Ora Mae Washington

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Ora Mae Washington (January 23, 1898 in Caroline County, Virginia - May 28, 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an African American woman considered by many to be the finest female athlete of her times. She starred in both tennis and basketball.

She won eight American Tennis Association (ATA) singles championships and went undefeated from 1924 to 1936. With a number of different partners, she also won every women's doubles championship between 1925 and 1936, and mixed doubles championships in 1939, 1946 and 1947. She also played basketball for the Germantown Hornets and the Philadelphia Tribune Girls. She starred for the Tribune Girls from 1932 to 1942, during which time the team was acknowledged to be the best African American women's team in the country.

Washington was inducted into the Black Athletes Hall of Fame in 1976.