TENNIS PLAYER

Dick Savitt

1927 - 2023

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Richard Savitt (March 4, 1927 – January 6, 2023) was an American tennis player. In 1951, at the age of 24, he won both the Australian and Wimbledon men's singles championships. Savitt was mostly ranked world No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Savitt has received more than 113,459 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Dick Savitt is the 215th most popular tennis player (up from 436th in 2019), the 7,039th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,935th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Dick Savitt ranks 215 out of 1,569. Before him are Darlene Hard, Frank Hadow, Nikolay Davydenko, Ivo Karlović, Peter Fleming, and Frederick Hovey. After him are Harold Mahony, Nelly Landry, Olga Morozova, Dominic Thiem, Caroline Wozniacki, and Winifred McNair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Dick Savitt ranks 326. Before him are Adolfo Suárez Rivera, Kay Kendall, Dieter Henrich, Lisa Lu, Raymond Leppard, and Tore Svensson. After him are Barbara Rush, Uta Ranke-Heinemann, Johan Ferner, Helmut Zilk, Phyllis Coates, and Vladimir Naumov. Among people deceased in 2023, Dick Savitt ranks 444. Before him are Siiri Rantanen, Gary Wright, Ferenc Mészáros, Odd Børre, Dario Campeotto, and George Winston. After him are Robert Budzynski, Pat Robertson, Domingo Perurena, Gayle Hunnicutt, Anna Kanakis, and Mikio Aoki.

Others Born in 1927

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Savitt ranks 7,039 out of 20,380. Before him are Sheryl Sandberg (1969), Whitney Smith (1940), Roman Reigns (1985), Sidney Howard (1891), Lois Weber (1879), and William S. Hart (1864). After him are Ron DeSantis (1978), Arthur Harnden (1924), Joshua Chamberlain (1828), Ron Ely (1938), Tom Heinsohn (1934), and Joe Ranft (1960).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Dick Savitt ranks 47. Before him are Maurice McLoughlin (1890), Wilmer Allison (1904), John Van Ryn (1905), Darlene Hard (1936), Peter Fleming (1955), and Frederick Hovey (1868). After him are Tony Trabert (1930), Brian Gottfried (1952), Shirley Fry (1927), Andy Roddick (1982), Don McNeill (1918), and William Clothier (1881).

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