New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

TENNIS PLAYER

Jack Kramer

1921 - 2009

Photo of Jack Kramer

Icon of person Jack Kramer

John Albert Kramer (August 1, 1921 – September 12, 2009) was an American tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, and a pioneer promoter who helped drive the sport towards professionalism at the elite level. Kramer also ushered in the serve-and-volley era in tennis, a playing style with which he won three Grand Slam tournaments (the U.S. Championships in 1946 and 1947, Wimbledon in 1947). He also led the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team to victory in the 1946 and 1947 Davis Cup finals. Kramer won the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Kramer has received more than 451,255 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Kramer is the 90th most popular tennis player (up from 123rd in 2019), the 4,995th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,963rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jack Kramers by language


Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Jack Kramer ranks 90 out of 1,148. Before him are Carlos Moyá, Juan Martín del Potro, Adriano Panatta, Vincent Richards, Gaël Monfils, and Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers. After him are Henner Henkel, Spencer Gore, Maurice Germot, Amélie Mauresmo, Miloslav Mečíř, and Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Most Popular Tennis Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jack Kramer ranks 234. Before him are Isabella Karle, Imre Kovács, John Agar, Simin Daneshvar, Jeanne Demessieux, and Ken Adam. After him are Lis Hartel, Paulo Evaristo Arns, Rodney Dangerfield, Leo Penn, Rinaldo Martino, and Mario Rigoni Stern. Among people deceased in 2009, Jack Kramer ranks 173. Before him are Peter Shirayanagi, Venetia Burney, Janet Jagan, Zequinha, Willem Johan Kolff, and Edward Woodward. After him are Lis Hartel, Henri Pousseur, Horst Szymaniak, Clodovil Hernandes, Charlie Mariano, and Jack Cardiff.

Others Born in 1921

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2009

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Kramer ranks 4,995 out of 18,182. Before him are Emily Procter (1968), Charles Wilkes (1798), Steve Zahn (1967), David Baldacci (1960), Lester R. Brown (1934), and William J. Donovan (1883). After him are Keith David (1956), Misha Collins (1974), Ludacris (1977), George Marshall (1891), Adrian Belew (1949), and Tracy Pollan (1960).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Jack Kramer ranks 21. Before him are Doris Hart (1925), Vitas Gerulaitis (1954), Michael Chang (1972), Maureen Connolly (1934), Richard Sears (1861), and Vincent Richards (1903). After him are Roscoe Tanner (1951), Jim Courier (1970), Shirley Fry (1927), Helen Wills (1905), Francis Hunter (1894), and Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886).

American born Tennis Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL