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1957 U.S. National Championships (tennis)
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List of Champions of the 1957 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open):
Malcolm Anderson
defeated Ashley Cooper 10-8 7-5 6-4
Althea Gibson
defeated Louise Brough Clapp 6-3, 6-2
Men's Singles
Malcolm Anderson
Malcolm "Mal" J. Anderson was a top-ranking Australian tennis player from the middle 1950s to the early 1970s....
defeated
Women's Singles
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson was a World No. 1 American sportswoman who became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam title in 1956. She is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the color barrier...
defeated