TENNIS PLAYER

Phyllis Covell

1895 - 1982

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Phyllis Lindrea Covell (née Howkins. 22 May 1895 – 28 October 1982) was a female tennis player from Great Britain. She is best remembered for her silver medal at the Paris Olympics of 1924 in the women's doubles event partnering with Kitty McKane. In 1923 she won the women's doubles title at the U.S. National Championships with McKane defeating the American pairing of Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman and Eleanor Goss in three sets. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Phyllis Covell is the 351st most popular tennis player (down from 294th in 2019), the 4,597th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,302nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Phyllis Covell ranks 351 out of 1,569. Before her are Ellsworth Vines, Johan Kriek, Radek Štěpánek, Josef Maleček, Taylor Fritz, and Dominic Thiem. After her are Beryl Penrose, Feliciano López, Joakim Nyström, Flavia Pennetta, Thomas Johansson, and Marty Riessen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Phyllis Covell ranks 273. Before her are Sándor Gombos, Jan Parandowski, Fredric Wertham, Lawrence Shields, Väinö Ikonen, and Blossom Rock. After her are Sidney Blackmer, Cecil McMaster, Lancelot Hogben, Ove Arup, Antoni Słonimski, and Malcolm Sargent. Among people deceased in 1982, Phyllis Covell ranks 259. Before her are Gerard Wodarz, Konrad Granström, Kenneth More, Josef Maleček, Walt Ader, and Virginia Bruce. After her are Salvador Sánchez, Claudio Barrientos, Satchel Paige, Dieter Borsche, Stanley Holloway, and Leo Losert.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Phyllis Covell ranks 4,598 out of 8,785. Before her are Steve Hillage (1951), Callum Wilson (1992), Geoffrey Unsworth (1914), Alex Kapranos (1972), Charles Rosher (1885), and Naseem Hamed (1974). After her are Bernie Marsden (1951), Herbert Ponting (1870), Archibald Menzies (1754), John Masefield (1878), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), and Walter de la Mare (1873).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among tennis players born in United Kingdom, Phyllis Covell ranks 39. Before her are Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (1897), Edith Hannam (1878), Geraldine Beamish (1883), Kay Stammers (1914), Evelyn Colyer (1902), and Alice Greene (1879). After her are Margaret Scriven (1912), Shirley Brasher (1934), Betty Nuthall (1911), Bunny Austin (1906), Herbert Roper Barrett (1873), and Angela Mortimer (1932).

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