TENNIS PLAYER

Helen Jacobs

1908 - 1997

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Helen Hull Jacobs (August 6, 1908 – June 2, 1997) was an American tennis player who won nine Grand Slam titles. In 1936 she was ranked No. 1 in singles by A. Wallis Myers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helen Jacobs is the 179th most popular tennis player (down from 131st in 2019), the 6,179th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,518th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Helen Jacobs ranks 179 out of 1,569Before her are Margaret Osborne duPont, Kim Clijsters, Ted Schroeder, Nelly Landry, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, and Jack Kramer. After her are Simonne Mathieu, Mima Jaušovec, Beals Wright, Rafael Osuna, Herbert Baddeley, and Andriy Medvedev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Helen Jacobs ranks 228Before her are Artem Alikhanian, Harald Reinl, Frol Kozlov, Arturo de Córdova, Vivian Fuchs, and Mohammad Natsir. After her are František Douda, Gunnar Olsson, Nils Poppe, Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Gustav Ernesaks, and Odette Bancilhon. Among people deceased in 1997, Helen Jacobs ranks 187Before her are Erich Eliskases, Agnieszka Osiecka, Martin Kippenberger, Brian Connolly, Daniil Shafran, and Baltazar. After her are Anne Stine Ingstad, Willy den Ouden, Pedro Zaballa, Tony Williams, Chris Farley, and James Krüss.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Jacobs ranks 6,180 out of 20,380Before her are L. L. Langstroth (1810), Jenette Goldstein (1960), Cassandra Peterson (1951), Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886), Joe Exotic (1963), and Jack Kramer (1921). After her are Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), Louis Clarke (1901), James Redfield (1950), Amina Wadud (1952), Robert Picardo (1953), and JoBeth Williams (1948).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Helen Jacobs ranks 40Before her are Althea Gibson (1927), Vic Seixas (1923), Margaret Osborne duPont (1918), Ted Schroeder (1921), Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886), and Jack Kramer (1921). After her are Beals Wright (1879), James Blake (1979), Fred Alexander (1880), Louise Brough (1923), Mary Browne (1891), and Don McNeill (1918).