TENNIS PLAYER

Bertha Townsend

1869 - 1909

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Bertha Louise Townsend Toulmin (née Townsend; March 7, 1869 – May 12, 1909) was a female tennis player from the United States. She is best remembered for being the first repeating women's singles champion at the U.S. Championships (now U.S. Open) in 1888 and 1889. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bertha Townsend has received more than 28,036 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bertha Townsend is the 422nd most popular tennis player (down from 303rd in 2019), the 10,460th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,433rd in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 28k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Bertha Townsend ranks 422 out of 1,569. Before her are Nicolas Mahut, Thomas Enqvist, Sergio Casal, Herbert Roper Barrett, Andriy Medvedev, and Arthur O'Hara Wood. After her are John Isner, James Anderson, Alphonzo Bell, Margaret Molesworth, Peter McNamara, and Thomas Johansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Bertha Townsend ranks 152. Before her are William Murrill, Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Tom Kiely, George Caridia, and Charley Grapewin. After her are Ellen Hansell, Flora Murray, Robert S. Woodworth, John Kunkel Small, George Forbes, and Vida Goldstein. Among people deceased in 1909, Bertha Townsend ranks 98. Before her are Francis Marion Crawford, Lina Morgenstern, Sarah Orne Jewett, Mary MacKillop, João Barbosa Rodrigues, and Oliver Otis Howard. After her is Edward Everett Hale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bertha Townsend ranks 10,460 out of 20,380. Before her are Frank Greer (1879), Avril Haines (1969), Mike Flanagan (1978), Reb Beach (1963), Kim Stanley (1925), and Dwight Yoakam (1956). After her are Jake Sullivan (1976), Colton Ford (1962), Robert Walker (1940), Reg E. Cathey (1958), Robert Spitzer (1932), and James Flynn (1934).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Bertha Townsend ranks 88. Before her are Pam Shriver (1962), Patricia Canning Todd (1922), Chuck McKinley (1941), Clarence Clark (1859), Dennis Ralston (1942), and Charles Sands (1865). After her are John Isner (1985), Alphonzo Bell (1875), Marion Zinderstein (1896), Bob Bryan (1978), Pauline Betz (1919), and Ellen Hansell (1869).

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