301, 305
Richey, Nancy, 187, 189
Richmond, 2, 5–18, 49, 52, 70, 92, 93, 101, 103, 111, 161–64, 269, 295, 400, 423, 433, 456–57, 488, 580–82, 596, 604–5, 608
African American Sports Hall of Fame (proposal), 562, 581–82, 595, 604–5, 617–24
Arthur Ashe Day, 161–63, 172
Ashe funeral in, 608–12
Ashe Memorial Committee, 617–24
Ashe statue controversy, 604–5, 617–24
civil rights movement, 76–77, 189
Community Service Award, 457
racism, 5–18, 19–20, 38–39, 52–54, 57, 61–64, 66–69, 76, 79–80, 105, 112, 161–64, 172, 189–90, 332
tennis, 19–20, 46, 52–54, 161–64, 189–90, 213–14, 676n41
Richmond, Marvin, 467–68, 478
Richmond Invitational Tennis Tournament, 161–64, 189–90, 204, 242, 294
Richmond News Leader, 52, 163
Richmond Open, of 1980, 528–29
Richmond Racquet Club, 13
Richmond Tennis Patrons Association (RTPA), 161
Richmond Times-Dispatch, 128, 617, 620, 623
Rickey, Branch, 43
Ricks, Willie, 177
Riessen, Marty, 99, 116, 119, 120, 132, 136, 139, 140, 178, 181, 189, 196, 197, 201, 218, 219–20, 248, 249, 269, 275, 284, 287, 303, 304, 305, 309, 360, 378, 436, 472, 473
as Ashe’s doubles partner, 281–82, 348
goes pro, 219, 220
Riggs, Bobby, 317
“Battle of the Sexes,” 316–18, 399
right to privacy debate, 574–78
Riordan, Bill, 284, 297, 336, 347, 355, 372, 378, 384–85, 402, 403
Robb, Chuck, 463, 533, 610
Robert F. Kennedy Pro-Celebrity benefit, 424
Robertson, Oscar, 165
Robeson, Paul, 343
Robinson, Bill “Bojangles,” 10
Robinson, Frank, 46, 365, 398
Robinson, Jackie, 24, 30, 33, 43, 46, 47, 53, 75, 86, 154, 165, 208, 210, 302, 324, 389, 459, 524, 535, 599
Robinson, Louie, Jr., 229, 230, 231, 441
Robinson, Maxie, 53
Robinson, Randall, 53, 423, 510, 521, 564–65, 566, 592, 603
Robinson, Sugar Ray, 30, 46
Roche, Tony, 127, 132, 133, 148, 156, 183, 184, 187, 188, 204, 205, 219, 222, 237, 245, 247, 255, 256, 268, 276, 282, 299, 372, 375–76, 400, 401, 417
1975 Wimbledon, 375–76
Roemer, Lamar, 183
Rogers, Reverend Jefferson, 172–73, 206–8, 211, 243, 488, 493–94, 560, 598
Rogers, Weldon, 172–73, 206
Rogers, William P., 265
Roland Garros stadium, Paris, 100, 247, 309, 348, 490, 526
Rombeau, Chuck, 124
Romania, 255, 298, 516
Rome, 247, 302, 309, 348, 401, 435
1960 Olympics, 80, 85
Roosevelt, Franklin, 576
Rosewall, Ken, 96, 137, 148, 203, 205, 219, 222, 224, 234, 237, 248, 272, 276, 281, 297, 298, 300, 303, 304, 314, 347, 353, 363, 366, 390, 395, 404, 444, 492, 530, 596
Ross, Diana, 350–51, 397
Rotterdam, 302, 366, 401
Rountree, William, 265
Rowan, Carl, 576–77
Rozelle, Pete, 394
Ruffels, Ray, 179, 187, 236, 237, 238
rugby, 321
Rupp, Adolph, 164
Russell, Bill, 46, 154, 165, 192, 208, 263, 365, 459
Russell, Dr. William, 543–44
Ryan, Terry, 249
Ryland, Bob, 23, 24, 26, 27
Safe Passage Foundation (SPF), 555, 562, 591, 616, 617, 626
Sagamore Resort, 540–41, 542, 543
Saigon, 239
St. Louis, 67–71, 92, 164, 483
Ashe’s transitional year in, 67–82, 663n2
racism, 68–71, 77
tennis, 71–72, 76
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 599
St. Petersburg Masters International tournament, 243–44, 680n30
St. Phillip Hospital for Negroes, Richmond, 5
Salisbury, Maryland, 169, 191, 204, 268
Sampras, Pete, 589
Sampson, Ralph, 622
Sanderlin, David, 52, 98, 106, 137
Sanders, Tom “Satch,” 165
Sands, Kim, 291, 526, 627
San Francisco, 137
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 170, 195, 235, 246
Santa Clara Valley Grand Prix, 434
Santana, Manolo, 142–45, 169, 182, 183, 215, 216, 218, 220, 530, 671n10, 676n6
Saperstein, Jerry, 313
Savitt, Richard, 144–45, 155–56
Sawamatsu, Kazuko, 280
Scandinavia, 115
Scheidt, Dr. Stephen, 448, 544, 550, 571, 594
Scherman, Rowland, 147
scholarships, college, 61, 66, 73, 87, 88, 292, 556
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), 496–97, 556–57
school desegregation, 38, 52, 57, 62–63, 70, 112, 118, 177, 319
Schragis, Al, 262, 488
Schragis, Carol, 488
Schroder, Derek, 367
Schwaier, Hansjorg, 531
Schwerner, Michael, 130, 176
Scientific American, 549
Scott, Gene, 108, 118, 119, 120, 130, 136, 144, 164, 195, 202, 245
Seattle Times, 479
Seewagen, Butch, 447, 454
Segal, Abe, 127, 128, 129
segregation, 8, 10, 29, 55, 57, 61–64, 95, 118, 163
Jim Crow, 5–11, 19–20, 23, 24, 28, 38–39, 43, 48, 52, 55, 57, 61–64, 68–69, 76–77, 79–80, 100, 105, 112, 118, 131, 161–62, 189, 332, 343, 399, 608
St. Louis, 68–71, 77
in tennis, 19–33, 34–50, 52–65, 71, 77–79, 90–91, 127, 161–63
See also racism
Segura, Pancho, 31, 105–6, 530
Seguso, Robert, 519, 528
Seixas, Vic, 132, 133, 136
Prime Time Tennis, 502
Senegal, 287, 288
Senghor, Léopold, 288
Seoul, 513
serve, 71, 72, 106
aces, 151, 169, 188, 219, 221, 366
of Ashe, 72, 102, 106, 129, 151, 169, 188, 197, 199, 219, 232–33, 249, 380–82
“Gonzales style,” 106
power, 72
serve-and-volley game, 71, 72, 380, 387, 391
Shabazz, Betty, 229
Sharpton, Al, 559
Shelley v. Kraemer, 69
Shelton, Bryan, 627
Sherrod, Charles, 62
Shoal Creek Country Club, Birmingham, 558
Shore, Dinah, 98, 299
Shriver, Eunice, 299
Shriver, Pam, 578
Shriver, Sargent, 206, 235, 408
Shuster, Rachel, 613
Silberstein, Robert, 350
Simon, William, 518
Simons, Bill, 624
Simonsson, Hans, 483
Simpson, Lenny, 627
Simpson, O. J., 364, 398, 537
Simpson, Russell, 482
Sims, Benny, 496, 627
Sinatra, Frank, 98, 511
Sirhan, Sirhan, 213
skiing, 267
Slaughter, Fred, 91, 95, 125
slavery, 5, 6, 7, 162, 429, 495, 560
trade, 7, 288
Sleepy Hollow Country Club, 587, 603
slice forehand, 379
slingshot motion, 13
Slowe, Lucy, 22
Smid, Tomas, 474
Smith, Doug, 43, 44, 567, 570, 573
Smith, John Matthew, 95
Smith, Reverend Paul, 598
Smith, Stan, 219, 220, 225, 237, 238, 240, 247, 253, 254, 258, 260, 266, 267, 269, 273, 274, 275, 282–83, 284, 303, 305, 329, 343, 407, 424, 429, 433, 434, 436, 472, 474, 513, 596, 603, 611, 627, 684n51, 691n42
Ashe vs., 300, 304
Smith, Tommie, 230, 263, 383, 459, 703n27
Smith, Dr. Virginia Bouchard, 450
Smith, Willi, 568
Smith Stearns Tennis Academy, 429
Snyder, Sherry, 193, 195, 610, 627, 676n3
soap operas, Ashe on, 487
Sobukwe, Robert, 359, 362
soccer, 333, 421
Solomon, Harold, 403, 424, 435, 436, 437
Sorensen, Sean, 512
Soul, 229
Soul Train, 279, 684n5
South Africa, 73, 127, 209, 249–56, 274, 275, 284, 298, 320–46, 465, 528–29, 536, 580, 484, 704n33
Ashe’s trips to, 320–46, 353, 357–62, 367–68, 391, 408, 421–22, 566, 567
boycott banning athletes from international competition, 422, 426, 565
Davis Cup and, 210, 218, 250, 251–56, 267–69, 270–71, 286, 298, 324, 354, 355–57, 426, 433–34, 465
de Klerk government, 564, 565
government policy fraud on apartheid, 426–27, 510–11
Mandela and, 563–67
Olympic boycott against, 209–11, 216–17, 226, 229, 230, 263, 361, 442, 454, 462
Population Registration Act, 685n8
Soweto uprising, 408–10, 421, 464
Sun City, 469–70, 510–11
trade restrictions, 286
visa controversy, 217, 264–65, 267–68, 280, 282, 286–87, 320–24
Vorster government, 270, 321, 323, 336
South African Cricket Board of Control (SACBOC), 340
South African Lawn Tennis Union (SALTU), 217, 250, 253, 267, 280, 324, 356, 357, 358, 361
South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SANROC), 325
South African Open, 217, 236, 280, 298, 320–21, 324, 341
of 1970, 264, 267–69
of 1971, 280–81
of 1972, 298
of 1973, 324, 327, 329–38
of 1974, 356–62
of 1975, 391
South African Students’ Association, 335
South American tennis championships, 185
South Australian Championships, 153, 187, 417
South Carolina, 29, 428–29, 451
South Carolina State, 26
Southern California All-Stars, 125
Southern California Intercollegiate Championships, 124
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 174, 176, 177, 211, 358, 359, 422
Southern Methodist University, 293
South Orange grass tournament, 32, 101, 218, 220
Soviet Union, 114, 127, 298, 313
expansionism, 465
Soweto, 327, 331–32, 337, 341, 563
1976 uprising, 408–10, 421, 464
Spain, 141, 247, 287, 323, 348
Davis Cup competition, 141, 142–43, 214, 218, 219–20
Sparrow, Titus, 102, 301
sponsorships, 110, 117, 169, 202, 261, 271, 423, 471, 518, 523, 558, 591
Sportface, 278
Sport Magazine, 171, 508
Sportsbeat radio show, 495
Sports Illustrated, 79, 182, 273, 478, 508, 577, 599, 603
on Ashe, 141, 182–83, 308, 599
Ashe as Sportsman of the Year, 599
Sports Legend Award, 598
Sportsmen’s Tennis Club, 269–70
Sproule, Cliff, 157
Stamford High School, 557
Stanford University, 85
Stan Smith Du Pont Classic, 513
STASH, 563
State Department, U.S., 155, 265, 273, 275, 288
statistics, Ashe’s, 641–45
Stein, Doug, 454, 455, 504, 545, 563
Stella Artois Wimbledon warm-up tournament, 444
Stellenbosch, 338, 341
Stevens-Johnson syndrome, 549
Stewart, George, 26, 27, 36, 64
Stewart, Sherwood, 330, 331, 371, 472, 473
Stilwell, Graham, 131, 249, 374
Stockholm, 276, 357, 366, 390, 391–92, 438
Stockholm Indoor Open, 406
Stockton, Dick, 254, 366, 436, 697n36
Stolle, Fred, 101, 115, 133, 144, 146, 151, 155, 181, 184, 247, 530, 596
Stone, Allan, 221, 438
Strode, Woody, 24, 75, 86
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 62, 174, 176–77
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 255–56
Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, 173, 204
Sugar Circuit, 328, 334, 336, 341
Sullivan, Andrew, 561
Sullivan, Leon, 511
Sullivan, Dr. Louis, 569
Sullivan Principles, 511
Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs, Sr., 520
Sun City, 469–70, 510–11
boycott, 510–11
Sundström, Henrik, 518
Super Night at Forest Hills, 425–26
superstar (term), 395, 696n25
Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA), 209–10, 426
Supreme Court, 246
Supreme Court, U.S., 38, 62, 76–77, 167, 419
Bakke decision, 442–43
Boynton v. Virginia, 77