Game changer: Meet the woman who came before Serena Williams and Coco Gauff

Game changer: Meet the woman who came before Serena Williams and Coco Gauff

Before tennis icons Serena Williams and Coco Gauff took the world by storm, there was Althea Gibson.

Game changer: Meet the woman who came before Serena Williams and Coco Gauff

Before tennis icons Serena Williams and Coco Gauff took the world by storm, there was Althea Gibson. Gibson cemented herself in history as the first African American to cross the color line to play and win Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals in 1957. By the end of 1957, she was ranked the number one player in the world. Achieving her accomplishments was no easy feat, and seems even more impossible to accomplish when considering the era she was com…