# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-knight
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:31:11.002Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-knight"
name: "William Knight"
slug: "william-knight"
description: "William Arthur Knight was a British tennis player who competed on the amateur tour in the 1950s and 1960s. He was active from 1951 to 1968 and won 47 career singles titles. a quarter finalist at the French Championships in 1959 and a clay court specialist where most of his titles came, but also won titles on grass and wood indoor courts. His biggest wins were winning the British Hard Court Championships, British Covered Court Championships (1960), and German International Championships (1959)."
tagline: "British tennis player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Tennis Players"
  slug: "tennis-players"
profileType:
  name: "Tennis Player"
  slug: "tennis-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10833314"
birthDate: "1935-11-12"
deathDate: "2026-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.746149333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%C2%B7%E5%A5%88%E7%89%B9_(%E7%B6%B2%E7%90%83%E9%81%8B%E5%8B%95%E5%93%A1)"
    title: "比利·奈特 (網球運動員)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3)"
    title: "بيلي نايت (تنس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3)"
    title: "بيللى نايت (تنس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Knight_(Tennisspieler)"
    title: "Billy Knight (Tennisspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Knight_(tennis)"
    title: "Billy Knight (tennis)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Knight"
    title: "William Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Knight_(tennista)"
    title: "Billy Knight (tennista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Knight"
    title: "William R. Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82_(%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Біллі Найт (тенісист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%B9_(%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3_%DA%A9%DA%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%91%DB%8C)"
    title: "بلی نائٹ (ٹینس کھلاڑی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568765"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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