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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. 2 the same year behind fellow amateur Frank Sedgman, but he was declared world No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Savitt has received more than 106,456 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Dick Savitt is the 436th most popular tennis player (down from 371st in 2019), the 11,962nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,657th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Tennis Player.

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  • 17

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  • 3.07

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Dick Savitt ranks 436 out of 1,148Before him are Coral Buttsworth, Marián Vajda, Hubert Hurkacz, Amos Mansdorf, Sabine Lisicki, and Peter Gojowczyk. After him are Marcos Baghdatis, Ernests Gulbis, Peter McNamara, Andrei Cherkasov, Magdalena Maleeva, and Iga Świątek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Dick Savitt ranks 417Before him are Malcolm Allison, Connie Kay, Red Kelly, Nayantara Sahgal, Nancy Dupree, and Geoffrey Palmer. After him are Bill McGarry, Varkey Vithayathil, John Dankworth, Leslie Claudius, Ted Burgin, and Bill Slater. Among people deceased in 2023, Dick Savitt ranks 381Before him are Inga Swenson, Richard G. Hovannisian, Bill Hayden, Odd Børre, Terry McDermott, and Heath. After him are François Bracci, Bert I. Gordon, Bob Knight, John Devitt, Vani Jairam, and Remigijus Valiulis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Savitt ranks 11,962 out of 18,182Before him are Mary Ellen Rudin (1924), Charlie Baker (1956), Patricia Kalember (1956), Anna Todd (1989), Eastman Johnson (1824), and Natalia Dyer (1995). After him are Harry A. Pollard (1879), Claudia Kolb (1949), Erick Morillo (1971), Veda Ann Borg (1915), Robert Eggers (1983), and Tory Burch (1966).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Dick Savitt ranks 84Before him are Vic Seixas (1923), Tim Mayotte (1960), Brian Teacher (1954), Pauline Betz (1919), Karen Hantze Susman (1942), and Zina Garrison (1963). After him are Ken Flach (1963), Brad Gilbert (1961), Andrea Jaeger (1965), Elizabeth Ryan (1892), Todd Martin (1970), and Patrick McEnroe (1966).