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TENNIS PLAYER

Jan Kodeš

1946 - Today

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Jan Kodeš (born 1 March 1946) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time major singles champion, Kodeš was one of the premier players in the early 1970s. Kodeš's greatest success was achieved on the clay courts of the French Open, where he won the singles title in 1970 and 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Kodeš has received more than 231,616 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Jan Kodeš is the 40th most popular tennis player (up from 43rd in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 251st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Tennis Player.

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Jan Kodeš ranks 40 out of 1,148Before him are Jean Borotra, Ken Rosewall, Bill Tilden, Mansour Bahrami, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, and Maria Bueno. After him are John Newcombe, Pancho Gonzales, Henri Cochet, Monica Seles, Gabriela Sabatini, and Yannick Noah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Jan Kodeš ranks 166Before him are Craig Venter, Jesualdo Ferreira, Tina Aumont, Alejandro Toledo, Krister Henriksson, and Alison Steadman. After him are Ian McDonald, Peter Sutcliffe, Sue Lyon, Joe Dante, Ahmed Faras, and Jean-Pierre Jarier.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Kodeš ranks 243 out of 973Before him are Dana Zátopková (1922), Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria (1863), Johannes Widmann (1460), Max Dvořák (1874), Bretislav II (1100), and Rudolf Serkin (1903). After him are Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619), Erhard Raus (1889), Karel Reisz (1926), Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1862), Helena Vondráčková (1947), and Jan Hammer (1948).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Czechia

Among tennis players born in Czechia, Jan Kodeš ranks 3Before him are Martina Navratilova (1956) and Ivan Lendl (1960). After him are Jaroslav Drobný (1921), Petr Korda (1968), Hedwiga Rosenbaumová (1864), Helena Suková (1965), Jana Novotná (1968), Hana Mandlíková (1962), Karel Koželuh (1895), Tomáš Šmíd (1956), and Radek Štěpánek (1978).