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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 95,440 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael Osuna is the 139th most popular tennis player (down from 113th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 203rd in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Tennis Player.

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  • 18

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Rafael Osuna ranks 139 out of 1,148Before him are Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Kea Bouman, Tony Roche, Kim Clijsters, Dora Boothby, and Henry Slocum. After him are Cilly Aussem, Nelly Landry, Sergi Bruguera, Garbiñe Muguruza, Althea Gibson, and Philippe Chatrier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Rafael Osuna ranks 352Before him are Theo-Ben Gurirab, Aristide Guarneri, Charles Lloyd, Elza Ibrahimova, Kazım Ayvaz, and Jô Soares. After him are Rolf Wolfshohl, Nikola Kotkov, Gavino Ledda, Kito Lorenc, Jay Garner, and Gary Gygax. Among people deceased in 1969, Rafael Osuna ranks 152Before him are Ernst Deutsch, Manuel Plaza, José Piendibene, Chang Taek-sang, Paul Scherrer, and Jim Bellamy. After him are Stijn Streuvels, Enrique Peñaranda, Ture Nerman, Leonardo Cilaurren, Albert Hill, and Margarita Xirgu.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Rafael Osuna ranks 226 out of 585Before him are Lucía Méndez (1955), Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1959), Chimalpahin (1579), Manuel de la Peña y Peña (1789), Ernesto Alonso (1917), and José Mariano Salas (1797). After him are Abraham Laboriel (1947), Lucas Alamán (1792), Ricardo Delgado (1947), Gilbert Roland (1905), Paulina Rubio (1971), and Melchor Múzquiz (1790).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Mexico

Among tennis players born in Mexico, Rafael Osuna ranks 1After him are Raúl Ramírez (1953), John Doeg (1908), Yola Ramírez (1935), and Santiago González (1983).