TENNIS PLAYER

Margaret Court

1942 - Today

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Margaret Court (née Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, is an Australian former world number 1 tennis player and a Christian minister. Her 24 women's singles major titles and total of 64 major titles (including 19 major women's doubles and 21 major mixed doubles titles) are the most in tennis history. Court was born in Albury, New South Wales. In 1960, aged 17, she won the first of seven consecutive Australian Open singles titles. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret Court is the 9th most popular tennis player (down from 5th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 13th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Margaret Court ranks 9 out of 1,569. Before her are Suzanne Lenglen, René Lacoste, Rod Laver, Martina Navratilova, Ilie Năstase, and Billie Jean King. After her are Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Roger Federer, Jimmy Connors, and Fred Perry.

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Among people born in 1942, Margaret Court ranks 60. Before her are George Vella, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Conrad Schumann, Wen Jiabao, Bob Hoskins, and John Irving. After her are Thabo Mbeki, Walter Hill, Michael Bloomberg, Stanley B. Prusiner, Manuel Castells, and Giacomo Agostini.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Margaret Court ranks 23 out of 1,143. Before her are Jack Brabham (1926), Errol Flynn (1909), Scott Morrison (1968), Alexander Prokhorov (1916), John Eccles (1903), and Chris Hemsworth (1983). After her are Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (1972), Luís Vaz de Torres (1565), Heath Ledger (1979), Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951), Robin Warren (1937), and Elton Mayo (1880).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Australia

Among tennis players born in Australia, Margaret Court ranks 2. Before her are Rod Laver (1938). After her are Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951), Roy Emerson (1936), Fred Stolle (1938), Neale Fraser (1933), Ken Rosewall (1934), John Newcombe (1944), Kerry Melville (1947), Pat Rafter (1972), Jack Crawford (1908), and Judy Tegart-Dalton (1937).

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