TENNIS PLAYER

Margaret Court

1942 - Today

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Margaret Court (née Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, is an Australian former world number 1 tennis player and a Christian minister. Considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, her 24 women's singles major titles and total of 64 major titles (including 19 major women's doubles and 21 major mixed doubles titles) are the most in tennis history. Court was born in Albury, New South Wales. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret Court has received more than 5,524,665 page views. Her biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Margaret Court is the 5th most popular tennis player (up from 8th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Australia (up from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Margaret Court ranks 5 out of 1,569. Before her are Björn Borg, Novak Djokovic, Rod Laver, and René Lacoste. After her are Billie Jean King, Ilie Năstase, Fred Perry, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, Roger Federer, and Martina Navratilova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Margaret Court ranks 45. Before her are Giacinto Facchetti, Jacques Rogge, Bob Hoskins, Jochen Rindt, László Sólyom, and John Irving. After her are Michael Crichton, Wen Jiabao, Wolfgang Schäuble, Giancarlo Giannini, Walter Hill, and George Vella.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Margaret Court ranks 13 out of 1,143. Before her are George Lazenby (1939), Truganini (1812), Cate Blanchett (1969), Elton Mayo (1880), Chris Hemsworth (1983), and Alexander Prokhorov (1916). After her are Margot Robbie (1990), Heath Ledger (1979), Paul Hogan (1939), Julian Assange (1971), Elizabeth Blackburn (1948), and Jack Brabham (1926).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Australia

Among tennis players born in Australia, Margaret Court ranks 2. Before her are Rod Laver (1938). After her are Roy Emerson (1936), Coral Buttsworth (1900), John Newcombe (1944), Ken Rosewall (1934), Bob Hewitt (1940), Jack Crawford (1908), Ken McGregor (1929), Tony Roche (1945), Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951), and Neale Fraser (1933).

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