TENNIS PLAYER

Helen Wills

1905 - 1998

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Helen Newington Wills (October 6, 1905 – January 1, 1998), also known by her married names Helen Wills Moody and Helen Wills Roark, was an American tennis player. She won 31 Grand Slam tournament titles (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) during her career, including 19 singles titles. Wills was the first American woman athlete to become a global celebrity, making friends with royalty and film stars despite her preference for staying out of the limelight. She was admired for her graceful physique and for her fluid motion. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helen Wills is the 18th most popular tennis player (up from 94th in 2019), the 1,327th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,226th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Helen Wills ranks 18 out of 1,569. Before her are Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Roger Federer, Jimmy Connors, Fred Perry, Rafael Nadal, and Ivan Lendl. After her are Stan Smith, Boris Becker, Ion Țiriac, John McEnroe, Chris Evert, and Major Ritchie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Helen Wills ranks 38. Before her are George H. Hitchings, Raymond Cattell, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Max Schmeling, Michael Powell, and Marian Rejewski. After her are Jean Vigo, Carl Gustav Hempel, Shojiro Sugimura, Dalton Trumbo, Severo Ochoa, and Franz Ziereis. Among people deceased in 1998, Helen Wills ranks 32. Before her are Raymond Cattell, Falco, Shoichi Nishimura, Kenichi Fukui, Nizar Qabbani, and Julien Green. After her are Kunitaka Sueoka, Alfred Schnittke, Stokely Carmichael, Otto Kretschmer, Agostino Casaroli, and Alan J. Pakula.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Wills ranks 1,327 out of 20,380. Before her are Michael Kors (1959), Stanley Miller (1930), Laurence Fishburne (1961), Virginia Satir (1916), Jennifer Jones (1919), and Donald Rumsfeld (1932). After her are James B. Conant (1893), Condoleezza Rice (1954), Thomas Huckle Weller (1915), Horatio Alger (1832), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), and William Daniel Phillips (1948).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Helen Wills ranks 4. Before her are Billie Jean King (1943), Andre Agassi (1970), and Jimmy Connors (1952). After her are Stan Smith (1946), Chris Evert (1954), Arthur Ashe (1943), Venus Williams (1980), Bill Tilden (1893), Pete Sampras (1971), Shirley Fry (1927), and Serena Williams (1981).

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