TENNIS PLAYER

Momčilo Tapavica

1872 - 1949

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Momčilo Tapavica (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Тапавица; Hungarian: Tapavicza Momcsilló [ˈtɒpɒvit͡sɒ ˈmomt͡ʃilloː]; 14 October 1872 – 10 January 1949) was an all-around sportsperson and architect. He competed in tennis, weightlifting, wrestling. Tapavica achieved his best result in tennis by winning the singles bronze medal at the 1896 Summer Olympics, making him the first ethnic Serb, Slav and Hungarian citizen to win an Olympic medal. After his sporting career Tapavica became a well-known architect. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Momčilo Tapavica is the 60th most popular tennis player (up from 67th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Serbia (up from 135th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Serbian Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Momčilo Tapavica ranks 60 out of 1,569. Before him are Kerry Melville, Monica Seles, Louis Raymond, Henri Cochet, Maria Sharapova, and Yannick Noah. After him are Mansour Bahrami, Rosemary Casals, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Andrés Gimeno, Yola Ramírez, and Manuel Orantes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Momčilo Tapavica ranks 69. Before him are Solomiya Krushelnytska, Kijūrō Shidehara, Luigi Orione, Wilhelm Ohnesorge, Edward Wilson, and Carlo Sforza. After him are Bak Jungyang, Edward Gordon Craig, Georgios Tsitas, Ludwig Klages, Theodor Lessing, and Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme. Among people deceased in 1949, Momčilo Tapavica ranks 59. Before him are Richard Dix, Maurice Blondel, Vítězslav Novák, Vasily Degtyaryov, Prince Harald of Denmark, and Infanta Blanca of Spain. After him are Walter Buch, Hanns Albin Rauter, Alfred J. Lotka, Maria Cebotari, Mariano Fortuny, and Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Momčilo Tapavica ranks 113 out of 661. Before him are Dimitrije Ljotić (1891), Dušan Makavejev (1932), Nikola Jokić (1995), Monica Seles (1973), Đorđe Balašević (1953), and Enki Bilal (1951). After him are Ana Brnabić (1975), Milan Stojadinović (1888), Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria (1300), Mirko Cvetković (1950), Desanka Maksimović (1898), and Mutimir of Serbia (830).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Serbia

Among tennis players born in Serbia, Momčilo Tapavica ranks 3. Before him are Novak Djokovic (1987), and Monica Seles (1973). After him are Ana Ivanovic (1987), Jelena Janković (1985), Slobodan Živojinović (1963), Nenad Zimonjić (1976), Janko Tipsarević (1984), Daniel Nestor (1972), Viktor Troicki (1986), Bojana Jovanovski Petrović (1991), and Dušan Lajović (1990).

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