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TENNIS PLAYER

Momčilo Tapavica

1872 - 1949

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Momčilo Tapavica (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Тапавица; Hungarian: Tapavicza Momcsilló [ˈtɒpɒvit͡sɒ ˈmomt͡ʃilloː]; 14 October 1872 – 10 January 1949) was an all-around sportsperson, competing in tennis, weightlifting, wrestling. Tapavica achieved his best result in tennis by winning the singles bronze medal at the 1896 Summer Olympics, making him the first ethnic Serb, Slav and Hungarian citizen to win an Olympic medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Momčilo Tapavica has received more than 23,751 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Momčilo Tapavica is the 56th most popular tennis player (up from 93rd in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Serbia (up from 168th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Serbian Tennis Player.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Momčilo Tapavica ranks 56 out of 1,148Before him are Bobby Riggs, Gottfried von Cramm, Maria Sharapova, William Renshaw, Martina Hingis, and Naomi Osaka. After him are Doris Hart, R. Norris Williams, Andrés Gimeno, Manuel Orantes, Jacques Brugnon, and Anna Kournikova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Momčilo Tapavica ranks 69Before him are Luigi Orione, Ludwig Klages, Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria, Hàm Nghi, Theodor Lessing, and Wilhelm Ohnesorge. After him are Heber Doust Curtis, Barbu Știrbey, Émile Henry, Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, Max Beerbohm, and Adolf Schmal. Among people deceased in 1949, Momčilo Tapavica ranks 76Before him are Lead Belly, Martin Knudsen, Damaskinos of Athens, James Forrestal, Tan Malaka, and Boris Asafyev. After him are Traicho Kostov, Alfred J. Lotka, Othon Friesz, Josep Maria Jujol, Henri Rabaud, and Vyacheslav Ivanov.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Momčilo Tapavica ranks 131 out of 564Before him are Ana Brnabić (1975), Dezső Kosztolányi (1885), Ceca (1973), Isidora Sekulić (1877), Stefan Branković (1417), and Vasko Popa (1922). After him are Đura Jakšić (1832), Šaban Bajramović (1936), Lola Novaković (1935), Tommy Lapid (1931), Petar Bojović (1858), and Nemanja Vidić (1981).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Serbia

Among tennis players born in Serbia, Momčilo Tapavica ranks 3Before him are Novak Djokovic (1987) and Monica Seles (1973). After him are Ana Ivanovic (1987), Jelena Janković (1985), Janko Tipsarević (1984), Daniel Nestor (1972), Filip Krajinović (1992), Dušan Lajović (1990), Miomir Kecmanović (1999), Ilija Bozoljac (1985), and Bojana Jovanovski Petrović (1991).