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American tennis player

Art Carrington
Full nameArthur Carrington
Country (sports) United States
BornElizabeth, New Jersey
Singles
Career record0–3
Highest rankingNo. 241 (June 3, 1974)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open1R (1966, 1973)

Arthur Carrington is an American former professional tennis player.

Born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Carrington attended Hampton College on an athletic scholarship.

Carrington competed in the American Tennis Association (ATA), which was a version of the USTA for African-American players. He finished runner-up in 1972 and his final loss to Horace Reid was the first to be televised, on Boston's WGBH-TV. The following year he won the title.

In 1980 he established the Carrington Tennis Academy at Hampshire College.

References

  1. Friedman, Charles (May 3, 1973). "New Jersey Sports". The New York Times.
  2. "Art Carrington is still making Black tennis history matter". Tennis.com.
  3. "Art Carrington, Howard Bryant to talk about black tennis history Saturday in Amherst". Masslive.com. February 10, 2015.

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