TENNIS PLAYER

Johan Kriek

1958 - Today

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Johan Christiaan Kriek (born April 5, 1958) is a South African–American former professional tennis player. As a tennis player, he won two Australian Open titles and reached the semifinals at the French Open and US Open, as well as the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships. Kriek won 14 professional singles and eight doubles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Kriek has received more than 243,779 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Johan Kriek is the 281st most popular tennis player (down from 261st in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 132nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular South African Tennis Player.

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  • 45.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Johan Kriek ranks 281 out of 1,569. Before him are Malcolm Whitman, Oliver Campbell, Jelena Janković, Adrian Quist, Robert Wrenn, and Maud Barger-Wallach. After him are Fiorella Bonicelli, Fabrice Santoro, Paul Haarhuis, Ivan Ljubičić, Vera Zvonareva, and Lesley Turner Bowrey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Johan Kriek ranks 319. Before him are Andriy Bal, Christina Lathan, Tamara Bykova, Mike Mills, Philippa York, and Andy. After him are Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla, Tomatito, Hiromi Hara, Norio Sasaki, Paweł Edelman, and David C. Jewitt.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Johan Kriek ranks 137 out of 454. Before him are Stanley Mandelstam (1928), Janet Suzman (1939), Marjorie Clark (1909), John Kani (1943), Ernest Leonard Johnson (1891), and Solomon Linda (1909). After him are Ruth First (1925), Glynis Barber (1955), Neill Blomkamp (1979), Wilfrid Napier (1941), Tosca Musk (1974), and Harold Kitson (1874).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In South Africa

Among tennis players born in South Africa, Johan Kriek ranks 5. Before him are Eric Sturgess (1920), Louis Raymond (1895), Kevin Curren (1958), and Frew McMillan (1942). After him are Harold Kitson (1874), Liezel Huber (1976), Ilana Kloss (1956), Kevin Anderson (1986), Renée Schuurman (1939), Wayne Ferreira (1971), and Amanda Coetzer (1971).

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