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John Van Ryn

1905 - 1999

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John Van Ryn (June 30, 1905 – August 7, 1999) was an American tennis champion of the 1930s. He was primarily known as the doubles partner of Wilmer Allison. Van Ryn won the Seabright Invitational in New Jersey in 1928, defeating Wilmer Allison in the final, Allison retiring at 10-10 in the fifth set. That same year he won the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships at the Merion Cricket club defeating Frank Shields in the final in three straight sets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Van Ryn is the 309th most popular tennis player (down from 204th in 2019), the 8,356th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,816th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, John Van Ryn ranks 309 out of 1,569Before him are Harold Kitson, Iga Świątek, Francesca Schiavone, Horace Rice, Marc Rosset, and James Dwight. After him are Ivo Karlović, Edgar Moon, Elena Dementieva, Angelique Kerber, Kay Stammers, and Gunnar Setterwall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, John Van Ryn ranks 309Before him are Jorge Pardon, Sergey Nikolsky, Friederich Franzl, Lev Kassil, Helen Sawyer Hogg, and Erico Verissimo. After him are Pedro Solé, Xian Xinghai, Zakaria Goneim, Frank Hussey, John Peters Humphrey, and Ray Barbuti. Among people deceased in 1999, John Van Ryn ranks 235Before him are Lawrence Stone, Michael Aris, Toninho, Néstor Togneri, Kjell Rosén, and Abraham Polonsky. After him are Hank Snow, Nathan Jacobson, Willy Bandholz, Dana Plato, Liselott Linsenhoff, and Eric Wolf.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Van Ryn ranks 8,358 out of 20,380Before him are Dave Weckl (1960), Carl Osburn (1884), Robert Harron (1893), Nick Offerman (1970), Bruce M. Metzger (1914), and Fred Hansen (1940). After him are Mary Ellen Mark (1940), Billy Campbell (1959), Thomas Mifflin (1744), Mary Beth Peil (1940), Sidney Franklin (1893), and Mike Farrell (1939).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, John Van Ryn ranks 67Before him are Wilmer Allison (1904), Henry Slocum (1862), Lindsay Davenport (1976), Holcombe Ward (1878), Oliver Campbell (1871), and Anne Smith (1959). After him are Elisabeth Moore (1876), Dorothy Cheney (1916), Frederick Hovey (1868), Sarah Palfrey Cooke (1912), Harold Solomon (1952), and Coco Gauff (2004).