TENNIS PLAYER

Manuel Santana

1938 - 2021

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Manuel Santana Martínez (10 May 1938 – 11 December 2021), also known as Manolo Santana, was a Spanish tennis player. He was ranked as amateur world No. 1 in 1965 by Ned Potter and in 1966 by Lance Tingay and Sport In The USSR. He won the US Open in 1965 and, before winning Wimbledon the following year, he was quoted as saying "grass is just for cows", favouring artificial surfaces. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel Santana is the 32nd most popular tennis player (up from 34th in 2019), the 444th most popular biography from Spain (up from 593rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Manuel Santana ranks 32 out of 1,569. Before him are Guillermo Vilas, Charlotte Cooper, Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, Jan Kodeš, Mats Wilander, and Anthony Wilding. After him are Roy Emerson, Ann Jones, Venus Williams, Gabriela Sabatini, Bill Tilden, and Stefan Edberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Manuel Santana ranks 101. Before him are Carlos Bilardo, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Joyce Carol Oates, Elliott Gould, Ahmed Qurei, and Frank Langella. After him are Connie Francis, Nabih Berri, Juliet Anderson, Ben E. King, Ann Jones, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. Among people deceased in 2021, Manuel Santana ranks 98. Before him are Richard Donner, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Ronald DeFeo Jr., Christa Ludwig, Abdelkader Bensalah, and Max Mosley. After him are Bertrand Tavernier, Kentaro Miura, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Cloris Leachman, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, and Jehan Sadat.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Manuel Santana ranks 444 out of 3,355. Before him are Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Antonio Cañizares Llovera (1945), Egica (610), Anne Hidalgo (1959), Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (1892), and Peter of Alcantara (1499). After him are Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873), María Casares (1922), Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), Junípero Serra (1713), Alfonso IV of León (890), and Andrés de Urdaneta (1498).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Spain

Among tennis players born in Spain, Manuel Santana ranks 2. Before him are Rafael Nadal (1986). After him are Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1971), Andrés Gimeno (1937), Manuel Orantes (1949), Conchita Martínez (1972), Juan Carlos Ferrero (1980), Carlos Moyá (1976), Carlos Alcaraz (2003), Sergi Bruguera (1971), David Ferrer (1982), and Àlex Corretja (1974).

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