TENNIS PLAYER

John McEnroe

1959 - Today

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John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities. McEnroe is the only male player since the inception of the ATP rankings in 1973 to simultaneously hold the world No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John McEnroe has received more than 13,754,547 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). John McEnroe is the 18th most popular tennis player (up from 21st in 2019), the 1,040th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,043rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Tennis Player.

John McEnroe is most famous for being a tennis player and for his temper tantrums on the court.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, John McEnroe ranks 18 out of 1,569. Before him are Martina Navratilova, Suzanne Lenglen, Steffi Graf, Arthur Ashe, Ivan Lendl, and Rafael Nadal. After him are Charlotte Cooper, Andre Agassi, Stan Smith, Ion Țiriac, Guillermo Vilas, and Serena Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, John McEnroe ranks 29. Before him are Ken Watanabe, János Áder, Mike Pence, Benny Gantz, Milorad Dodik, and Robert Knepper. After him are Inger Nilsson, William Lai, Ramón Díaz, Ahmet Davutoğlu, Abdullah of Pahang, and Simon Cowell.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John McEnroe ranks 1,040 out of 7,253. Before him are John, Elector of Saxony (1468), Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484), Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690), John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604), Godigisel (359), and Emanuel Schikaneder (1751). After him are Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759), Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835), Johann Mattheson (1681), Marie of Prussia (1825), Carl Ludwig (1816), and Ernst Barlach (1870).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Germany

Among tennis players born in Germany, John McEnroe ranks 3. Before him are Boris Becker (1967), and Steffi Graf (1969). After him are Gottfried von Cramm (1909), Michael Stich (1968), Cilly Aussem (1909), Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (1908), Alexander Zverev (1997), Angelique Kerber (1988), Oscar Kreuzer (1887), Helga Niessen Masthoff (1941), and Heinrich Schomburgk (1885).

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