TENNIS PLAYER

John Doeg

1908 - 1978

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John Thomas Godfray Hope Doeg (December 7, 1908 – April 27, 1978) was a male tennis player from the United States. In August 1929 Doeg won the singles title at the Seabright Invitational defeating Richard Norris Williams in three straight sets. About a year later, he fulfilled his promise and won his first and only major singles tournament, the 1930 U.S. National Championships at Forest Hills, defeating Frank Hunter in the quarterfinals, Bill Tilden in the semifinals and Frank Shields in the final in four sets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Doeg has received more than 31,489 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Doeg is the 300th most popular tennis player (down from 266th in 2019), the 318th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 314th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Mexican Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, John Doeg ranks 300 out of 1,569Before him are Phyllis Covell, Cédric Pioline, Jonas Björkman, Anita Lizana, Manuela Maleeva, and Wollmar Boström. After him are Mal Anderson, Pancho Segura, Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet, Toni Nadal, Nancy Richey, and Josef Maleček.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, John Doeg ranks 340Before him are Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Merna Kennedy, Jim Brown, Sergey Urusevsky, Vladimír Syrovátka, and Jean Claessens. After him are Sylvio Hoffmann, Boris Piotrovsky, Geirr Tveitt, Hélène Boucher, Franz Pfnür, and Eberardo Villalobos. Among people deceased in 1978, John Doeg ranks 216Before him are Franz Dienert, Jean Claessens, Birger Sörvik, Oliver Leese, Francisco Mendes, and Chill Wills. After him are Vera Maretskaya, Prvoslav Mihajlović, José Antonio Rodríguez, Lee Garmes, Lajos Keresztes, and Kathryn McGuire.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, John Doeg ranks 318 out of 729Before him are Ignacio Trelles (1916), Hirving Lozano (1995), Enriqueta Basilio (1948), Alfredo Hernández (1935), José Luis González Dávila (1942), and Carlos Vela (1989). After him are José Ángel Gurría (1950), Dulce María (1985), Sergio Obeso Rivera (1931), Alfredo del Águila (1935), Tomás Boy (1951), and Raúl Córdoba (1924).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Mexico

Among tennis players born in Mexico, John Doeg ranks 5Before him are Rosie Reyes (1939), Rafael Osuna (1938), Raúl Ramírez (1953), and Yola Ramírez (1935). After him are Santiago González (1983).