TENNIS PLAYER

Louise Brough

1923 - 2014

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Althea Louise Brough Clapp (née Brough; March 11, 1923 – February 3, 2014) was an American tennis player. In her career between 1939 and 1959, she won six Grand Slam titles in singles as well as numerous doubles and mixed-doubles titles. At the end of the 1955 tennis season, Lance Tingay of the London Daily Telegraph ranked her world No. 1 for the year. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louise Brough is the 189th most popular tennis player (down from 108th in 2019), the 6,355th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,697th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Louise Brough ranks 189 out of 1,569. Before her are Rafael Osuna, Herbert Baddeley, Andriy Medvedev, Maud Watson, James Blake, and Fred Alexander. After her are Mary Browne, Renée Schuurman, James Anderson, Marguerite Broquedis, Don McNeill, and Richard Gasquet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Louise Brough ranks 265. Before her are François Cavanna, Israel Gutman, Jacob Taubes, Ellsworth Kelly, Joseph Keller, and Rudolf Augstein. After her are Bryce DeWitt, Alice Coachman, Henryk Gulbinowicz, Juvenal Amarijo, Ennio de Concini, and Simeon ten Holt. Among people deceased in 2014, Louise Brough ranks 279. Before her are Thomas Berger, Brian Hart, Glen A. Larson, Ian Paisley, Mel Patton, and Samih al-Qasim. After her are Alice Coachman, Brian G. Hutton, Frans van der Lugt, Victor J. Stenger, China Zorrilla, and Ruby Dee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louise Brough ranks 6,356 out of 20,380. Before her are Phyllis Schlafly (1924), Danny Davis (1941), Hal Clement (1922), Tom Ewell (1909), Lukas Haas (1976), and John Adair (1757). After her are David Curtiss Munson (1884), Mary Browne (1891), Salmon P. Chase (1808), Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), Charmian Carr (1942), and Billy Cox (1939).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Louise Brough ranks 44. Before her are Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886), Jack Kramer (1921), Helen Jacobs (1908), Beals Wright (1879), James Blake (1979), and Fred Alexander (1880). After her are Mary Browne (1891), Don McNeill (1918), Carole Caldwell Graebner (1943), Clarence Clark (1859), Marion Zinderstein (1896), and Peter Fleming (1955).

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