Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "David Samaai" in English language version.
In fact, prior to the open era, the first nonwhite South African to play at Wimbledon was David Samaai, a "Coloured", who played between 1949 and 1960 and reached the third round in 1954.
In one of to-day's quarter-finals Samaai, a coloured South African, faces Norgarb who, by South African law, he could not meet in their own country.