TENNIS PLAYER

Suzanne Lenglen

1899 - 1938

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Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (French pronunciation: [syzan lɑ̃ɡlɛn]; 24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Suzanne Lenglen has received more than 892,790 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Suzanne Lenglen is the 13th most popular tennis player (up from 18th in 2019), the 1,041st most popular biography from France (up from 1,163rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Tennis Player.

Suzanne Lenglen was a French tennis player who dominated the sport in the early 20th century. She was the first female tennis player to win a Grand Slam and the only woman to win a Grand Slam without losing a set.

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.20

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  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Suzanne Lenglen ranks 13 out of 1,569. Before her are Ilie Năstase, Fred Perry, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, Roger Federer, and Martina Navratilova. After her are Steffi Graf, Arthur Ashe, Ivan Lendl, Rafael Nadal, John McEnroe, and Charlotte Cooper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Suzanne Lenglen ranks 37. Before her are Alfred Schütz, Gloria Swanson, Charles Laughton, Ferhat Abbas, Jean Moulin, and Georg von Békésy. After her are John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Leo Strauss, Bronislav Kaminski, Chang Myon, Lucio Fontana, and Macfarlane Burnet. Among people deceased in 1938, Suzanne Lenglen ranks 32. Before her are Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, Maud of Wales, Lev Shestov, Nikolai Kondratiev, Branislav Nušić, and Thomas Wolfe. After her are Otto Bauer, Hans Christian Gram, Feodor Chaliapin, Ernst vom Rath, Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Nikolai Trubetzkoy.

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In France

Among people born in France, Suzanne Lenglen ranks 1,041 out of 6,770. Before her are Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1156), Louise of Lorraine (1553), Jacques Clément (1567), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), and Ernest Chausson (1855). After her are Armand de Vignerot du Plessis (1696), Émile Borel (1871), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Victor, Prince Napoléon (1862), Henri Lebesgue (1875), and Danielle Darrieux (1917).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In France

Among tennis players born in France, Suzanne Lenglen ranks 2. Before her are René Lacoste (1904). After her are Jean Borotra (1898), Max Decugis (1882), Henri Cochet (1901), Yannick Noah (1960), Jacques Brugnon (1895), Maurice Germot (1882), André Prévost (1860), André Gobert (1890), Gaël Monfils (1986), and Guy de la Chapelle (1868).

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