1918 - 1995
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 4,103,878 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Bobby Riggs is the 50th most popular tennis player (up from 75th in 2019), the 2,883rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,604th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Tennis Player.
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Among tennis players, Bobby Riggs ranks 50 out of 1,148. Before him are Monica Seles, Gabriela Sabatini, Yannick Noah, Jaroslav Drobný, Darlene Hard, and Max Decugis. After him are Gottfried von Cramm, Maria Sharapova, William Renshaw, Martina Hingis, Naomi Osaka, and Momčilo Tapavica.
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 44
1970 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 45
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 46
1921 - 2001
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 47
1936 - 2021
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 48
1882 - 1978
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 49
1918 - 1995
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 50
1909 - 1976
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 51
1987 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 52
1861 - 1904
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 53
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 54
1997 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 55
1872 - 1949
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 56
Among people born in 1918, Bobby Riggs ranks 113. Before him are Leila Mourad, Raimon Panikkar, Theodore Sturgeon, Alexander Shelepin, Massimo Girotti, and David Ausubel. After him are Adolfo Pedernera, Ted Williams, Aldo van Eyck, Kazu Naoki, George Lincoln Rockwell, and René de Obaldia. Among people deceased in 1995, Bobby Riggs ranks 100. Before him are Alexander Godunov, Gabriel Urgebadze, Viveca Lindfors, Annie M. G. Schmidt, Václav Neumann, and Sylvester Stadler. After him are Adolfo Pedernera, Juan Carlos Onganía, Viktoria Brezhneva, Dirceu, Rudolf Peierls, and André Frossard.
1918 - 1995
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 107
1918 - 2010
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 108
1918 - 1985
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 109
1918 - 1994
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 110
1918 - 2003
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 111
1918 - 2008
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 112
1918 - 1995
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 113
1918 - 1995
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 114
1918 - 2002
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 115
1918 - 1999
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 116
1918 - 1944
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 117
1918 - 1967
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 118
1918 - 2022
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 119
1949 - 1995
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 94
1929 - 1995
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 95
1920 - 1995
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 96
1911 - 1995
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 97
1920 - 1995
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 98
1910 - 1995
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 99
1918 - 1995
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 100
1918 - 1995
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 101
1914 - 1995
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 102
1907 - 1995
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 103
1952 - 1995
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 104
1907 - 1995
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 105
1915 - 1995
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 106
Among people born in United States, Bobby Riggs ranks 2,883 out of 18,182. Before him are John Havlicek (1940), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Stanley Schachter (1922), Jesse Douglas (1897), KRS-One (1965), and Richard Ford (1944). After him are Marc Jacobs (1963), Coretta Scott King (1927), Ralph Craig (1889), Delbert Mann (1920), Sam Giancana (1908), and Robert Morris (1931).
1940 - 2019
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,877
1864 - 1951
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,878
1922 - 1997
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,879
1897 - 1965
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,880
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,881
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,882
1918 - 1995
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,883
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,884
1927 - 2006
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,885
1889 - 1972
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,886
1920 - 2007
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 2,887
1908 - 1975
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 2,888
1931 - 2018
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 2,889
Among tennis players born in United States, Bobby Riggs ranks 14. Before him are Venus Williams (1980), Don Budge (1915), Chris Evert (1954), Bill Tilden (1893), Pancho Gonzales (1928), and Darlene Hard (1936). After him are Doris Hart (1925), Vitas Gerulaitis (1954), Michael Chang (1972), Maureen Connolly (1934), Richard Sears (1861), and Vincent Richards (1903).
1980 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 8
1915 - 2000
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 9
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 10
1893 - 1953
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 11
1928 - 1995
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 12
1936 - 2021
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 13
1918 - 1995
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 14
1925 - 2015
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 15
1954 - 1994
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 16
1972 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 17
1934 - 1969
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 18
1861 - 1943
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 19
1903 - 1959
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 20