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Oscar Johnson (died March 2019[1]) was an American tennis player who was the first black person to win a United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) tournament – the Long Beach Junior Open on July 4, 1948, age 17[2]. He was awarded by the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987[3] and inducted to the Black Tennis Hall of Fame in 2010[4].

References

  1. ^ Pioneer, Legend and Hall of Famer Oscar Johnson Has Passed, blacktennishalloffame.com (access: July 16, 2019).
  2. ^ Paul Fein, Tennis Confidential, Washington 2002, p. 254.
  3. ^ Alan Drooz (August 27, 1987), "Oscar Johnson Makes It to Hall of Fame : Black Tennis Champion Had to Break a Few Barriers Along the Way", Los Angeles Times {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  4. ^ 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees, blacktennishalloffame.com (access: July 16, 2019).
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