The Most Famous

TENNIS PLAYERS from French Polynesia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Tennis Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,569 Tennis Players, 1 of which were born in French Polynesia. This makes French Polynesia the birth place of the 72nd most number of Tennis Players behind Algeria, and Vietnam.

Top 1

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Fabrice Santoro (b. 1972)

With an HPI of 45.94, Fabrice Santoro is the most famous Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 28 different languages on wikipedia.

Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born 9 December 1972) is a French former professional tennis player. Successful in both singles and doubles, he had an unusually long professional career, with many of his accomplishments coming towards the end of his career, and he is popular among spectators and other players alike for his winning demeanor and shot-making abilities; he is also one of a rare breed of player who plays two-handed on both the forehand and backhand sides. Owing to his longevity on the tour and consistent ranking, Santoro holds several ATP records: the most career wins over top ten opponents for a player who never reached the top ten (40), and the most French Open appearances (20), tied with Feliciano López. He was the first player to appear in 70 Grand Slam men's singles events, and has the second-most losses in singles play behind López (444). In singles, Santoro won six titles, but reached the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam only once. His career-high ranking of world No. 17 belied his impressive record against top ten opposition. He had greater success in doubles competition, with two Grand Slam doubles titles, one mixed doubles title, and 25 doubles championships overall to his name. Since March 2019, Santoro has been the coach of Canadian tennis player Milos Raonic.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as tennis players born between 1972 and 1972. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living tennis players include Fabrice Santoro.

Living Tennis Players

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