# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ilana-kloss
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:42:11.656Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ilana-kloss"
name: "Ilana Kloss"
slug: "ilana-kloss"
description: "Ilana Sheryl Kloss is a South African former professional tennis player, tennis coach, and administrator. She was the World's No. 1 ranked doubles player in 1976, and World No. 19 in singles in 1979. She won the Wimbledon juniors singles title in 1972, the US Open juniors singles title in 1974, and the US Open Doubles and French Open Mixed Doubles titles in 1976. She won three gold medals at the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel. After her playing career, Kloss was the commissioner of World TeamTennis from 2001–2021."
tagline: "South African tennis player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilana_Kloss_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Tennis Players"
  slug: "tennis-players"
profileType:
  name: "Tennis Player"
  slug: "tennis-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10833314"
birthDate: "1956-03-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.37
  momentum:             3.345413994981879
  historical:           17.455684
  currentAttention:     18.58563330545488
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  135
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/ilanakloss"
    handle:    "ilanakloss"
sources:
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    title: "Ilana Kloss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilana_Kloss"
    title: "Ilana Kloss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilana_Kloss"
    title: "Ilana Kloss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ilana Kloss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ilana Kloss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ilana Kloss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ილანა კლოსი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilana_Kloss"
    title: "Ilana Kloss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ilana Kloss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilana_Kloss"
    title: "Ilana Kloss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Клосс, Илана"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ఇలానా క్లోస్"
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    title: "Ілана Клосс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump