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  • The comedian and actor Richard Pryor clowns with an extra on the set of his 1977 film, "Greased Lightning", a movie about African-American stock car driver Wendell Scott. Comedian/actor Richard Pryor on the set of a feature length movie titled Greased Lightning , the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott - to win a NASCAR race.. Comedian/actor Richard Pryor on the set of a feature length movie titled Greased Lightning , the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott - to win a NASCAR race.. Comedian/actor Richard Pryor on the set of a feature length movie titled Greased Lightning , the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott - to win a NASCAR race..
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  • Civil rights leader, politician, actor and former Chairman of the NAACP, Julian Bond, has died at age 75. Bond talks with folksinger Richie Havens who was urging him to "go for a fro" during the filming of the 1977 feature film, "Greased Lightning".  The film starred Grier, Richard Pryor and Beau Bridges and chronicled the life of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott. with folksinger Richie Havens during the filming of the 1977 feature film, "Greased Lightning".  The film starred Grier, Richard Pryor and Beau Bridges and chronicled the life of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
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  • Actor Beau Bridges on the set of the movie "Greased Lightning" in Georgia. Actor Beau Bridges on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
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  • Actor Beau Bridges on the set of the movie "Greased Lightning" in Georgia. Actor Beau Bridges on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
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  • Actress Pam Grier on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
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  • Actress Pam Grier on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
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  • Actress Pam Grier on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
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  • Actor Beau Bridges on the set of the movie "Greased Lightning" in Georgia. Actor Beau Bridges on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
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  • Actor Beau Bridges on the set of the movie "Greased Lightning" in Georgia. Actor Beau Bridges on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
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  • Actress Pam Grier on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
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  • Actress Pam Grier on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
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  • Actress Pam Grier on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
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  • Actor Beau Bridges on the set of the movie "Greased Lightning" in Georgia. Actor Beau Bridges on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
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  • Young African - American boys eye a stranger at Techwood Homes an Atlanta public housing project. Many children roam the projects without aduly supervision both day and night, making most wary of newcomers during the period of The Atlanta  Child Murders.
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  • Civil rights leader, politician, actor and former Chairman of the NAACP, Julian Bond, has died at age 75. Bond - left - sits with actress Pam Grier and extras during the filming of the 1977 feature film, "Greased Lightning". The film starred Grier, Richard Pryor and Beau Bridges and chronicled the life of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
    © Ken Hawkins Julian Bond_Ken Hawkin...tif
  • Civil rights leader, politician, actor and former Chairman of the NAACP, Julian Bond, has died at age 75. Bond is reflected in a movie set  makeup trailer mirror during the filming of the 1977 feature film, "Greased Lightning".  The film starred Grier, Richard Pryor and Beau Bridges and chronicled the life of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
    © Ken Hawkins JulianBond_KenHawkins ...tif
  • Civil rights leader, politician, actor and former Chairman of the NAACP, Julian Bond, has died at age 75. Bond talks with People Magazine writer  Joyce Leviton during the filming of the 1977 feature film, "Greased Lightning".  The film starred Grier, Richard Pryor and Beau Bridges and chronicled the life of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
    © Ken Hawkins JulianBond_KenHawkins ...tif
  • Civil rights leader, politician, actor and former Chairman of the NAACP, Julian Bond, has died at age 75. Bond - left - sits in the makeup trailer during the filming of the 1977 feature film, "Greased Lightning". Bond's daughter watches the makeup process intently. The film starred Grier, Richard Pryor and Beau Bridges and chronicled the life of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
    © Ken Hawkins Julian Bond_Ken Hawkin...tif
  • Civil rights leader, politician, actor and former Chairman of the NAACP, Julian Bond, has died at age 75. Bond is reflected in the  makeup trailer mirror as he talks with folksinger Richie Havens during the filming of the 1977 feature film, "Greased Lightning".  The film starred Grier, Richard Pryor and Beau Bridges and chronicled the life of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
    © Ken Hawkins JulianBond_KenHawkins ...tif
  • President Bill Clinton lifts an African American child after speaking at a political rally in Macon, Georgia. Behind Clinton is Senator Wyche Fowler (D-GA)
    © Ken Hawkins Bill Clinton_KenHawkin...tif
  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States. Here, he speaks at Ebenezer Baptist, the home church of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    © Ken Hawkins Jesse Jackson 1984 13.tif
  • College supporters welcome Reverend Jesse Jackson as he campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
    © Ken Hawkins Jesse Jackson 1984 17.tif
  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States. Here, he speaks at Ebenezer Baptist, the home church of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States. Here, he speaks at Ebenezer Baptist, the home church of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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  • A college age supporter cheers Reverend Jesse Jackson as he campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson makes a call from his hotel room as he campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • Surround onstage by children, Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson makes a call from his hotel room as he campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
    _KH23859.jpg
  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
    _KH23858.jpg
  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
    _KH23855.jpg
  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
    _KH23854.jpg
  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
    _KH23739.jpg
  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
    _KH23763.jpg
  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
    _KH23775.jpg
  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
    _KH23717.jpg
  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
    _KH23713.jpg
  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • American Sloane Stephens at the 2013 Australian Open - a Grand Slam Tournament - is the opening event of the tennis calendar annually. The Open is held each January in Melbourne, Australia. Sloane Stephens - born March 20, 1993 - is an American tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 26 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings.<br />
Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a Grand Slam, Stephens rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and would claim her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open.<br />
Stephens was born in Plantation, Florida to Sybil Smith (who, in 1988 as a swimmer at Boston University, became the first African-American female to be named First Team All-American in Division I history) and John Stephens, a professional American football player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September 1, 2009, just before the start of the US Open. Stephens attended her father's funeral in Louisiana, but remained entered in the US Open. <br />
She started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, Ca, where her mother and stepfather introduced her to the sport. Two years later Stephens relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the prestigious Evert Tennis Academy. A year later at the age of 12, Stephens stepped up her training once again by joining the Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy, and switching to online-based home-schooling, which allowed her to maximize her time spent on the court. She graduated from high school in 2011. Stephens currently splits time between her home in Florida and Los Angeles, where she trains at the USTA training center in Carson, California.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
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  • Reverend Jesse Jackson campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
    © Ken Hawkins Jesse Jackson 1984 03.tif
  • Reverend Jesse Jackson autographs a supporters Bible as he campaigns across the south in his 1984 bid to be the first African American president of the United States.
    © Ken Hawkins Jesse Jackson 1984 06.tif
  • Actor / musician Richie Havens on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
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  • Actor Cleavon Little on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
    Greased Lightning-58.tif
  • Jesse Jackson campaigns during his 1984 bid for President of the United States. On November 3, 1983, Jackson announced his campaign for President of the United States in the 1984 election,becoming the second African American to mount a nationwide campaign for president.<br />
In the Democratic Party primaries, Jackson, who had been written off by pundits as a fringe candidate with little chance at winning the nomination, surprised many when he took third place behind Senator Gary Hart and former Vice President Walter Mondale, who eventually won the nomination.
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  • Jesse Jackson campaigns during his 1984 bid for President of the United States. On November 3, 1983, Jackson announced his campaign for President of the United States in the 1984 election,becoming the second African American to mount a nationwide campaign for president.<br />
In the Democratic Party primaries, Jackson, who had been written off by pundits as a fringe candidate with little chance at winning the nomination, surprised many when he took third place behind Senator Gary Hart and former Vice President Walter Mondale, who eventually won the nomination.
    © Ken Hawkins © Ken Hawkins JJackson...tif
  • Jesse Jackson campaigns during his 1984 bid for President of the United States. On November 3, 1983, Jackson announced his campaign for President of the United States in the 1984 election,becoming the second African American to mount a nationwide campaign for president.<br />
In the Democratic Party primaries, Jackson, who had been written off by pundits as a fringe candidate with little chance at winning the nomination, surprised many when he took third place behind Senator Gary Hart and former Vice President Walter Mondale, who eventually won the nomination.
    © Ken Hawkins © Ken Hawkins JJackson...tif
  • Jesse Jackson campaigns during his 1984 bid for President of the United States. On November 3, 1983, Jackson announced his campaign for President of the United States in the 1984 election,becoming the second African American to mount a nationwide campaign for president.<br />
In the Democratic Party primaries, Jackson, who had been written off by pundits as a fringe candidate with little chance at winning the nomination, surprised many when he took third place behind Senator Gary Hart and former Vice President Walter Mondale, who eventually won the nomination.
    © Ken Hawkins © Ken Hawkins JJackson...tif
  • Actor Cleavon Little on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
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  • Actor Cleavon Little on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
    Greased Lightning-57.tif
  • Actor Cleavon Little on the set of "Greased Lightning" - the story of the first African American NASCAR driver - Wendell Scott.
    Greased Lightning-56.tif
  • Jesse Jackson campaigns during his 1984 bid for President of the United States. On November 3, 1983, Jackson announced his campaign for President of the United States in the 1984 election,becoming the second African American to mount a nationwide campaign for president.<br />
In the Democratic Party primaries, Jackson, who had been written off by pundits as a fringe candidate with little chance at winning the nomination, surprised many when he took third place behind Senator Gary Hart and former Vice President Walter Mondale, who eventually won the nomination.
    © Ken Hawkins © Ken Hawkins JJackson...tif
  • Jesse Jackson campaigns during his 1984 bid for President of the United States. On November 3, 1983, Jackson announced his campaign for President of the United States in the 1984 election,becoming the second African American to mount a nationwide campaign for president.<br />
In the Democratic Party primaries, Jackson, who had been written off by pundits as a fringe candidate with little chance at winning the nomination, surprised many when he took third place behind Senator Gary Hart and former Vice President Walter Mondale, who eventually won the nomination.
    © Ken Hawkins © Ken Hawkins JJackson...tif
  • Jesse Jackson campaigns during his 1984 bid for President of the United States. On November 3, 1983, Jackson announced his campaign for President of the United States in the 1984 election,becoming the second African American to mount a nationwide campaign for president.<br />
In the Democratic Party primaries, Jackson, who had been written off by pundits as a fringe candidate with little chance at winning the nomination, surprised many when he took third place behind Senator Gary Hart and former Vice President Walter Mondale, who eventually won the nomination.
    © Ken Hawkins © Ken Hawkins JJackson...tif
  • Jesse Jackson campaigns during his 1984 bid for President of the United States. On November 3, 1983, Jackson announced his campaign for President of the United States in the 1984 election,becoming the second African American to mount a nationwide campaign for president.<br />
In the Democratic Party primaries, Jackson, who had been written off by pundits as a fringe candidate with little chance at winning the nomination, surprised many when he took third place behind Senator Gary Hart and former Vice President Walter Mondale, who eventually won the nomination.
    © Ken Hawkins © Ken Hawkins JJackson...tif
  • Jesse Jackson campaigns during his 1984 bid for President of the United States. On November 3, 1983, Jackson announced his campaign for President of the United States in the 1984 election,becoming the second African American to mount a nationwide campaign for president.<br />
In the Democratic Party primaries, Jackson, who had been written off by pundits as a fringe candidate with little chance at winning the nomination, surprised many when he took third place behind Senator Gary Hart and former Vice President Walter Mondale, who eventually won the nomination.
    © Ken Hawkins © Ken Hawkins JJackson...tif
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