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Fred Perry

1909 - 1995

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Frederick John Perry (18 May 1909 – 2 February 1995) was a British tennis and table tennis player and former world No. 1. He won 10 Majors, including eight Grand Slam tournaments and two Pro Slams single titles, as well as six Major doubles titles. Perry was the first player to win a "Career Grand Slam", lifting all four singles titles, which he completed at the age of 26 at the 1935 French Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Perry is the 15th most popular tennis player (down from 8th in 2019), the 780th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 608th in 2019) and the most popular British Tennis Player.

Fred Perry is most famous for inventing the polo shirt.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Fred Perry ranks 15 out of 1,569. Before him are Margaret Court, Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Roger Federer, and Jimmy Connors. After him are Rafael Nadal, Ivan Lendl, Helen Wills, Stan Smith, Boris Becker, and Ion Țiriac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Fred Perry ranks 32. Before him are Benny Goodman, Magda Schneider, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Carmen Miranda, Aleksandar Ranković, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. After him are Oldřich Nejedlý, Colonel Tom Parker, Marinus van der Lubbe, Miep Gies, Juan Vicente Pérez, and Teiichi Matsumaru. Among people deceased in 1995, Fred Perry ranks 38. Before him are Selena, Alec Douglas-Home, John B. Calhoun, Edda Mussolini, Edward Bernays, and Hugo Pratt. After him are Ginger Rogers, Murray Rothbard, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Lita Grey, Jonas Salk, and Louis Malle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Fred Perry ranks 780 out of 8,785. Before him are Raymond Cattell (1905), William Jackson Hooker (1785), James II of Scotland (1430), Amy Winehouse (1983), Derek Jacobi (1938), and Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453). After him are John Bunyan (1628), James Callaghan (1912), Andy Cole (1971), Jean Simmons (1929), Osborne Reynolds (1842), and Henry Every (1659).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among tennis players born in United Kingdom, Fred Perry ranks 1. After him are Major Ritchie (1870), Charlotte Cooper (1870), Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878), Ann Jones (1938), William Renshaw (1861), Dorothy Round (1909), Reginald Doherty (1872), Laurence Doherty (1875), Andy Murray (1987), Arthur Gore (1868), and Kathleen McKane Godfree (1896).

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