TENNIS PLAYER

Dick Savitt

1927 - 2023

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Richard Savitt (March 4, 1927 – January 6, 2023) was an American tennis player. In 1951, at the age of 24, he won both the Australian and Wimbledon men's singles championships. Savitt was mostly ranked world No. 2 the same year behind fellow amateur Frank Sedgman, but he was declared world No. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dick Savitt is the 231st most popular tennis player (down from 215th in 2019), the 7,111th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,039th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Dick Savitt ranks 231 out of 1,569. Before him are Charles Winslow, Margaret Molesworth, Darren Cahill, Ethel Thomson Larcombe, Tomáš Šmíd, and Natasha Zvereva. After him are Bill Johnston, Seiichiro Kashio, Hendrik Timmer, Virginia Wade, Tony Trabert, and Emilio Sánchez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Dick Savitt ranks 314. Before him are Alex Katz, Harold Brown, Endel Tulving, Clint Walker, Shoji Nishio, and Joan Feynman. After him are Heinz Wewers, Don Revie, Boris Shilkov, Corín Tellado, Robert Alt, and Håkon Brusveen. Among people deceased in 2023, Dick Savitt ranks 350. Before him are Mirko Novosel, Endel Tulving, Ernesto Castano, Krister Kristensson, Mario Tronti, and Waldemar Victorino. After him are Charles W. Misner, John Devitt, Gennady Zhidko, Ion Druță, Maurizio Costanzo, and Herschel Savage.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Savitt ranks 7,113 out of 20,380. Before him are William Wilson Morgan (1906), Michael Spinks (1956), Paul Lockhart (1956), Charles Fefferman (1949), Skeeter Davis (1931), and Karen Wetterhahn (1948). After him are Leila Hyams (1905), David Gale (1921), Charles W. Misner (1932), Gram Parsons (1946), Ben Sharpsteen (1895), and David Belasco (1853).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Dick Savitt ranks 52. Before him are Don McNeill (1918), Carole Caldwell Graebner (1943), Clarence Clark (1859), Marion Zinderstein (1896), Peter Fleming (1955), and Bob Falkenburg (1926). After him are Bill Johnston (1894), Tony Trabert (1930), Dennis Ralston (1942), Andy Roddick (1982), Gardnar Mulloy (1913), and Darlene Hard (1936).

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