American tennis legend Althea Gibson is being immortalized on the grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center with a sculpture outside Arthur Ashe Stadium.
But for those who don't know, what are some of her accomplishments and achievements?
Here, we break down a timeline of her remarkable life.
As for her Grand Slam highlights, she won the US Open and Wimbledon twice and the French and Australian Championships once each.
Check out a timeline of milestones in her life:
1927:
Born Aug. 25 in Silver, S.C.
1930:
Moves to Harlem district in New York City.
1942:
Enters and wins her first tournament, sponsored by the all-black American Tennis Association (ATA).
1946:
Moves to Wilmington, N.C., to work on her tennis game with Dr. Hubert A. Eaton; enrolls in high school.
1947:
Wins the first of 10 consecutive ATA National Championships.
1949:
Competes against white players for the first time; enrolls at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Fla.
1950:
Enters her first outdoor United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) tournament; becomes the first African-American to play in the U.S. National Tennis Championships (now known as the US Open).
1951:
Competes in the All-England Tennis Championships at Wimbledon for the first time.
1953:
Graduates from Florida A&M; moves to Jefferson City, Mo.
1954:
Starts working with tennis coach Sydney Llewellyn.
1955:
Travels throughout Southeast Asia on a U.S. State Department-sponsored goodwill tennis tour.
1956:
Becomes the first African-American to win the French Championships; wins the first of three consecutive Wimbledon women's doubles titles, each time with a different partner; tours the Australian tennis circuit.
1957:
Becomes the first African-American to win Wimbledon and the U.S. National Championships; named Woman Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press for the first of two consecutive years.
1958:
Defends her Wimbledon and U.S. National Championships crowns; retires from amateur tennis; publishes her autobiography, I Always Wanted to Be Somebody.
1959:
Releases a record album, Althea Gibson Sings; appears in a film, The Horse Soldiers.
1960:
Tours with the Harlem Globetrotters playing exhibition tennis.
1963:
Becomes the first African-American touring pro of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
1965:
Marries Will Darben.
1971:
Is enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
1975:
Becomes New Jersey State Commissioner of Athletics.
1977:
Runs for the New Jersey state senate.
1991:
Receives the Theodore Roosevelt Award, the NCAA's highest individual honor, given for a distinguished career of national significance and achievements in which competitive athletics in college and attention to physical well-being thereafter were important factors.
1998:
Founds the Althea Gibson Foundation with Fran Clayton Gray.
2003:
Dies on Sept. 28 in East Orange, N.J.
2007:
Is inducted into the US Open Court of Champions.
2019
Is honored by the USTA with the dedication of the Althea Gibson Sculpture Garden at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.