TENNIS PLAYER

Louis Raymond

1895 - 1962

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Louis Bosman Raymond (28 June 1895 – 30 January 1962) was a male tennis player from South Africa. At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, he defeated Ichiya Kumagai in the finals to win the gold medal.He won the South African Championships six times; four consecutive titles from 1921 through 1924 as well as victories in 1930 and 1931. In 1924 he made it to the semifinal of the singles event at the Wimbledon Championships, losing to eventual champion Jean Borotra in straight sets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Raymond has received more than 3,260 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Louis Raymond is the 126th most popular tennis player (up from 160th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from South Africa (up from 100th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Louis Raymonds by language

Over the past year Louis Raymond has had the most page views in the with 1,102 views, followed by German (801), and French (677). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (490.63%), Czech (55.48%), and Catalan (50.86%)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Louis Raymond ranks 126 out of 1,569. Before him are Roscoe Tanner, Arthur Gore, Sergi Bruguera, Carlos Moyá, Michael Stich, and Jack Kramer. After him are Edith Hannam, Rafael Osuna, Guy de la Chapelle, Holcombe Ward, Helen Jacobs, and Andrés Gómez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Louis Raymond ranks 183. Before him are Geo Milev, Nikifor, Plínio Salgado, Frank Foss, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, and Ayna Sultanova. After him are Giovanni Brunero, August Emil Fieldorf, Carl Westergren, Ngaio Marsh, John J. McCloy, and Henry Gunther. Among people deceased in 1962, Louis Raymond ranks 125. Before him are Vadym Meller, Hans Felber, Joe Profaci, Sao Shwe Thaik, Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Ernst Grünfeld. After him are Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Franz Konwitschny, Vladimir Sokoloff, Olga Preobrajenska, Ossip Bernstein, and Snub Pollard.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Louis Raymond ranks 81 out of 454. Before him are Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Walter Sisulu (1912), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Laurens van der Post (1906), Nico Diederichs (1903), and Koos de la Rey (1847). After him are Piet Retief (1780), Jamie Uys (1921), Helen Suzman (1917), J. G. Strijdom (1893), Claude Chevalley (1909), and Rudolph Lewis (1887).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In South Africa

Among tennis players born in South Africa, Louis Raymond ranks 2. Before him are Eric Sturgess (1920). After him are Kevin Curren (1958), 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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