TENNIS PLAYER

Sylvia Lance Harper

1895 - 2000

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Sylvia Harper (née Lance; 1 October 1895 – 21 October 1982) was an Australia tennis player who won the singles title at the 1924 Australian Championships. She reached the singles final there two other times, in 1927, losing to Esna Boyd, and in 1930, losing to Daphne Akhurst. Harper won the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships three consecutive years. In 1923, her partner was Boyd, and in 1924 and 1925, her partner was Akhurst. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sylvia Lance Harper is the 600th most popular tennis player (down from 494th in 2019), the 488th most popular biography from Australia (down from 407th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Australian Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Sylvia Lance Harper ranks 600 out of 1,569Before her are Maria Kirilenko, Daria Gavrilova, Laura Siegemund, Taylor Townsend, Elena Baltacha, and Cara Black. After her are Maria Sakkari, Xavier Malisse, Amanda Coetzer, Sébastien Grosjean, Ivan Dodig, and Ramanathan Krishnan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Sylvia Lance Harper ranks 311Before her are Beattie Ramsay, Alexander Aitken, Dorothy Davenport, William Boyd, Michael Arlen, and William Grant Still. After her are Whina Cooper, Frank Fredrickson, Rex Ingram, Nat Pendleton, John Boles, and Ken Maynard. Among people deceased in 2000, Sylvia Lance Harper ranks 361Before her are Gloria Talbott, Rosemarie Frankland, Mack Robinson, Marie Windsor, Tex Beneke, and Vincent Canby. After her are Veerasamy Ringadoo, Jacob Lawrence, Frances Drake, John Lindsay, Joan Marsh, and George Armstrong.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Sylvia Lance Harper ranks 488 out of 1,143Before her are Frederick McCubbin (1855), Kim Warwick (1952), David Malouf (1934), Edith Cowan (1861), Brenton Thwaites (1989), and Frank Farina (1964). After her are Christopher Clark (1960), Virgil Donati (1958), John Pyper-Ferguson (1964), Frank Fenner (1914), Josephine Langford (1997), and Les Murray (1938).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Australia

Among tennis players born in Australia, Sylvia Lance Harper ranks 64Before her are Coral Buttsworth (1900), Helen Gourlay (1946), Samantha Stosur (1984), Nick Kyrgios (1995), Mark Woodforde (1965), and Kim Warwick (1952). After her are Phil Dent (1950), Paul McNamee (1954), Ashleigh Barty (1996), Jan Lehane (1941), Mark Philippoussis (1976), and Paul Hanley (1977).