TENNIS PLAYER

Jack Kramer

1921 - 2009

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John Albert Kramer (August 1, 1921 – September 12, 2009) was an American tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, and a pioneer promoter who helped drive the sport towards professionalism at the elite level. Kramer also ushered in the serve-and-volley era in tennis, a playing style with which he won three Grand Slam tournaments (the U.S. Championships in 1946 and 1947, Wimbledon in 1947). He also led the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team to victory in the 1946 and 1947 Davis Cup finals. Kramer won the U.S. Pro Championship at Forest Hills in 1948 and the Wembley Pro Championships in 1949. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Kramer is the 178th most popular tennis player (down from 125th in 2019), the 6,178th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,248th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Jack Kramer ranks 178 out of 1,569. Before him are Vic Seixas, Margaret Osborne duPont, Kim Clijsters, Ted Schroeder, Nelly Landry, and Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman. After him are Helen Jacobs, Simonne Mathieu, Mima Jaušovec, Beals Wright, Rafael Osuna, and Herbert Baddeley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jack Kramer ranks 267. Before him are Paco Godia, Ken Adam, Mustafa Ben Halim, Kazimierz Górski, Antonino Rocca, and Elizabeth Wilson. After him are John Agar, Ida Fink, Buddy Rogers, Yevgeniya Rudneva, Chuck Connors, and Rinaldo Martino. Among people deceased in 2009, Jack Kramer ranks 197. Before him are Dušan Džamonja, Olja Ivanjicki, Mohamed M. Atalla, Ruth Ford, Rodrigo Carazo Odio, and Ivan Gubijan. After him are Grigore Vieru, Janet Jagan, Riccardo Cassin, Kim Manners, Ron Silver, and Yukio Endo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Kramer ranks 6,179 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Cooper (1952), L. L. Langstroth (1810), Jenette Goldstein (1960), Cassandra Peterson (1951), Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886), and Joe Exotic (1963). After him are Helen Jacobs (1908), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), Louis Clarke (1901), James Redfield (1950), Amina Wadud (1952), and Robert Picardo (1953).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Jack Kramer ranks 39. Before him are Francis Hunter (1894), Althea Gibson (1927), Vic Seixas (1923), Margaret Osborne duPont (1918), Ted Schroeder (1921), and Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886). After him are Helen Jacobs (1908), Beals Wright (1879), James Blake (1979), Fred Alexander (1880), Louise Brough (1923), and Mary Browne (1891).

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