The question related to ‘who are the greatest tennis players of all time’? is highly debatable. While conducting the biggest worldwide survey, numerous data has been collected from Social media platforms, Google and from the online tennis world. Back in the previous year, when I was asked the same question I chose the top 5- Janko Tipsarevic, Richard Gasquet, Jo- Wilfried T Songa, Juan Martin Del Potro and Tomas Berdych. However, the ranking has been shaken up significantly in the recent times. The tennis champions know to assert themselves on the international level with their achievement and personalities.
To get the right picture, I have used various social media statistics and metrics which I found relevant in assessing the popularity of the tennis players
Which tennis players Wikipedia page gets the maximum view:
Wikipedia is a great medium for assessing the popularity of a particular tennis player. It is always the first results on a search engine when you want to find out information about your favourite tennis players. However, it is the source for getting facts and figure. The more views a player’s Wikipedia page has, the more popular they are.
A player is bound to get more searches if he does something dramatic or exceptional in a tournament. The following lists of players are popular as their Wikipedia page got the maximum number of views in the last 90 days
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Federer got 619,247 views
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Nadal got 617,760 views
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Djokoic got 325,198 views
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Murray got 226,678 views.
Who are searched the most on Google?
The following list of numbers shows the average number of searches for 12 months for the top 4 players in different location based on different languages and the devices used for the search.
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Roger Federer got 823,000 searches each month
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Rafael Nadal got 823,000 searches each month
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Andy Murray got 673,000 searches each month
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Novak Djokovic got 550,000 searches each month
People are keen to know more about these top 4 players and search for numerous times on Google.
Who is popular in twitter?
The more a player tweets, the higher number of followers they have. Twitter followers depend highly on how frequent a player uses this medium.
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Novak Djokovic has 2.74M followers in the last 90 days
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Andy Murray has 2.37M followers in the last 90 days
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Roger Federer has 1.36M followers in the last 90 days
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Rafael Nadal has 5.71M followers in the last 90 days.
Who is at top on Facebook?
Facebook reflects the actual popularity of a personality. The number of likes earned by a player depends on how frequently people search their profile and like it. The following lists will help to show you the maximum number of likes the players have received in the last 90 days
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Roger Federer got 13 m likes
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Rafael Nadal got 12m likes
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Novak Djokovic got 3.9m likes
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Andy Murray got 2.3m likes
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are by far the most popular players if you see their popularity on various platforms. Rafel Nadal this young Spanish player has created great sensation and has managed to make extraordinary feats in spite of this young age. He is considered as one of the most talented players in the history of tennis. Because of his hard work and determination he has obtained several prestigious titles keeping its first place in the world classification several times consecutively up to 2012. Rafel has successfully captured the hearts of thousands of fans throughout the world by constantly improving himself as a player and become a winner on all surfaces.
With a record of 17 Grand Slam titles, there is no doubt regarding who currently deserves the title of the greatest of all times. Roger Federer is the legend of tennis. This Swiss master is more than just trophies. He currently sits on the number two position in the worldwide countdown, having won countless awards and prizes. He has reached the Wimbledon final eight times, the Grand slam final tournament for five times and is also known for a two hundred and thirty-seven consecutive weeks top most players of 2004 till 2008. Roger’s popularity has never waned.
As individuals, the most popular tennis player is a two way tie between Rafael and Roger.
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