TENNIS PLAYER

Bobby Riggs

1918 - 1995

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Robert Larimore Riggs (February 25, 1918 – October 25, 1995) was an American tennis champion who was the world No. 1 amateur in 1939 and world No. 1 professional in 1946 and 1947. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Riggs has received more than 4,240,055 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Bobby Riggs is the 62nd most popular tennis player (down from 50th in 2019), the 2,933rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,876th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Bobby Riggs ranks 62 out of 1,569. Before him are Vitas Gerulaitis, Tom Okker, Adriano Panatta, Goran Ivanišević, Kea Bouman, and William Renshaw. After him are Margaret Scriven, Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, Maria Sharapova, Nicola Pietrangeli, Momčilo Tapavica, and Althea Gibson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Bobby Riggs ranks 113. Before him are Borys Paton, Arthur Chung, George Lincoln Rockwell, Helmut Lent, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, and Robert Walker. After him are Raimon Panikkar, Adolfo Pedernera, Willi Graf, Dora Ratjen, Ángel Labruna, and Antonín Mrkos. Among people deceased in 1995, Bobby Riggs ranks 104. Before him are Georgy Beregovoy, Viveca Lindfors, Selena, Mordechai Gur, Theodor Wisch, and Kingsley Amis. After him are Adolfo Pedernera, André Frossard, Masashi Watanabe, Fred West, J. Presper Eckert, and Annie M. G. Schmidt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Riggs ranks 2,933 out of 20,380. Before him are Terry Bisson (1942), Smokey Robinson (1940), Paul Strand (1890), John Lasseter (1957), Ivy Lee (1877), and Rebecca De Mornay (1959). After him are King Oliver (1881), Bobby Darin (1936), Edward Kasner (1878), Christa McAuliffe (1948), Wendy Carlos (1939), and James Henry Breasted (1865).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Bobby Riggs ranks 14. Before him are Bill Tilden (1893), Pete Sampras (1971), Venus Williams (1980), Don Budge (1915), Pancho Gonzales (1928), and Vitas Gerulaitis (1954). After him are Althea Gibson (1927), Doris Hart (1925), Maureen Connolly (1934), Vincent Richards (1903), William Larned (1872), and Helen Wills (1905).

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