TENNIS PLAYER

Norman Brookes

1877 - 1968

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Sir Norman Everard Brookes (14 November 1877 – 28 September 1968) was an Australian tennis player. During his career he won three Grand Slam singles titles; Wimbledon in 1907 and 1914 (the first non-British born individual to do so) and the Australasian Championships in 1911. Brookes was part of the Australasian Davis Cup team that won the title on five occasions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Brookes has received more than 146,932 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Norman Brookes is the 151st most popular tennis player (down from 150th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Australia (up from 171st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Australian Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Norman Brookes by language

Over the past year Norman Brookes has had the most page views in the with 17,749 views, followed by French (3,378), and Italian (2,266). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (72.64%), Italian (67.98%), and Finnish (42.45%)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Norman Brookes ranks 151 out of 1,569. Before him are Fred Alexander, Stan Wawrinka, Jennifer Capriati, Ashley Cooper, Kathleen McKane Godfree, and Amélie Mauresmo. After him are John Bromwich, Richard Krajicek, Ethel Thomson Larcombe, Ana Ivanovic, Lew Hoad, and Cilly Aussem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Norman Brookes ranks 126. Before him are Georgy Sedov, Sidney Johnson, Frederick Twort, Filippos Karvelas, Ned Maddrell, and Victor Willems. After him are Walter Sutton, Slava Raškaj, Elsa Laula Renberg, Liao Zhongkai, Abelardo Olivier, and Bolesław Leśmian. Among people deceased in 1968, Norman Brookes ranks 159. Before him are Edna Ferber, Eben Dönges, Ruth St. Denis, Harry Stenqvist, Jess Willard, and Mervyn Peake. After him are Enoch L. Johnson, Dorothy Gish, Antonio Pietrangeli, Mike Spence, Marion Lorne, and Valentine Hugo.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Norman Brookes ranks 159 out of 1,143. Before him are Ben Mendelsohn (1969), Fred Stolle (1938), Anthony LaPaglia (1959), Ashley Cooper (1936), Betty Cuthbert (1938), and David Chalmers (1966). After him are Peter Cosgrove (1947), John Bromwich (1918), Daniel Ricciardo (1989), Tommy Emmanuel (1955), Lew Hoad (1934), and Jesse Spencer (1979).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Australia

Among tennis players born in Australia, Norman Brookes ranks 15. Before him are Ken McGregor (1929), Tony Roche (1945), Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951), Neale Fraser (1933), Fred Stolle (1938), and Ashley Cooper (1936). After him are John Bromwich (1918), Lew Hoad (1934), Owen Davidson (1943), Frank Sedgman (1927), Rodney Heath (1884), and Mervyn Rose (1930).

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