TENNIS PLAYER

Anita Lizana

1915 - 1994

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Anita Lizana de Ellis (19 November 1915 – 21 August 1994) was a world No. 1 tennis player from Chile. She was the first Latin American, and first Hispanic person, to be ranked World Number 1 tennis player. Also, Lizana was the first Latin American to win a Grand Slam singles championship. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anita Lizana is the 300th most popular tennis player (down from 297th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Chile (up from 136th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chilean Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Anita Lizana ranks 300 out of 1,569. Before her are Béla von Kehrling, Pancho Segura, John Doeg, Albert Costa, Anne Smith, and Andrey Rublev. After her are Kate Gillou, Fiorella Bonicelli, Harold Kitson, Iga Świątek, Francesca Schiavone, and Horace Rice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Anita Lizana ranks 222. Before her are Heinz Körvers, Memphis Slim, Gary Merrill, Khadr El-Touni, Pavel Kadochnikov, and José Antonio Rodríguez. After her are Siegfried Purner, Felix Kaspar, Brenda Marshall, Ray Evans, Aníbal Ciocca, and Hellmuth Marx. Among people deceased in 1994, Anita Lizana ranks 272. Before her are Paul Anderson, Ion Lăpușneanu, József Háda, Fernando de Santiago, Reinaldo Gorno, and Medea Japaridze. After her are Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Jay Miner, Serge Blusson, Dack Rambo, Charles Mathiesen, and Bud Houser.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Anita Lizana ranks 126 out of 321. Before her are Cote de Pablo (1979), Lucho Gatica (1928), Pablo Larraín (1976), Ernesto Chaparro (1901), Ramón Tapia (1932), and Leonor Varela (1972). After her are Sergio Livingstone (1920), José Tomás Ovalle (1787), Humberto Elgueta (1904), Carlos Reinoso (1945), Klaus Junge (1924), and Alejandro Aravena (1967).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Chile

Among tennis players born in Chile, Anita Lizana ranks 3. Before her are Luis Ayala (1932), and Marcelo Ríos (1975). After her are Nicolás Massú (1979), Fernando González (1980), Nicolás Jarry (1995), Cristian Garín (1996), and Paul Capdeville (1983).

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