TENNIS PLAYER

Arthur Ashe

1943 - 1993

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Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was an American professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles. Ashe was the first Black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team, and the only Black man ever to win the singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Ashe is the 25th most popular tennis player (down from 15th in 2019), the 1,517th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,095th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Arthur Ashe ranks 25 out of 1,569. Before him are Stan Smith, Boris Becker, Ion Țiriac, John McEnroe, Chris Evert, and Major Ritchie. After him are Guillermo Vilas, Charlotte Cooper, Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, Jan Kodeš, Mats Wilander, and Anthony Wilding.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Arthur Ashe ranks 83. Before him are Mario J. Molina, Alain de Benoist, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Holland Taylor, John Denver, and Jerry Bruckheimer. After him are Yohji Yamamoto, Michael Palin, Richard Smalley, Barbara Bouchet, Chantal Mouffe, and Oskar Lafontaine. Among people deceased in 1993, Arthur Ashe ranks 37. Before him are Dizzy Gillespie, Cantinflas, Salah Jadid, Vincent Price, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, and Severo Ochoa. After him are Jean Negulesco, Cesar Chavez, W. Edwards Deming, Pat Nixon, Masahiko Kimura, and Stewart Granger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arthur Ashe ranks 1,517 out of 20,380. Before him are Andie MacDowell (1958), Kary Mullis (1944), Jerry Bruckheimer (1943), Sarah Knauss (1880), Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), and Francis Gary Powers (1929). After him are James Van Allen (1914), Clifford D. Simak (1904), John Gotti (1940), William Gibson (1948), Pitbull (1981), and Al Jarreau (1940).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Arthur Ashe ranks 7. Before him are Billie Jean King (1943), Andre Agassi (1970), Jimmy Connors (1952), Helen Wills (1905), Stan Smith (1946), and Chris Evert (1954). After him are Venus Williams (1980), Bill Tilden (1893), Pete Sampras (1971), Shirley Fry (1927), Serena Williams (1981), and Don Budge (1915).

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