TENNIS PLAYER

Maria Bueno

1939 - 2018

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Maria Esther Andion Bueno (11 October 1939 – 8 June 2018) was a Brazilian professional tennis player. During her 11-year career in the 1950s and 1960s, she won 19 major titles (seven in women's singles, 11 in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles), making her the most successful South American tennis player in history, and the only one to ever win Wimbledon. Bueno was the year-end No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Bueno has received more than 387,007 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Maria Bueno is the 54th most popular tennis player (down from 39th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 140th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Maria Bueno ranks 54 out of 1,569. Before her are Gabriela Sabatini, Jaroslav Drobný, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Ken Rosewall, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, and Pancho Gonzales. After her are Rosie Reyes, Vitas Gerulaitis, Tom Okker, Adriano Panatta, Goran Ivanišević, and Kea Bouman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Maria Bueno ranks 145. Before her are John Sculley, Norman Davies, Sal Mineo, Lily Tomlin, Jane Alexander, and Adelardo Rodríguez. After her are Grace Slick, Rosie Reyes, Leo Brouwer, Ariane Mnouchkine, John Howard, and Bertrand Blier. Among people deceased in 2018, Maria Bueno ranks 120. Before her are Lill-Babs, Luis García Meza, Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Đỗ Mười, Sridevi, and Dan Gurney. After her are Azeglio Vicini, Eduard Uspensky, Sergio Balanzino, Michael Anderson, Nicole Fontaine, and Venantino Venantini.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Maria Bueno ranks 176 out of 2,236. Before her are Rita Lee (1947), Júlio César (1979), Lucélia Santos (1957), Waldo Machado (1934), Nelson Freire (1944), and Osvaldo Moles (1913). After her are Dida (1934), Felipe Melo (1983), Dirceu (1952), Rogério Ceni (1973), Orlando Peçanha (1935), and Sebastião Lazaroni (1950).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Brazil

Among tennis players born in Brazil, Maria Bueno ranks 1. After her are Gustavo Kuerten (1976), Marcelo Melo (1983), Beatriz Haddad Maia (1996), Bruno Soares (1982), Thomaz Bellucci (1987), André Sá (1977), Marc-Kevin Goellner (1970), Jaime Oncins (1970), Ricardo Mello (1980), Tomas Behrend (1974), and Thiago Seyboth Wild (2000).

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