TENNIS PLAYER

Ernest Renshaw

1861 - 1899

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Ernest James Renshaw (3 January 1861 – 2 September 1899) was a British tennis player who was active in the late 19th century. Together with his twin brother William Renshaw, Ernest won the men's doubles at Wimbledon five times. He also won the singles championship at Wimbledon once, in 1888 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1983. He won the singles title at the Irish Championships on four occasions (1883, 1887, 1888, 1892). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Renshaw is the 141st most popular tennis player (down from 139th in 2019), the 2,916th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,079th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Ernest Renshaw ranks 141 out of 1,569. Before him are Lew Hoad, Helena Suková, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, Kathleen McKane Godfree, Andrés Gómez, and Zsuzsa Körmöczy. After him are Kea Bouman, Jim Courier, Lottie Dod, Sigrid Fick, Dora Boothby, and Lennart Bergelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Ernest Renshaw ranks 95. Before him are Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg, Katō Tomosaburō, József Rippl-Rónai, Carl Moll, Émile Grumiaux, and Fanny Brate. After him are Karl Groos, Nikola Ivanov, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Kadambini Ganguly, Helen Herron Taft, and Dorothea Klumpke. Among people deceased in 1899, Ernest Renshaw ranks 52. Before him are Sophronius IV of Alexandria, Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn, Henry Becque, Jovan Ristić, Emilio Castelar, and Johann Köler. After him are Gaston Tissandier, Lascăr Catargiu, Jacob Maris, Emil Welti, Ulises Heureaux, and Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ernest Renshaw ranks 2,917 out of 8,785. Before him are Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), John Michael Wright (1617), Marianne North (1830), James Young Simpson (1811), John Shrapnel (1942), and Rupert Brooke (1887). After him are Tom Finney (1922), Rutherford Alcock (1809), Gary Stevens (1963), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), Fergus Suter (1857), and Ian Dury (1942).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among tennis players born in United Kingdom, Ernest Renshaw ranks 13. Before him are Dorothy Round (1909), Reginald Doherty (1872), Laurence Doherty (1875), Andy Murray (1987), Arthur Gore (1868), and Kathleen McKane Godfree (1896). After him are Lottie Dod (1871), Dora Boothby (1881), Blanche Bingley (1863), Spencer Gore (1850), George Hillyard (1864), and Herbert Baddeley (1872).

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