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Kea Bouman

1903 - 1998

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Cornelia "Kea" Tiedemann-Bouman (23 November 1903 – 17 November 1998) was a female tennis player from the Netherlands. She won the singles title at the 1927 French Championships, beating Irene Bowder Peacock of South Africa in the final. Bouman was the first and, to this date, the only Dutch woman who has won a Grand Slam singles title.Bouman additionally won the 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1926 Dutch national tennis championship (singles).Born in Almelo, Bouman is also the first female Dutch athlete to win an Olympic medal in any sport, when she teamed with Hendrik Timmer to win bronze in mixed doubles at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.In October 1927 Bouman won the singles title of the inaugural edition of the Pacific Southwest Tennis Championship, defeating Molla Mallory in the final in three sets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kea Bouman has received more than 28,147 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Kea Bouman is the 134th most popular tennis player (down from 112th in 2019), the 649th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 571st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Kea Bouman ranks 134 out of 1,148Before her are Conchita Martínez, Andrés Gómez, Beals Wright, Julie Vlasto, Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. After her are Tony Roche, Kim Clijsters, Dora Boothby, Henry Slocum, Rafael Osuna, and Cilly Aussem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Kea Bouman ranks 226Before her are Nikolay Zabolotsky, Nancy Carroll, Wim Anderiesen, Julie Vlasto, Carlos Prío Socarrás, and Lajos Steiner. After her are Ronald Syme, Guy Simonds, Lothar Bolz, Alfredo Copello, Humberto de Araújo Benevenuto, and Jeanette MacDonald. Among people deceased in 1998, Kea Bouman ranks 192Before her are Bobo Brazil, Gottfried Dienst, Kim Ki-young, Héctor Vilches, Consalvo Sanesi, and Charles Lang. After her are Galina Starovoytova, Duncan McNaughton, Bahi Ladgham, Viljo Heino, Leo Buscaglia, and Ernesto Grillo.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Kea Bouman ranks 649 out of 1,427Before her are Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (1966), Jaap Eden (1873), Marie Braun (1911), John Bosman (1965), Herman Heijermans (1864), and Ramon Dekkers (1969). After her are Peter Post (1933), Anouk (1975), Bart Bok (1906), Ruud Hesp (1965), Jan Wils (1891), and Martin Garrix (1996).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among tennis players born in Netherlands, Kea Bouman ranks 2Before her are Tom Okker (1944). After her are Betty Stöve (1945), Richard Krajicek (1971), Hendrik Timmer (1904), Paul Haarhuis (1966), Martin Verkerk (1978), Kiki Bertens (1991), Manon Bollegraf (1964), Jacco Eltingh (1970), Robin Haase (1987), and Miriam Oremans (1972).