TENNIS PLAYER

Renée Richards

1934 - Today

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Renée Richards (born August 19, 1934) is an American ophthalmologist and former tennis player who competed on the professional circuit in the 1970s, and became widely known following male-to-female medical affirmation, when she fought to compete as a woman in the 1976 US Open. The United States Tennis Association began requiring genetic screening for female players that year. Richards challenged that policy, and the New York Supreme Court ruled in her favor, a landmark case in transgender rights. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Renée Richards has received more than 1,507,971 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Renée Richards is the 360th most popular tennis player (down from 277th in 2019), the 9,533rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,880th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Renée Richards ranks 360 out of 1,569. Before her are Alexander Volkov, Aristidis Akratopoulos, Tommy Haas, Jordi Arrese, Wilberforce Eaves, and Flavia Pennetta. After her are Mark Edmondson, Marty Riessen, Horace Rice, Garbiñe Muguruza, Frank Shields, and Shirley Brasher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Renée Richards ranks 473. Before her are István Csurka, Elías Querejeta, Ayla Erduran, Michael Dunn, Robert Stigwood, and Evy Berggren. After her are Shirley Brasher, Christian Wolff, Florence Henderson, Joan Hackett, Tina Louise, and Ihor Rybak.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Renée Richards ranks 9,533 out of 20,380. Before her are Saweetie (1993), Hubert Stevens (1890), Connie Sellecca (1955), Jon Seda (1970), Grove Karl Gilbert (1843), and Don Frye (1965). After her are Henry McMaster (1947), Bob Bradley (1958), Daniel Brandenstein (1943), Jerry Cantrell (1966), Inga Swenson (1932), and Marty Riessen (1941).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Renée Richards ranks 77. Before her are Vic Seixas (1923), Harold Hackett (1878), Sarah Palfrey Cooke (1912), Elizabeth Ryan (1892), Rosemary Casals (1948), and Margaret Osborne duPont (1918). After her are Marty Riessen (1941), Frank Shields (1909), Gardnar Mulloy (1913), George Lott (1906), Pam Shriver (1962), and Patricia Canning Todd (1922).

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