TENNIS PLAYER

Rafael Osuna

1938 - 1969

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Rafael Osuna Herrera (15 September 1938 – 4 June 1969), nicknamed "El Pelón" (The Bald), was a former world No. 1 tennis player, the most successful player in the history of Mexico and an Olympian. He was born in Mexico City, and is best remembered for his singles victory at the U.S. Open Championships in 1963, winning the 1960 and 1963 Wimbledon Doubles championships, the 1962 U.S. Open Championships doubles, and for leading Mexico to its only Davis Cup Final round appearance in 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Osuna has received more than 105,567 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Rafael Osuna is the 128th most popular tennis player (up from 139th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 226th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Tennis Player.

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  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Rafael Osuna ranks 128 out of 1,569. Before him are Sergi Bruguera, Carlos Moyá, Michael Stich, Jack Kramer, Louis Raymond, and Edith Hannam. After him are Guy de la Chapelle, Holcombe Ward, Helen Jacobs, Andrés Gómez, John Hartley, and Daniil Medvedev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Rafael Osuna ranks 324. Before him are Sigitas Tamkevičius, Waheeda Rehman, Theo-Ben Gurirab, Gary Chapman, Gordon Lightfoot, and Andrey Lukanov. After him are Sergio Martino, Jay Garner, Maurizio Costanzo, Murtala Mohammed, James Farentino, and Klaus Hänsch. Among people deceased in 1969, Rafael Osuna ranks 147. Before him are Adolfo Consolini, Paul Chambers, Giovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe Pinelli, Henri Decoin, and Leonardo Cilaurren. After him are Conrad Albrecht, Kurt Blome, Charles Dvorak, Zia ol Din Tabatabaee, Ahmet Ali Çelikten, and Kazimierz Sosnkowski.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Rafael Osuna ranks 197 out of 729. Before him are Javier Lozano Barragán (1933), Laura Harring (1964), Julio César Chávez (1962), Adela Noriega (1969), Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1959), and Norberto Rivera Carrera (1942). After him are Canelo Álvarez (1990), Leona Vicario (1789), Juan O'Gorman (1905), Don Miguel Ruiz (1952), Guillermo Arriaga (1958), and Ernesto Alonso (1917).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Mexico

Among tennis players born in Mexico, Rafael Osuna ranks 2. Before him are Rosie Reyes (1939). After him are Raúl Ramírez (1953), Yola Ramírez (1935), John Doeg (1908), and Santiago González (1983).

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