TENNIS PLAYERS from Norway

Top 4

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

1. Molla Mallory (1884 - 1959)

With an HPI of 48.70, Molla Mallory is the most famous Norwegian Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.

Anna Margrethe "Molla" Bjurstedt Mallory (née Bjurstedt; 6 March 1884 – 22 November 1959) was a Norwegian-American tennis player. She won a record eight singles titles at the U.S. National Championships. She was the first woman to represent Norway at the Olympics.

2. Casper Ruud (b. 1998)

With an HPI of 39.27, Casper Ruud is the 2nd most famous Norwegian Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 33 different languages.

Casper Ruud (born 22 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. Ruud has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 12 September 2022, making him the highest-ranked Norwegian in history. He has won twelve ATP Tour singles titles and finished runner-up at three majors (at the 2022 French Open, 2022 US Open, and 2023 French Open) and at the 2022 ATP Finals. From September 2021 to November 2023, Ruud spent 113 consecutive weeks inside the ATP top 10. As a junior, he was ranked world No. 1. In doubles, he has a career-high ranking of world No. 133, achieved after reaching the quarterfinals of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships with André Göransson. Revered for his professional on-court demeanour, he was awarded the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award in 2022.

3. Christian Ruud (b. 1972)

With an HPI of 35.37, Christian Ruud is the 3rd most famous Norwegian Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Christian Ruud (born 24 August 1972) is a Norwegian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 39 in October 1995, reaching the fourth round of the 1997 Australian Open and the quarterfinals of the 1997 Monte Carlo Masters. He retired in 2001 after the 2001 French Open. He was the highest-ranked Norwegian male player ever on the ATP Tour until his son Casper Ruud surpassed him in February 2020. Ruud was born in Oslo and represented Norway at three consecutive Olympic Games, reaching the third round in Atlanta in 1996. Ruud won twelve titles on the Challenger Series, but reached only one ATP Tour final, losing the 1995 Swedish Open in Båstad to Fernando Meligeni in straight sets.

4. Ulrikke Eikeri (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 24.77, Ulrikke Eikeri is the 4th most famous Norwegian Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Ulrikke Pia Eikeri (born 16 December 1992) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. On 22 April 2024, she peaked at No. 26 in the WTA doubles rankings. She reached a best singles ranking of world No. 206 on 16 April 2018. Eikeri has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and two doubles titles on WTA Challenger Tour, along with 11 singles titles and 32 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She reached the mixed doubles final at the 2022 French Open, alongside Joran Vliegen. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Eikeri had been ranked as high as No. 16 in the world. Playing for the Norway Billie Jean King Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 36–28, as of June 2024.