Referring Clues

• Connors defeater, 1975
• "A Hard Road to Glory" athlete-author
• Tennis champ who played for U.C.L.A.
• Gentleman of the court
• 1975 Wimbledon winner
• 1968 U.S. Open champ
• "As Long ___ Needs Me" ("Oliver!" song)
• Connors opponent
• 1972 U.S. Open finalist
• Athlete with a statue in Richmond, Va.
• Former Davis Cup captain
• Tennis's Arthur
• Tennis great Arthur
• U.S. Open stadium name
• New York stadium name
• Former Davis Cup coach
• North Carolina county on the Blue Ridge Parkway
• Onetime Davis Cup coach
• Tennis legend Arthur
• Queens's ___ Stadium
• Revolutionary War commander John
• "Hard Road to Glory" author
• Commander at Briar Creek, in the Revolutionary War
• Arthur ___ Stadium (U.S.T.A. facility)
• Wimbledon winner, 1975
• 1967 U.S. clay court champion
• North Carolina county named for a Revolutionary War commander
• 1975 Wimbledon champ
• '75 Wimbledon champ
• King Arthur of the courts
• "A Hard Road to Glory" author
• Governor for whom a North Carolina city is named
• Flushing Meadow stadium name
• '75 Wimbledon champ Arthur
• He beat Connors to win Wimbledon
• New York City stadium name
• Queens stadium name
• 1968 U.S. Open champion
• 1980's U.S. Davis Cup captain
• Stadium near Shea
• Connors contemporary
• 1968 champion at Forest Hills
• 1980's Davis Cup captain
• North Carolina county
• Courtly Arthur
• Court great Arthur
• "A Hard Road to Glory" writer
• New York's ___ Stadium
• Court legend
• Court great
• Arthur ___ Stadium
• ___ Stadium in Queens
• Contemporary of Emerson
• Arthur ___ Stadium in Queens
• Arthur of the courts
• North Carolina county named for an early governor
• "Off the Court" autobiographer
• Arthur of the court
• ___ Stadium (Queens landmark)
• "Off the Court" writer
• Contemporary of Rosewall
• "But, ___ was ambitious, I slew him": Brutus
• See 46-Across
• 1968 U.S. Open winner
• ___ Stadium, home of the U.S. Open
• Big Apple tennis stadium
• ___ Stadium, sports venue since 1997
• Big Apple tennis stadium name
• Arthur of tennis
• Eponym of a North Carolina "-ville"
• Champ just before 36-Down
• Only African-American male to win Wimbledon
• Former Davis Cup captain Arthur
• Arthur who wrote "A Hard Road to Glory"
• Queens tennis stadium
• 1970 Australian Open champ
• Connors adversary
• First tennis player to earn $100,000 in one year
• Netman Arthur
• Tennis's Arthur ___ Stadium
• Foe of Connors and Borg
• Former Wimbledon champ Arthur
• "Off the Court" autobiographer Arthur
• 1970 Australian Open singles champ
• 1975 Connors conqueror at Wimbledon
• Wimbledon singles winner of 1975
• NYC stadium dedicatee
• Queens stadium
• Arthur of Wimbledon
• Flushing Meadows stadium
• Tennis stadium near Shea
• U.S. Open stadium
• One of two Big Apple stadiums that are anagrams of each other
• '70s tennis star Arthur
• Arthur of tennis fame
• Wimbledon champ Arthur
• One-time Wimbledon champ Arthur
• Court figure Arthur
• U. S. Open stadium
• New York tennis stadium
• "Days of Grace" author Arthur
• One-time Davis Cup captain Arthur
• Tennis star Arthur
• ESPN's Award for Courage is named for him
• Stadium in Flushing Meadows
• Grand Slam stadium
• Athletic Arthur born in Richmond
• 1965 NCAA tennis champ Arthur
• 1980 tennis retiree Arthur
• U.S. tennis star barred from South Africa
• Tennis legend for whom the U.S. Open's stadium is named
• 1970s tennis champ
• Stadium near Citi Field
• One who had a high net income?
• Tennis Hall of Famer Arthur
• Loser to Nastase at the 1972 U.S. Open finals
• U.S. Open's ___ Stadium
• Arthur with a racket
• Wimbledon winner immediately before Borg's five in a row
• He defeated Connors for the 1975 Wimbledon championship
• "Norma ___" (Susan Glaspell novel)
• The world's largest tennis stadium
• Tennis stadium in Queens
• Athlete honored on a 2005 postage stamp
• Trailblazer on the court
• Stadium in which the U.S. Open finals are played
• Australian Open winner after Laver
• Winner of three Grand Slam events
• Stadium in the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
• The cover photo of him from the 1992 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year issue was used in 2005 as a postage stamp
• Winner of the 1968 U.S. Open
• American Revolution general John
• Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year between Jordan and Shula
• "I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments" speaker
• Tennis champ Arthur
• Tennis star who won each grand slam tournament except the French Open
• Tennis star for whom a stadium is named
• Tennis legend
• 1975 Wimbledon champ Arthur
• Arthur for whom a tennis stadium is named
• 1968 U.S. Open champ Arthur
• 1968 US Open champ Arthur
• Stadium in Queens
• North Carolina county bordering Tennessee and Virginia
• "Days of Grace" author
• Court star
• 1965 NCAA tennis champ
• Connors lost to him in the 1975 Wimbledon final
• 1968 US Open champ
• Stadium that opened in 1997
• 1975 victor over Connors at Wimbledon
• Tennis immortal Arthur
• Queens stadium named for a tennis great
• US Open stadium
• First African-American US Open champ
• Flushing stadium
• Early Carolina governor for whom a county and city are named
• '70s tennis star
• '80s Davis Cup captain
• "Off the Court" autobiographer
• Nastase contemporary
• U.S. Open tennis stadium
• Court legend Arthur
• Emerson contemporary
• '75 Wimbledon winner
• "Off the Court" author
• His racket is in the Smithsonian
• Tennis great
• Celebrated Wimbledon winner
• Tennis stadium in New York
• "A Hard Road to Glory" athlete-author
• 1975 Wimbledon champion
• Court king Arthur
• Inspirational tennis champ
• Tennis name of fame
• Immortal name in tennis
• Legendary tennis star
• "Days of Grace" author
• Victor over Connors at Wimbledon
• Courage Award namesake
• Late tennis star and apartheid opponent
• "Days of Grace: A Memoir" author
• U.S. Open champ, 1968
• U.S. Open champ, Arthur
• American tennis icon Arthur
• U.S. court star
• Late, great netman
• First-ever winner of 54-Across
• U.S. court legend
• Tennis stadium name
• Legendary Wimbledon winner
• "Days of Grace" memoirist
• "Off the Court" author
• Former Wimbledon champ
• Tennis ace who wrote "Days of Grace"
• U.S. tennis legend on a 37¢ stamp
• Wimbledon legend Arthur
• Big Apple 4 Down stadium
• New York stadium honoree Arthur
• He beat Okker to win the 1968 U.S. Open
• Netman of note
• Civil rights promoter with lots of court experience
• "Off the Court" author Arthur
• "Days of Grace" author/athlete
• Late tennis star Arthur
• Arthur on the court
• 1985 Tennis Hall of Fame inductee
• Tennis star/anti-apartheid activist Arthur
• Arthur who won three Grand Slam titles
• New York stadium eponym
• US Open tennis stadium
• First African-American selected for a U.S. Davis Cup team
• Arthur with a Queens stadium named after him
• He defeated Connors at Wimbledon in 1975
• Contemporary of Borg
• Net great Arthur
• Athlete who posthumously won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1993
• 1975's top tennis player
• Tennis star who was an outspoken apartheid foe
• Arthur of 1970s tennis
• Namesake of the ESPY Courage Award
• Arthur for whom a stadium is named
• Arthur in the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Eponym of a Flushing Meadows tennis stadium
• Wimbledon champion
• Athlete who wrote "Off the Court"
• 1968 US Open winner Arthur
• 1975 Wimbledon victor
• Contemporary of Laver and Borg
• Big name in tennis
• ___ Stadium (Big Apple tennis locale)
• Arthur who often raised a racket
• 7/5/75 winner over Connors
• ESPN's Arthur ___ Courage Award
• Court star Arthur
• Connors' competitor
• Tennis' Arthur
• Tennis pro Arthur
• Tennis player Arthur
• 1968 U.S. Open winner Arthur
• NYC stadium name
• 1968 winner of the 43-Down
• Arthur pictured on a 2005 postage stamp
• 1970s Wimbledon victor over Connors
• He got a tennis scholarship from U.C.L.A.
• Tennis star on a 2005 postage stamp
• Contemporary of Borg and Laver
• ___ Stadium (facility near Citi Field)
• Athlete who battled apartheid
• Borg rival
• US Open stadium name
• Arthur ___ Stadium (US Open site)
• Arthur with 33 singles titles
• First recipient of the Harvard AIDS Initiative Leadership Award
• Subject of four Sports Illustrated covers between 1966 and 1993
• Tennis champ with a namesake stadium
• Connors rival who was a protégé of Gonzales
• Queens's___Stadium
• Rival of Laver and Nastase
• Borg contemporary
• Court champ Arthur
• 1980s U.S. Davis Cup captain
• Legend with rackets
• AIDS activist Arthur
• Racket-raising Arthur
• Stadium next to Louis Armstrong, in Queens
• Eponym of a Southern "-ville"
• Tennis icon Arthur
• Trailblazing tennis champ
• Athlete who wrote "A Hard Road to Glory"
• First black player on the US Davis Cup team
• King Arthur of tennis
• Queens stadium named for a tennis legend
• Tennis champion Arthur
• Tennis great who wrote "Days of Grace"
• Athlete on a 2005 U.S. postage stamp
• Arthur pictured on a 37-cent stamp
• 1975 Wimbledon winner Arthur
• Arthur ___ Stadium (tennis venue)
• Stadium named for a tennis great
• 26-Across of a North Carolina "-ville"
• Tennis Hall of Fame inductee of 1985
• National Junior Tennis League co-founder
• Connors's 1975 vanquisher at Wimbledon
• Rod Laver rival
• Arthur ___ Stadium (pro tennis venue)
• Late tennis great
• Sports legend for whom the world's biggest tennis stadium is named
• Queens stadium dedicatee
• Tennis VIP
• Legendary Arthur of the courts
• Queens stadium eponym
• Court icon Arthur
• Ace Arthur
• Amateur who won the 1968 US Open
• Wimbledon champ of '75
• Big Apple's Arthur ___ Stadium
• Ace-serving Arthur
• UCLA's Arthur ___ Student Health & Wellness Center
• Big Apple tennis venue
• Arthur who was king of the court?
• Sports Illustrated's 1992 Sportsman of the Year
• Court's Arthur
• Richmond-born tennis great
• Sports great with the 1993 memoir "Days of Grace"
• Pro tennis 45 Across
• Tennis star
• New York stadium named for a sports great
• Tennis player who posthumously received a Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Arthur with four Davis Cup wins
• Court giant Arthur
• ESPN's Courage Award is named for him
• Tennis stadium near Citi Field
• Laver contemporary
• Arthur with three Grand Slam singles titles
• Tennis great Arthur ____
• "Off the Court" memoirist
• Name attached to a North Carolina "-ville"
• Netman who wrote "Days of Grace"
• Arthur ___ Stadium (US Open venue)
• Arthur with three Grand Slam titles
• Connors coeval
• Tennis legend who wrote "Days of Grace"
• Tennis star on a U.S. stamp
• Arthur with a stadium named for him
• Arthur the tennis legend
• Eponym of a North Carolina city
• '82 Davis Cup captain, Arthur
• He had a great backhand
• Legendary Arthur
• Tennis star once denied a visa to South Africa
• Arthur of court history
• Arthur ___, 1975 Wimbledon champion
• What was that about following a second US sportsman?
• See 22
• Former men's tennis champion could be feminine?
• Wimbledon champion, not male
• Arthur, first black Wimbledon men's singles champion, 1975
• American female tennis legend
• Name on a Queens stadium
• Recipient of a tennis scholarship from UCLA in 1963
• Arthur ___, American tennis player 1943-1993
• Part for Moira Shearer as a tennis player
• He beat Connors at Wimbledon in 1975
• Big Apple stadium
• Laver rival
• Queens' Arthur court?
• Tennis legend for whom a "Courage Award" is named
• US Open finalist of 1972
• Arthur ___ Stadium (Queens landmark)
• Flushing Meadows stadium honoree
• 1970 Australian Open winner
• Arthur ___ Courage Award (ESPY Awards honor)
• North Carolina county that borders both Virginia and Tennessee
• Legendary tennis player has changed game, ultimately
• 1970s tennis star Arthur
• A female tennis player
• Tennis star who took his apartheid fight to the United Nations
• Arthur who wrote "Off the Court"
• Arthur --, tennis player
• Tennis great who wrote "Off the Court"
• Arthur ___ Courage Award (annual honor at the Espys)
• Rival of Borg and Laver
• Arthur with three Grand Slam wins
• Athlete posthumously awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Arthur ___ of tennis
• Arthur who was the 1975 Wimbledon champion
• Tennis great Arthur ___
• Contemporary of Laver and Nastase
• ___ Stadium (Big Apple tennis site)
• Foe of Connors and Lendl
• Medal of Freedom athlete (1993)
• '70s tennis champ
• Namesake of the sports-oriented Courage Award
• Athlete honored on Richmond's Monument Avenue
• 1993 Presidential Medal of Freedom awardee Arthur
• Foe of Laver and Nastase
• Arthur with a namesake stadium
• ESPN Courage Award namesake
• North Carolina county ... or lead-in to "-ville"
• US Open stadium namesake
• Tennis great with three Grand Slam titles
• ESPN's Courage Award namesake
• Winner of the first ATP Player of the Year award
• Trailblazing athlete of the 1970s
• Big Apple stadium namesake
• U.S. Open tennis stadium honoree
• Court immortal
• Name on the ESPY Courage Award
• First U.S. Open champ
• Longtime athlete on the U.S. Davis Cup team
• NYC tennis venue
• Arthur once on clay
• U.S. Open stadium dedicatee
• Arthur ___ Courage Award
• Namesake of ESPN's Courage Award
• Arthur ___ Stadium (tennis tourney venue)
• Lead-in to "-ville"
• Eponym of the Courage Award given at the ESPYs
• Athlete who wrote a history of African-American athletes
• Tennis immortal
• Longtime U.S. Davis Cup captain
• Maybe he's a Wimbledon champion
• '60s-'70s tennis great Arthur
• Queens's Arthur ___ Stadium
• 1970 Australian Open winner Arthur
• Arthur on four Davis Cup winners
• Arthur on a U.S. stamp
• Stadium near 46-Across
• USTA stadium namesake
• Tennis great on a postage stamp
• 1981-86 Davis Cup captain
• Queens stadium namesake
• Eponym of the world's largest tennis stadium
• "Days of Grace" memoirist Arthur
• Arthur with a stadium named after him
• Tennis great whose name sounds like a tree
• Tennis great Arthur who wrote "A Hard Road to Glory"
• Arthur, when he won Wimbledon
• US Open stadium named for a US Open winner
• Second African-American inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame
• World's largest tennis venue
• 1980s U.S. Davis Cup team captain
• Arthur on a 2005 postage stamp
• ESPY Courage Award namesake
• Activist and athlete Arthur
• Eponym of a U.S. Open stadium
• Three-time Grand Slam winner Arthur
• 1975 winner over Connors at Wimbledon
• Arthur ___, Wimbledon winner, 1975
• First African-American Davis Cup player
• Tennis stadium namesake Arthur
• Arthur who won the 1968 US Open
• He beat Connors in the Wimbledon final in 1975
• Wimbledon winner of 1975
• First recipient of the ATP Player of the Year award
• 1968 U.S. Open champion Arthur
• Bjorn Borg contemporary
• World's largest tennis stadium, familiarly
• Queens tennis venue honoree
• "Moral of the Story" singer
• Arthur who won three Grand Slam singles titles
• Tennis great who wrote "A Hard Road to Glory"
• He was named 1992's Sportsman of the Year, despite retiring from tennis 12 years earlier
• He was mentored by Althea Gibson's coach
• World's largest tennis stadium
• Arthur who wrote "Days of Grace"
• "A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete" author Arthur
• Davis Cup winner
• North Carolina county near the Tennessee border
• Tennis great posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Arthur who ruled the court?
• Eponym for a Queens stadium
• Activist and tennis legend Arthur
• Athlete Arthur
• Connors rival
• Famous netman
• Arthur ___ Stadium, U.S. Open locale
• Lead-in to a Southern "-ville"
• Arthur ___, 1975 Wimbledon winner
• Arthur ___ Kids' Day (tennis event)
• Tennis great profiled in ESPN's "30 for 30" special "Arthur and Johnnie"
• North Carolina county whose seat is Jefferson
• ___ Stadium, U.S. Open tennis locale
• Arthur ___ Stadium (major tennis venue)
• Queens, New York, stadium namesake
• Stadium named for a tennis player
• Recipient of the inaugural A.T.P. Player of the Year award
• Namesake of a Queens venue
• U.S. Davis Cup player for 10 years
• First Black man to win the U.S. Open
• Arthur who authored "A Hard Road to Glory"
• Tennis legend who wrote a history of African-American athletes
• Arthur ___ Stadium: world's largest tennis venue
• Arthur who won Wimbledon in 1975
• Arthur with a statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue
• Tennis great Arthur posthumously awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Tennis great with a namesake stadium
• Wimbledon winner Arthur
• Person for whom the largest tennis arena in the world is named
• Author of "A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete"
• "Citizen ___" (2021 documentary about a tennis icon)