TENNIS PLAYER

Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling

1908 - 1981

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Hildegard Krahwinkel Sperling (née Krahwinkel; 26 March 1908 – 7 March 1981) was a German-Danish tennis player. She won three consecutive singles titles at the French Championships from 1935 to 1937. Krahwinkel Sperling is generally regarded as the second-greatest female German tennis player in history, behind Steffi Graf. Sperling played a counterpunching game, predicated on speed, and wore down opponents. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling is the 137th most popular tennis player (up from 160th in 2019), the 3,725th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,367th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling ranks 137 out of 1,569. Before her are Edgar Leonard, Carlos Alcaraz, R. Norris Williams, Jennifer Capriati, Lew Hoad, and Helena Suková. After her are Kathleen McKane Godfree, Andrés Gómez, Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Ernest Renshaw, Kea Bouman, and Jim Courier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling ranks 196. Before her are Boris Polevoy, Erik Lundqvist, Karl Hohmann, Juan Botasso, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, and Jacques Herbrand. After her are Thurgood Marshall, Ethel Merman, Anna Sipos, Władysław Raginis, Marcel Langiller, and Gualberto Villarroel. Among people deceased in 1981, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling ranks 137. Before her are Morris Kirksey, François Bordes, Bobby Sands, Boris Polevoy, Constantin Rădulescu, and Julio Libonatti. After her are Philippe Étancelin, Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, Robert Montgomery, Terry Fox, Gerhard Marcks, and Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling ranks 3,727 out of 7,253. Before her are Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1842), Leroy Sané (1996), Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1559), Brigitte Hamann (1940), Erich Weinert (1890), and Boris Pistorius (1960). After her are Hans Erich Nossack (1901), Rudolf Noack (1913), Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1585), Hans Clarin (1929), Paul Leni (1885), and Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper (1742).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Germany

Among tennis players born in Germany, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling ranks 7. Before her are Steffi Graf (1969), Boris Becker (1967), John McEnroe (1959), Gottfried von Cramm (1909), Alexander Zverev (1997), and Cilly Aussem (1909). After her are Michael Stich (1968), Oscar Kreuzer (1887), Heinrich Schomburgk (1885), Angelique Kerber (1988), Tommy Haas (1978), and Helga Niessen Masthoff (1941).

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