On this day in 1975, Arthur Ashe defeated Jimmy Connors to become the first African American tennis player to win Wimbledon. Connors was heavily favored but fell to Ashe’s strategy of only giving Connors “junk” to hit. Ashe won the match 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4. FactLook was curious to see which state might produce the […]