Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was an American professional tennis player who won three Grand Slam singles titles. He started to play tennis at six years old. He was the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team, and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open. He retired in 1980. He was ranked world No. 1 by Rex Bellamy, Bud Collins, Judith Elian, Lance Tingay, World Tennis and Tennis Magazine (U.S.) in 1975. That year, Ashe was awarded the 'Martini and Rossi' Award, voted for by a panel of journalists, and the ATP Player of the Year award. In the ATP computer rankings, he peaked at No. 2 in May 1976. Ashe is believed to have acquired HIV from a blood transfusion he received during heart bypass surgery in 1983. He publicly announced his illness in April 1992, and began working to educate others about HIV and AIDS. He founded the Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS and the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health before his death from AIDS-related pneumonia at the age of 49 on February 6, 1993. On June 20, 1993, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by United States President Bill Clinton.
Robert Anthony John Hewitt is a former professional tennis player from Australia. In 1967, after marrying a South African, he became a South African citizen. He has won 15 major titles and a career Grand Slam in both men's and mixed doubles.
Liezel Huber is a South African-American retired tennis player who represented the United States internationally since August 2007. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On 12 November 2007, she became the co-world No. 1 in doubles with Cara Black. On 19 April 2010, Huber became the sole No. 1 for the first time in her career.
Jeff Coetzee is a South African professional tennis player and competes regularly on the ATP tour, as a doubles specialist.
The South Africa men's national tennis team represents South Africa in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Tennis South Africa.
The India men's national tennis team represents India in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association.
Mariaan de Swardt is a former professional tennis player from South Africa, who was active from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996, and was a member of the South Africa Fed Cup team in 1992 and from 1994 to 1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S. citizen.
Eric William Sturgess was a South African male tennis player and winner of six Grand Slam doubles titles. He also reached the singles final of a Grand Slam tournament three times but never won. Sturgess was ranked World No. 6 by John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph in both 1948 and 1949.
The South Africa Billie Jean King Cup team represents South Africa in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the South African Tennis Association. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II.
Konstantin Vladimirovich Kravchuk is a Russian professional tennis player. He is known for his strong serve and good skills on fast and indoor courts.
Raven Klaasen is a South African professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
Nicolaas (Nikala) "Nik" Scholtz is a professional tennis player from Greyton, South Africa. Nicolaas qualified for the 2011 SA Tennis Open.
Tennis South Africa (TSA) is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in South Africa. It is a not-for-profit organization, which "invests its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis, from the grass-roots to the professional levels and to raise funds for and on behalf of tennis players and the game of tennis within the Republic of South Africa". The TSA is affiliated to both International Tennis Federation and Confederation of African Tennis. The association was created to standardise rules and regulations and to promote and develop the growth of tennis in South Africa.
Ruan Roelofse is a professional South African tennis player.
Katie Boulter is a British tennis player.
Katie Swan is a British tennis player.
Jean Andersen is a South African professional tennis player. He has represented South Africa in Davis Cup matches.
Gabriella Patricia Taylor is an inactive British tennis player.
Katie Volynets is an American tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 74 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on March 6, 2023. She won her first singles title in May 2021 on the ITF Circuit, at the $100k event in Bonita Springs.
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