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Big. >> connors was not everybody's favorite. but the guys in the locker room felt no one could beat him. considering the way connors had been playing, he was easily the world's number one. >> he had only lost four matches the entire year. he was winning everything. >> the time to get nervous and -- >> it's the night before the finals. if you knew arthur, it's going to be hard to sleep that night. i said what do you want to do tonight? he said i want to goy to the playboy club. i said you want to what? you know, i want to play a little blackjack and sit in the back in a booth and have dinner a...

Felt no one could beat him. considering the way connors had been playing, he was easily the world's number one. >> he had only lost four matches the entire year. he was winning everything. >> the time to get nervous and -- >> it's the night before the finals. if you knew arthur, it's going to be hard to sleep that night. i said what do you want to do tonight? he said i want to goy to the playboy club. i said you want to what? you know, i want to play a little blackjack and sit in the back in a booth and have dinner and nobody will bother us. he liked tactics. he liked to have a game plan. we j...

>> one of the greatest upsets in the long history of wimbledon. arthur ashe, the first black player to win the men's wimbledon singles title. >> arthur beat jimmy strategically big time. i think that started to get people thinking. >> the way black americans reacted when i won wimbledon. it was like joe louis winning the heavyweight championship. that's the first time that black americans really became aware of wimbledon. and now they follow it. and now they're playing tennis like crazy. >> in '75, we both win in wimbledon. it's like, oh, my god, this is perfect. i remember dancing with him. i...

First game for arthur ashe. >> there are terrific variations in emotional intensity in a match. it can be a weapon that works without having to hit a ball. >> arthur ashe now serving again. the first set was long and tough. >> ball goes up very high on the service toss. he might lose it. >> then they split sets all the way to the final set. >> let's see if he can get another one. >> mr. ashe. that's arthur's day. >> somebody's going to get tired and we were hoping it wasn't our guy. >> okker doesn't believe it. >> oh, boy. when you call him mr. cool --

It was the first time a person of color made the davis cup team. he was one of the guys and they didn't look at him as a black tennis player. they looked at him as a tennis player. >> the davis cup was in essence our olympics in tennis because we didn't have tennis in the olympics till 1988. for arthur that seemed like a no-brainer. like who wouldn't want to represent your country? what it entailed was that you had to play up to four weeks a year if you were going to win. and it could be anywhere in the world. like home and away series. if you get a davis cup that looks good on the resume. it ...