TENNIS PLAYER

Helen Wills

1905 - 1998

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Helen Newington Wills (October 6, 1905 – January 1, 1998), also known by her married names Helen Wills Moody and Helen Wills Roark, was an American tennis player. She won 31 Grand Slam tournament titles (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) during her career, including 19 singles titles. Wills was the first American woman athlete to become a global celebrity, making friends with royalty and film stars despite her preference for staying out of the limelight. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Wills has received more than 429,956 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Helen Wills is the 94th most popular tennis player (up from 107th in 2019), the 4,226th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,299th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Helen Wills ranks 94 out of 1,569. Before her are André Gobert, Bob Hewitt, Jack Crawford, Gustavo Kuerten, William Larned, and Sven Davidson. After her are Dora Boothby, Beals Wright, Andy Murray, Laurence Doherty, Manuel Alonso Areizaga, and Henner Henkel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Helen Wills ranks 175. Before her are Hilde Holger, Zoilo Saldombide, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Miliza Korjus, István Avar, and Witness Lee. After her are Gustav Wiederkehr, Joan Coromines, Rodolfo Orlandini, Aris Velouchiotis, Aurelio González, and Mildred Natwick. Among people deceased in 1998, Helen Wills ranks 138. Before her are Lev Dyomin, Chatichai Choonhavan, E. G. Marshall, Mariano Martín, Victor Papanek, and Régine Pernoud. After her are Bertil Nordahl, Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Jorge Pacheco Areco, Carl Wilson, Roy Rogers, and Laila Schou Nilsen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Wills ranks 4,226 out of 20,380. Before her are Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), Michael Brecker (1949), Robert Cornelius (1809), William Calley (1943), Stanley Kamel (1943), and Robert McKee (1941). After her are Philip H. Dybvig (1955), Thom Mayne (1944), Joe Johnston (1950), Newt Gingrich (1943), Alexander Payne (1961), and James Longstreet (1821).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Helen Wills ranks 20. Before her are Bobby Riggs (1918), Althea Gibson (1927), Doris Hart (1925), Maureen Connolly (1934), Vincent Richards (1903), and William Larned (1872). After her are Beals Wright (1879), Michael Chang (1972), Richard Sears (1861), Louise Brough (1923), Jim Courier (1970), and Edgar Leonard (1881).

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