TENNIS PLAYER

Kurt Nielsen

1930 - 2011

Kurt Nielsen

Kurt Nielsen (19 November 1930 – 11 June 2011) was a Danish tennis player. He was born in Copenhagen, and was the first Danish tennis player ever to have played in a men's singles final in a Grand Slam tournament. Nielsen reached the singles finals of Wimbledon in 1953 (beating Ken Rosewall and Jaroslav Drobný, then losing to Vic Seixas) and 1955 (beating Rosewall, then losing to Tony Trabert). Both times he reached the final, he was unseeded. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Nielsen is the 205th most popular tennis player (down from 102nd in 2019), the 449th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 352nd in 2019) and the most popular Danish Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Kurt Nielsen ranks 205 out of 1,569. Before him are Mark Edmondson, Àlex Corretja, Anders Järryd, Virginia Ruzici, Oscar Kreuzer, and Nancye Wynne Bolton. After him are Clarence Clark, Adrian Quist, Frank Hadow, Marion Zinderstein, Mary Pierce, and Peter Fleming.

Most Popular Tennis Players in Wikipedia

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Mark Edmondson
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 199
Àlex Corretja
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 200
Anders Järryd
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 201
Virginia Ruzici
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 202
Oscar Kreuzer
1887 - 1968
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 203
Nancye Wynne Bolton
1916 - 2001
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 204
Kurt Nielsen
1930 - 2011
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 205
Clarence Clark
1859 - 1937
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 206
Adrian Quist
1913 - 1991
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 207
Frank Hadow
1855 - 1946
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 208
Marion Zinderstein
1896 - 1980
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 209
Mary Pierce
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 210
Peter Fleming
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 211

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Kurt Nielsen ranks 383. Before him are Marco Pannella, Leonid Abalkin, Giorgio Ghezzi, Jean Guillou, William H. Dana, and Edward Woodward. After him are Jeannette Altwegg, Hank Mobley, Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, David Amram, Theodore Freeman, and Hector Bianciotti. Among people deceased in 2011, Kurt Nielsen ranks 268. Before him are Mike Barrett, Wilson Greatbatch, Nicol Williamson, Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, Leonid Abalkin, and Ludo Martens. After him are Tore Sjöstrand, John Patrick Foley, John Stott, Andrée Chedid, Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, and George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood.

Others Born in 1930

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Marco Pannella
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2016
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 377
Leonid Abalkin
ECONOMIST
1930 - 2011
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 378
Giorgio Ghezzi
SOCCER PLAYER
1930 - 1990
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 379
Jean Guillou
COMPOSER
1930 - 2019
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 380
William H. Dana
ASTRONAUT
1930 - 2014
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 381
Edward Woodward
ACTOR
1930 - 2009
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 382
Kurt Nielsen
TENNIS PLAYER
1930 - 2011
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 383
Jeannette Altwegg
SKATER
1930 - 2021
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 384
Hank Mobley
MUSICIAN
1930 - 1986
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 385
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2009
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 386
David Amram
MUSICIAN
1930 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 387
Theodore Freeman
ASTRONAUT
1930 - 1964
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 388
Hector Bianciotti
WRITER
1930 - 2012
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 389

Others Deceased in 2011

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Mike Barrett
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1943 - 2011
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 262
Wilson Greatbatch
INVENTOR
1919 - 2011
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 263
Nicol Williamson
ACTOR
1936 - 2011
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 264
Klaus-Dieter Sieloff
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 2011
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 265
Leonid Abalkin
ECONOMIST
1930 - 2011
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 266
Ludo Martens
POLITICIAN
1946 - 2011
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 267
Kurt Nielsen
TENNIS PLAYER
1930 - 2011
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 268
Tore Sjöstrand
ATHLETE
1921 - 2011
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 269
John Patrick Foley
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1935 - 2011
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 270
John Stott
WRITER
1921 - 2011
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 271
Andrée Chedid
WRITER
1920 - 2011
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 272
Christiane Desroches Noblecourt
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1913 - 2011
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 273
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
MUSICIAN
1923 - 2011
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 274

In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Kurt Nielsen ranks 449 out of 1,032. Before him are Thomas Bo Larsen (1963), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), Pia Kjærsgaard (1947), Benjamin Christensen (1879), Axel Schandorff (1925), and Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1595). After him are Niels Neergaard (1854), Klaus Berntsen (1844), Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1584), Holger Thiele (1878), Theodor Philipsen (1840), and Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (1876).

Others born in Denmark

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Thomas Bo Larsen
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 443
Nicolas Winding Refn
FILM DIRECTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 444
Pia Kjærsgaard
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 445
Benjamin Christensen
FILM DIRECTOR
1879 - 1959
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 446
Axel Schandorff
CYCLIST
1925 - 2016
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 447
Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
NOBLEMAN
1595 - 1671
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 448
Kurt Nielsen
TENNIS PLAYER
1930 - 2011
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 449
Niels Neergaard
POLITICIAN
1854 - 1936
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 450
Klaus Berntsen
POLITICIAN
1844 - 1927
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 451
Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
NOBLEMAN
1584 - 1663
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 452
Holger Thiele
ASTRONOMER
1878 - 1946
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 453
Theodor Philipsen
PAINTER
1840 - 1920
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 454
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1943
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 455