TENNIS PLAYER

Ion Țiriac

1939 - Today

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Ion Țiriac (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon t͡siriˈak]; born 9 May 1939), also known as the "Brașov Bulldozer", is a Romanian businessman and former professional tennis and ice hockey player. He has been president of the Romanian Tennis Federation. A former singles top 10 player on the ATP Tour, he was active from 1958 to 1979 and won 34 career singles titles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ion Țiriac has received more than 1,063,192 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ion Țiriac is the 22nd most popular tennis player (up from 24th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Romania (down from 84th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Ion Țiriac ranks 22 out of 1,569Before him are Ivan Lendl, Rafael Nadal, John McEnroe, Charlotte Cooper, Andre Agassi, and Stan Smith. After him are Guillermo Vilas, Serena Williams, Roy Emerson, Nikola Pilić, Chris Evert, and Mats Wilander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ion Țiriac ranks 85Before him are Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Yael Dayan, Sidney Altman, Warda Al-Jazairia, Ruggero Deodato, and Silvana Armenulić. After him are Fritjof Capra, Lucia Popp, Peter Bogdanovich, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Jānis Lūsis, and Chandra Bahadur Dangi.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ion Țiriac ranks 87 out of 844Before him are Peter Mogila (1596), Nicolae Iorga (1871), Ana Aslan (1897), Michael Cretu (1957), Pertevniyal Sultan (1812), and Horia Sima (1907). After him are Endre Ady (1877), Angelica Rozeanu (1921), György Kurtág (1926), Princess Ileana of Romania (1909), Vladimir Cosma (1940), and Fritz Klein (1888).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Romania

Among tennis players born in Romania, Ion Țiriac ranks 2Before him are Ilie Năstase (1946). After him are Simona Halep (1991), Virginia Ruzici (1955), Sorana Cîrstea (1990), Andrei Pavel (1974), Florența Mihai (1955), Irina-Camelia Begu (1990), Monica Niculescu (1987), Victor Hănescu (1981), Ruxandra Dragomir (1972), and Horia Tecău (1985).