1958 - Today
Johan Christiaan Kriek (born April 5, 1958) is a South African-American retired tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. He won two Australian Open titles and reached the semifinals at the French Open and US Open, as well as the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. 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 199,196 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Kriek is the 260th most popular tennis player (up from 281st in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 138th in 2019) and the 4th most popular South African Tennis Player.
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Among tennis players, Johan Kriek ranks 260 out of 1,148. Before him are Wilmer Allison, Peter Fleming, Robin Söderling, Mischa Zverev, Younes El Aynaoui, and Raúl Ramírez. After him are Mervyn Rose, Kathleen McKane Godfree, Malcolm Whitman, Stefanos Tsitsipas, John Doeg, and Petra Kvitová.
1904 - 1977
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 254
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 255
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 256
1987 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 257
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 258
1953 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 259
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 260
1930 - 2017
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 261
1896 - 1992
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 262
1877 - 1932
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 263
1998 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 264
1908 - 1978
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 265
1990 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 266
Among people born in 1958, Johan Kriek ranks 306. Before him are Michael López-Alegría, Leslie David Baker, Hugo de León, Megan Mullally, Michala Petri, and Victor Shenderovich. After him are Sergio Omar Almirón, Steve Schirripa, Christian Danner, Silvan Shalom, Tomatito, and Mishaal bint Fahd Al Saud.
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 300
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 301
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 302
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 303
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 304
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 305
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 306
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 307
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 308
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 309
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 310
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 311
1958 - 1977
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 312
Among people born in South Africa, Johan Kriek ranks 133 out of 374. Before him are Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Cariba Heine (1988), Paddy Driver (1934), Neill Blomkamp (1979), Louisa Bolus (1877), and Wilfrid Napier (1941). After him are David Carstens (1914), Jackie Pretorius (1934), Belle Delphine (1999), Frew McMillan (1942), Elsa Joubert (1922), and Francois Botha (1968).
1928 - Present
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 127
1988 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 128
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 129
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 130
1877 - 1970
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 131
1941 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 132
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 133
1914 - 1955
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 134
1934 - 2009
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 135
1999 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 136
1942 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 137
1922 - 2020
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 138
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 139
Among tennis players born in South Africa, Johan Kriek ranks 4. Before him are Louis Raymond (1895), Kevin Curren (1958), and Harold Kitson (1874). After him are Frew McMillan (1942), Ilana Kloss (1956), Kevin Anderson (1986), Amanda Coetzer (1971), Wayne Ferreira (1971), Liezel Huber (1976), Lloyd Harris (1997), and Piet Norval (1970).
1895 - 1962
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 1
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 2
1874 - 1951
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 3
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 4
1942 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 5
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 6
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 7
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 8
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.16
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 35.71
Rank: 10
1997 - Present
HPI: 30.62
Rank: 11
1970 - Present
HPI: 30.33
Rank: 12