TENNIS PLAYER

John Bromwich

1918 - 1999

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John Edward Bromwich (14 November 1918 – 21 October 1999) was an Australian tennis player who, along with fellow countryman Vivian McGrath, was one of the first great players to use a two-handed backhand. He was a natural left-hander, though hit his serve with his right hand. Bromwich twice won the Australian Championships singles title, in 1939 (over Adrian Quist in a straight sets final) and in 1946 (a five-set final victory over Dinny Pails). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bromwich has received more than 74,388 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). John Bromwich is the 152nd most popular tennis player (up from 278th in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Australia (up from 256th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Australian Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, John Bromwich ranks 152 out of 1,569. Before him are Stan Wawrinka, Jennifer Capriati, Ashley Cooper, Kathleen McKane Godfree, Amélie Mauresmo, and Norman Brookes. After him are Richard Krajicek, Ethel Thomson Larcombe, Ana Ivanovic, Lew Hoad, Cilly Aussem, and Lottie Dod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, John Bromwich ranks 197. Before him are Hans Berglund, Gisela Arendt, Abdallah Ibrahim, Frane Matošić, Vladimir Dudintsev, and Mutsuhiro Watanabe. After him are Peter Blau, San Yu, Edward Van Dijck, Russell Kirk, Said Mohamed Djohar, and Charu Majumdar. Among people deceased in 1999, John Bromwich ranks 173. Before him are Annibale Frossi, Fritz Honegger, Robert Mills, Ellen Corby, Teuvo Aura, and Quentin Crisp. After him are Greg, Jürgen Moser, Olga Orozco, David A. Huffman, Giuseppe Delfino, and Paris Pişmiş.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Bromwich ranks 161 out of 1,143. Before him are Anthony LaPaglia (1959), Ashley Cooper (1936), Betty Cuthbert (1938), David Chalmers (1966), Norman Brookes (1877), and Peter Cosgrove (1947). After him are Daniel Ricciardo (1989), Tommy Emmanuel (1955), Lew Hoad (1934), Jesse Spencer (1979), Anna Torv (1979), and Portia de Rossi (1973).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Australia

Among tennis players born in Australia, John Bromwich ranks 16. Before him are Tony Roche (1945), Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951), Neale Fraser (1933), Fred Stolle (1938), Ashley Cooper (1936), and Norman Brookes (1877). After him are Lew Hoad (1934), Owen Davidson (1943), Frank Sedgman (1927), Rodney Heath (1884), Mervyn Rose (1930), and Nancye Wynne Bolton (1916).

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