TENNIS PLAYER

William Renshaw

1861 - 1904

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William Charles Renshaw (3 January 1861 – 12 August 1904) was a British tennis player active during the late 19th century, who was ranked world No. 1. He won twelve Major titles during his career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Renshaw has received more than 295,302 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). William Renshaw is the 61st most popular tennis player (down from 53rd in 2019), the 1,696th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,820th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, William Renshaw ranks 61 out of 1,569. Before him are Rosie Reyes, Vitas Gerulaitis, Tom Okker, Adriano Panatta, Goran Ivanišević, and Kea Bouman. After him are Bobby Riggs, Margaret Scriven, Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, Maria Sharapova, Nicola Pietrangeli, and Momčilo Tapavica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, William Renshaw ranks 65. Before him are Charlie Soong, Louis Anquetin, Edith Roosevelt, Spyridon Samaras, Constantin Prezan, and Kurt Hensel. After him are Katō Tomosaburō, Nikolay Zelinsky, Ivana Kobilca, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, Madan Mohan Malaviya, and Hermann Muthesius. Among people deceased in 1904, William Renshaw ranks 47. Before him are Clemens Winkler, Franz von Lenbach, Eugen Schauman, Korla Awgust Kocor, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, and Vyacheslav von Plehve. After him are Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Laura Vicuña, Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Kate Chopin, Alexander William Williamson, and George Frederic Watts.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Renshaw ranks 1,696 out of 8,785. Before him are Christina Rossetti (1830), Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), Robert Blake (1599), Charles Hatchett (1765), and John Barbirolli (1899). After him are Robert Pattinson (1986), Mitch Mitchell (1947), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477), Lorna Wing (1928), and Jeremiah Clarke (1674).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among tennis players born in United Kingdom, William Renshaw ranks 4. Before him are Fred Perry (1909), Charlotte Cooper (1870), and Reginald Doherty (1872). After him are Margaret Scriven (1912), Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (1897), Maud Watson (1864), Evelyn Colyer (1902), Dora Boothby (1881), Andy Murray (1987), Laurence Doherty (1875), and Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878).

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