TENNIS PLAYER

Suzanne Lenglen

1899 - 1938

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Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (French pronunciation: [syzan lɑ̃ɡlɛn]; 24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total. She was also a four-time World Hard Court Champion in singles, and ten times in total. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Suzanne Lenglen is the 3rd most popular tennis player (up from 13th in 2019), the 702nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,041st in 2019) and the most popular French Tennis Player.

Suzanne Lenglen was a French tennis player who dominated the sport in the early 20th century. She was the first female tennis player to win a Grand Slam and the only woman to win a Grand Slam without losing a set.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Suzanne Lenglen ranks 3 out of 1,569. Before her are Björn Borg, and Novak Djokovic. After her are René Lacoste, Rod Laver, Martina Navratilova, Ilie Năstase, Billie Jean King, Margaret Court, Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi, and Evonne Goolagong Cawley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Suzanne Lenglen ranks 26. Before her are Paul Hermann Müller, Erich Kästner, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Béla Guttmann, Georg von Békésy, and Max Theiler. After her are Adnan Menderes, Gustav Heinemann, Duke Ellington, Bertil Ohlin, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, and George Cukor. Among people deceased in 1938, Suzanne Lenglen ranks 24. Before her are Alexei Rykov, Genrikh Yagoda, Carl von Ossietzky, Suzanne Valadon, Christian Lous Lange, and Osip Mandelstam. After her are Robert Johnson, King Oliver, Lev Shestov, Bruno Taut, Vasily Blyukher, and Hans Christian Gram.

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In France

Among people born in France, Suzanne Lenglen ranks 702 out of 6,770. Before her are Francis Picabia (1879), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), Maurice Gamelin (1872), Gérard de Nerval (1808), and Charles-François Daubigny (1817). After her are Pierre Augereau (1757), Georges Perec (1936), Clotilde (475), Elisa Bonaparte (1777), Antoine François Prévost (1697), and Nicole Oresme (1323).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In France

Among tennis players born in France, Suzanne Lenglen ranks 1. After her are René Lacoste (1904), Jean Borotra (1898), Max Decugis (1882), Henri Cochet (1901), Yannick Noah (1960), Philippe Chatrier (1926), Jacques Brugnon (1895), André Prévost (1860), Maurice Germot (1882), André Gobert (1890), and Amélie Mauresmo (1979).

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