Three-time Grand Slam tennis champion and Wimbledon finalist Zina Garrison was appointed Captain of the Fed Cup, the first African American to hold that title in the organization's 40-year history.
Three-time Grand Slam grand slam
n.
1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games.
2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. tennis champion and Wimbledon finalist Zina
Garrison Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963 in Houston, Texas) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles Gold was appointed Captain of the Fed Cup, the first African
American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. to hold that title in the organization's 40-year history.
The Fed Cup is the premier women's international tennis
competition, with 16 countries competing for the elite World Group in
2003.
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