TENNIS PLAYER

Don Budge

1915 - 2000

Don Budge

John Donald Budge (June 13, 1915 – January 26, 2000) was an American tennis player. He is most famous as the first tennis player — male or female — to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in one year and complete the Grand Slam. Budge was the second man to complete the career Grand Slam, after Fred Perry. He won ten majors, of which six were Grand Slam events (consecutively, a men's record) and four Pro Slams, the latter achieved on three different surfaces. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Don Budge is the 42nd most popular tennis player (down from 33rd in 2019), the 2,247th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,076th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Don Budge ranks 42 out of 1,569. Before him are Gabriela Sabatini, Bill Tilden, Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras, Shirley Fry, and Serena Williams. After him are Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Jaroslav Drobný, Jean Borotra, Max Decugis, Fred Stolle, and Neale Fraser.

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Gabriela Sabatini
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 36
Bill Tilden
1893 - 1953
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 37
Stefan Edberg
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 38
Pete Sampras
1971 - Present
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 39
Shirley Fry
1927 - 2021
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 40
Serena Williams
1981 - Present
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 41
Don Budge
1915 - 2000
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 42
Nasser Al-Khelaifi
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 43
Jaroslav Drobný
1921 - 2001
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 44
Jean Borotra
1898 - 1994
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 45
Max Decugis
1882 - 1978
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 46
Fred Stolle
1938 - 2025
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 47
Neale Fraser
1933 - 2024
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 48

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Don Budge ranks 68. Before him are Kaoru Ishikawa, Miroslav Filipović, James Tiptree Jr., László Csatáry, Priscilla Lane, and Abba Eban. After him are Santiago Carrillo, Alan Watts, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Konstantin Simonov, Loris Francesco Capovilla, and John Woodruff. Among people deceased in 2000, Don Budge ranks 69. Before him are Keizō Obuchi, Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, David Tomlinson, Maurice Richard, and Hubert Maga. After him are Michael Smith, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Loretta Young, Lazar Koliševski, Heinz Harmel, and Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei.

Others Born in 1915

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Kaoru Ishikawa
CHEMIST
1915 - 1989
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 62
Miroslav Filipović
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1946
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 63
James Tiptree Jr.
WRITER
1915 - 1987
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 64
László Csatáry
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2013
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 65
Priscilla Lane
ACTOR
1915 - 1995
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 66
Abba Eban
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2002
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 67
Don Budge
TENNIS PLAYER
1915 - 2000
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 68
Santiago Carrillo
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2012
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 69
Alan Watts
PHILOSOPHER
1915 - 1973
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 70
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2000
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 71
Konstantin Simonov
WRITER
1915 - 1979
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 72
Loris Francesco Capovilla
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1915 - 2016
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 73
John Woodruff
ATHLETE
1915 - 2007
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 74