TENNIS PLAYER

Laurence Doherty

1875 - 1919

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Hugh Laurence Doherty (8 October 1875 – 21 August 1919) was a British tennis player and the younger brother of tennis player Reginald Doherty. He was a six-time Grand Slam champion and a double Olympic Gold medalist at the 1900 Summer Olympics in singles and doubles (also winning a Bronze in mixed doubles). In 1903 he became the first non-American player to win the U.S. National Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laurence Doherty is the 82nd most popular tennis player (up from 98th in 2019), the 2,111th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,502nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Laurence Doherty ranks 82 out of 1,569. Before him are Gottfried von Cramm, Martina Hingis, Jacques Brugnon, Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet, Thomas Muster, and Reginald Doherty. After him are Tom Okker, Doris Hart, Conchita Martínez, Richard Sears, Karen Hantze Susman, and Marat Safin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Laurence Doherty ranks 80. Before him are Shaul Tchernichovsky, Ricardo Viñes, Robert Garrett, Carl Milles, William Hoyt, and Princess Louise of Denmark. After him are Paul Löbe, Gaston Billotte, Thomas Xenakis, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, and Eugen Schauman. Among people deceased in 1919, Laurence Doherty ranks 76. Before him are Aaron Kosminski, Louis Botha, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Alexander Izvolsky, Mark Sykes, and Itagaki Taisuke. After him are Michel Théato, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Daniel Peter, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, László Mednyánszky, and Wilfrid Laurier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Laurence Doherty ranks 2,111 out of 8,785. Before him are John Flaxman (1755), Sigfrid of Sweden (1000), Joseph Paxton (1803), Stephen Baxter (1957), Ian Hill (1952), and Dido (1971). After him are Ronnie O'Sullivan (1975), Lilian Harvey (1906), Barbara West (1911), Arthur Tansley (1871), Alan Wilder (1959), and Hannah Chaplin (1865).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among tennis players born in United Kingdom, Laurence Doherty ranks 9. Before him are Charlotte Cooper (1870), Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878), Ann Jones (1938), William Renshaw (1861), Dorothy Round (1909), and Reginald Doherty (1872). After him are Andy Murray (1987), Arthur Gore (1868), Kathleen McKane Godfree (1896), Ernest Renshaw (1861), Lottie Dod (1871), and Dora Boothby (1881).

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