Henri Cochet
20th-century French tennis player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henri Jean Cochet (French: [ɑ̃ʁi ʒɑ̃ ˈkɔʃɛ]; 14 December 1901 – 1 April 1987) was a French tennis player. He was a world No. 1 ranked player, and a member of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.[5]
Full name | Henri Jean Cochet | |||||||||||
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Country (sports) | France | |||||||||||
Born | (1901-12-14)14 December 1901[1] Villeurbanne, France[1] | |||||||||||
Died | 1 April 1987(1987-04-01) (aged 85)[1] Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France[1] | |||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] | |||||||||||
Turned pro | 1933 (amateur tour from 1920) | |||||||||||
Retired | 1958 (as a reinstated amateur) | |||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||||||
Int. Tennis HoF | 1976 (member page) | |||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 684–186 (78.6%)[3] | |||||||||||
Career titles | 90[3] | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 1 (1928, A. Wallis Myers)[4] | |||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
French Open | W (1926, 1928, 1930, 1932) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | W (1927, 1929) | |||||||||||
US Open | W (1928) | |||||||||||
Other tournaments | ||||||||||||
WHCC | W (1922) | |||||||||||
WCCC | W (1922, 1923) | |||||||||||
Professional majors | ||||||||||||
Wembley Pro | SF (1937) | |||||||||||
French Pro | W (1936) | |||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 0–0 | |||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
French Open | W (1927, 1930, 1932) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | W (1926, 1928) | |||||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||
WHCC | W (1922) | |||||||||||
WCCC | W (1922, 1923) | |||||||||||
Mixed doubles | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | ||||||||||||
French Open | W (1928, 1929) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | SF (1930, 1932) | |||||||||||
US Open | W (1927) | |||||||||||
Other mixed doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||
WHCC | W (1922, 1923) | |||||||||||
Team competitions | ||||||||||||
Davis Cup | W (1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Born in Villeurbanne, Rhône, Cochet won a total 22 majors including seven Grand Slam singles, five doubles and three mixed doubles. In addition he won three singles, two doubles and one mixed doubles ILTF majors.[6] He also won one professional major in singles. During his major career, he won singles and doubles titles on three different surfaces: clay, grass and wood. He was ranked as world No. 1 player for four consecutive years, 1928[7] through 1931 by A. Wallis Myers.[8][9] Cochet turned professional in 1933, but after a less than stellar pro career, he was reinstated as an amateur in 1945 after the end of World War II.[1]
The Four Musketeers were inducted simultaneously into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in 1976. Cochet died in 1987 in Paris at age 85.