TENNIS PLAYER

Mervyn Rose

1930 - 2017

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Mervyn Gordon Rose AM (23 January 1930 – 23 July 2017) was an Australian male tennis player who won seven Grand Slam titles (singles, doubles and mixed doubles). Rose was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and turned professional in 1959. He was ranked inside the world's Top 10 throughout much of his tennis career and represented Australia in the Davis Cup from 1951 to 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mervyn Rose has received more than 66,933 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Mervyn Rose is the 184th most popular tennis player (up from 262nd in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Australia (up from 247th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Australian Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 67k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mervyn Roses by language

Over the past year Mervyn Rose has had the most page views in the with 6,411 views, followed by Chinese (1,543), and Italian (1,444). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (27,400.00%), Ukrainian (14,400.00%), and Simple English (104.53%)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Mervyn Rose ranks 184 out of 1,569. Before him are David Ferrer, Philippe Chatrier, Mary Pierce, Wilfred Baddeley, Joe Hunt, and Henri Leconte. After him are Marcelo Ríos, Slobodan Živojinović, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, David Nalbandian, Simonne Mathieu, and Bob Falkenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Mervyn Rose ranks 381. Before him are Shel Silverstein, Choi Chung-min, Alakbar Mammadov, Clarke Scholes, John Alcott, and Morgana King. After him are Malcolm Fraser, Aleksandar Petaković, Salvatore De Giorgi, Polly Bergen, Christian Tumi, and Cristóbal Halffter. Among people deceased in 2017, Mervyn Rose ranks 338. Before him are Ezio Pascutti, Rance Howard, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Karl-Erik Nilsson, Eduard Mudrik, and Kim Joo-hyuk. After him are Redha Malek, Sandra Reemer, Sue Grafton, Paul J. Weitz, Roberto Ferreiro, and Karl Stotz.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Mervyn Rose ranks 186 out of 1,143. Before him are Alfred Deakin (1856), Abbie Cornish (1982), Rose Byrne (1979), Alex O'Loughlin (1976), Percy Grainger (1882), and Barry Humphries (1934). After him are Malcolm Fraser (1930), Wayne Gardner (1959), Joel Edgerton (1974), Keith Michell (1926), Ruby Rose (1986), and Malcolm Turnbull (1954).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Australia

Among tennis players born in Australia, Mervyn Rose ranks 21. Before him are Norman Brookes (1877), John Bromwich (1918), Lew Hoad (1934), Owen Davidson (1943), Frank Sedgman (1927), and Rodney Heath (1884). After him are Nancye Wynne Bolton (1916), Lleyton Hewitt (1981), Darren Cahill (1965), Ken Fletcher (1940), Marjorie Cox Crawford (1903), and Beryl Penrose (1930).

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