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Joe Hunt

1919 - 1945

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Joseph Raphael Hunt (February 17, 1919 – February 2, 1945) was an American tennis player of the late 1930s and early 1940s from Southern California. He was the number one ranked American in 1943 and won the US singles championship in his final match. He died off the coast of Florida in an airplane crash during World War II. To date he is the only man to win the U.S. boys' (15 and under), junior (18 and under), collegiate, and men's singles championship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Hunt is the 480th most popular tennis player (down from 182nd in 2019), the 11,586th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,449th in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Joe Hunt ranks 480 out of 1,569. Before him are Thomas Enqvist, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Robert Wrenn, Peng Shuai, Marián Vajda, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. After him are Esna Boyd, David Goffin, José Luis Clerc, Gilles Simon, Jürgen Melzer, and Madison Keys.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Joe Hunt ranks 328. Before him are Phyllis Thaxter, Dries van der Lof, Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, Betty Garrett, Walt Hansgen, and Pauline Betz. After him are Tommy Lawton, Cecil Green, Johnny Carey, Kitty Wells, Alla Rakha, and Ellen Stewart. Among people deceased in 1945, Joe Hunt ranks 349. Before him are Søren Petersen, Tom Taylor, Hiram Johnson, Charles Sands, Willis Augustus Lee, and Mark Sandrich. After him are Ellen Glasgow, Sara Josephine Baker, Robert Benchley, Toon Oprinsen, Albert Arnheiter, and Nikolai Khmelyov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Hunt ranks 11,588 out of 20,380. Before him are Virginia Weidler (1927), Jaime King (1979), F. Gary Gray (1969), Charles Manring (1929), Lamar Odom (1979), and Susan Pedersen (1953). After him are Dustin Farnum (1874), Stephen Vincent Benét (1898), Jo Jorgensen (1957), Dennis Chambers (1959), Dominique Swain (1980), and Michael Gaston (1962).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Joe Hunt ranks 106. Before him are Ellen Roosevelt (1868), Ellen Hansell (1869), Charles Sands (1865), Patricia Canning Todd (1922), Pauline Betz (1919), and Robert Wrenn (1873). After him are Madison Keys (1995), George Lott (1906), Bob Lutz (1947), Zina Garrison (1963), Herbert Flam (1928), and Renée Richards (1934).

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