TENNIS PLAYER

Gottfried von Cramm

1909 - 1976

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Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr[A] von Cramm (German: [ˈɡɔtfʁiːt fɔn ˈkʁam] ; 7 July 1909 – 8 November 1976) was a German tennis player who won the French Championships twice, so becoming the first non American, British, Australian or French player to win a singles slam title at the 1934 French Open, and reached the final of a Grand Slam singles tournament on five other occasions. He was ranked number 2 in the world in 1934 and 1936, and number 1 in the world in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gottfried von Cramm has received more than 477,170 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gottfried von Cramm is the 37th most popular tennis player (up from 51st in 2019), the 1,820th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,372nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Tennis Player.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Gottfried von Cramm ranks 37 out of 1,569. Before him are Pete Sampras, Venus Williams, Don Budge, Manuel Santana, Stefan Edberg, and Jan Kodeš. After him are Manuel Orantes, Mansour Bahrami, Max Decugis, Coral Buttsworth, John Newcombe, and Monica Seles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Gottfried von Cramm ranks 76. Before him are Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Gunnar Björnstrand, Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, Teiichi Matsumaru, Franz Bardon, and C. Northcote Parkinson. After him are Porfirio Rubirosa, Ben Webster, Stavros Niarchos, William M. Branham, Homi J. Bhabha, and Albert R. Broccoli. Among people deceased in 1976, Gottfried von Cramm ranks 69. Before him are Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Abdul Razak Hussein, Alexandros Panagoulis, Adolph Zukor, Walter H. Schottky, and Orlando Letelier. After him are Willi Hennig, Harry Nyquist, Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Hans Richter, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Sal Mineo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gottfried von Cramm ranks 1,820 out of 7,253. Before him are Miguel, Duke of Braganza (1853), Johann Arndt (1555), Kathrine Switzer (1947), Elke Sommer (1940), Hermann Weingärtner (1864), and Hans F. K. Günther (1891). After him are Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (1824), Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (1807), Gertrud Scholtz-Klink (1902), Uta Hagen (1919), Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1713), and Regino of Prüm (842).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Germany

Among tennis players born in Germany, Gottfried von Cramm ranks 4. Before him are Boris Becker (1967), Steffi Graf (1969), and John McEnroe (1959). After him are Michael Stich (1968), Cilly Aussem (1909), Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (1908), Alexander Zverev (1997), Angelique Kerber (1988), Oscar Kreuzer (1887), Helga Niessen Masthoff (1941), and Heinrich Schomburgk (1885).

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