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TENNIS PLAYER

Gottfried von Cramm

1909 - 1976

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Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr von Cramm (German: [ˈɡɔtfʁiːt fɔn ˈkʁam] ; 7 July 1909 – 8 November 1976) was a German tennis player who won the French Championships twice 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. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977, which states that he is "most remembered for a gallant effort in defeat against Don Budge in the 1937 Interzone Final at Wimbledon".Von Cramm had difficulties with the Nazi regime, which attempted to exploit his appearance and skill as a symbol of Aryan supremacy, but he refused to identify with Nazism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gottfried von Cramm has received more than 429,504 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Gottfried von Cramm is the 51st most popular tennis player (down from 45th in 2019), the 2,375th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,242nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Gottfried von Cramm ranks 51 out of 1,148Before him are Gabriela Sabatini, Yannick Noah, Jaroslav Drobný, Darlene Hard, Max Decugis, and Bobby Riggs. After him are Maria Sharapova, William Renshaw, Martina Hingis, Naomi Osaka, Momčilo Tapavica, and Doris Hart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Gottfried von Cramm ranks 115Before him are Indro Montanelli, Lamberto Maggiorani, Juan Bosch, André Cayatte, Richard Wurmbrand, and Carl Gustaf von Rosen. After him are Gene Krupa, Kató Lomb, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Attilio Demaría, Harro Schulze-Boysen, and Dean Rusk. Among people deceased in 1976, Gottfried von Cramm ranks 92Before him are Wilder Penfield, Freddie King, Mohammed Ben Aarafa, Hans von Obstfelder, Alexander Lippisch, and Josef Sudek. After him are Rudolf Kempe, Marcel Broodthaers, Boris Iofan, Howlin' Wolf, Paul Robeson, and Alexander Novikov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gottfried von Cramm ranks 2,375 out of 6,142Before him are Franz Abt (1819), Dorothea Erxleben (1715), Walther Meissner (1882), Guido Buchwald (1961), Balthasar Hubmaier (1485), and Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1522). After him are Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1735), Ludolf von Alvensleben (1901), Johannes Agricola (1494), Friedrich Pollock (1894), Johann Conrad Dippel (1673), and Bodo Illgner (1967).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Germany

Among tennis players born in Germany, Gottfried von Cramm ranks 4Before him are Steffi Graf (1969), John McEnroe (1959), and Boris Becker (1967). After him are Alexander Zverev (1997), Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (1908), Michael Stich (1968), Cilly Aussem (1909), Angelique Kerber (1988), Wilhelm Bungert (1939), Tommy Haas (1978), and Sylvia Hanika (1959).