TENNIS PLAYER

Yvon Petra

1916 - 1984

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Yvon Petra (French pronunciation: [ivɔ̃ petʁa]; 8 March 1916 – 12 September 1984) was a French male tennis player. He was born in Cholon, French Indochina. Petra is best remembered as the last Frenchman to win the Wimbledon Championships men's singles title (in 1946), beating Geoff Brown in five sets in the final. In doubles, he won the French Championships twice, in 1938 with Bernard Destremau, defeating the best pair in the world Budge-Mako, and in 1946 with Marcel Bernard. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yvon Petra is the 282nd most popular tennis player (up from 308th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 100th in 2019) and the most popular Vietnamese Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Yvon Petra ranks 282 out of 1,569. Before him are Eric Sturgess, Edith Hannam, Juan Aguilera, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Ivan Ljubičić, and Oliver Campbell. After him are Ichiya Kumagae, Betty Stöve, Daniil Medvedev, Raúl Ramírez, Slobodan Živojinović, and Jiro Sato.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Yvon Petra ranks 236. Before him are Mary Stewart, Bernard Binlin Dadié, Edward Platt, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, Jean Margéot, and Dingiri Banda Wijetunga. After him are David Douglas Duncan, Karen Lachmann, Helene Hanff, Ondina Valla, Milton Babbitt, and Karl-Birger Blomdahl. Among people deceased in 1984, Yvon Petra ranks 198. Before him are Simón Lecue, Jean De Clercq, Alberta Hunter, Kazuo Hasegawa, Karel Kolský, and Edward James. After him are Antonio Maquilón, Anna Świrszczyńska, Chester Himes, Ramón Tapia, Virgil Jacomini, and Rudolf Stahl.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Yvon Petra ranks 96 out of 136. Before him are Henri Laborit (1914), Dương Thu Hương (1947), Trần Văn Trà (1919), Phan Thanh Giản (1796), Phạm Hùng (1912), and Gaston Aumoitte (1884). After him are Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (1940), Trịnh Công Sơn (1939), Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (1970), Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905), Ngô Bảo Châu (1972), and Dany Carrel (1932).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Vietnam

Among tennis players born in Vietnam, Yvon Petra ranks 1. 

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