TENNIS PLAYER

Kevin Curren

1958 - Today

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Kevin Melvyn Curren (born 2 March 1958) is a South African former professional tennis player. He played in two Grand Slam singles finals and won four Grand Slam doubles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 in July 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kevin Curren has received more than 350,098 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Kevin Curren is the 255th most popular tennis player (down from 191st in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 113th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South African Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Kevin Curren ranks 255 out of 1,569. Before him are Marc Rosset, Don McNeill, William Clothier, Barbara Schett, Mabel Cahill, and Simona Halep. After him are Kim Clijsters, Carole Caldwell Graebner, Dorothy Cheney, Virginia Ruzici, Beryl Penrose, and Art Larsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Kevin Curren ranks 296. Before him are Roberto López Ufarte, Terry Butcher, Olivier Grouillard, Charles Berling, Ted McGinley, and Arnaldo Otegi. After him are Choguel Kokalla Maïga, Benjamin Zephaniah, Ján Kocian, Amrita Singh, Daniele Archibugi, and Megan Mullally.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Kevin Curren ranks 128 out of 454. Before him are Devdas Gandhi (1900), Tom Naudé (1889), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Gerald Dreyer (1929), Cecil Kellaway (1890), and Ramdas Gandhi (1897). After him are Mark Shuttleworth (1973), Enoch Sontonga (1873), Belle Delphine (1999), Andrew Murray (1828), Frew McMillan (1942), and Stanley Mandelstam (1928).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In South Africa

Among tennis players born in South Africa, Kevin Curren ranks 3. Before him are Eric Sturgess (1920), and Louis Raymond (1895). After him are Frew McMillan (1942), Johan Kriek (1958), Harold Kitson (1874), Liezel Huber (1976), Ilana Kloss (1956), Kevin Anderson (1986), Renée Schuurman (1939), Wayne Ferreira (1971), and Amanda Coetzer (1971).

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