Carl Earn
Carl Earn (March 7, 1921 – April 4, 2007) was an American tennis player who competed on the amateur and professional circuits in the 1940s and 1950s.
| Country (sports) |  |
|---|---|
| Born | March 7, 1921 Los Angeles, United States |
| Died | April 4, 2007 (aged 86) Los Angeles, United States |
| Turned pro | 1946 (amateur tour from 1940) |
| Retired | 1956 |
| Plays | Left-handed (1-handed backhand) |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 7 (1946, PPA ranking) [1] |
| Professional majors | |
| US Pro | SF (1954, 1955) |
| Wembley Pro | QF (1951) |
Earn grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from the Manual Arts High School in 1939. He joined the U.S. Navy at the start of World War II and served as a baker. At the Pacific Southwest Championships in September 1945 he reached the semifinals after a victory in the quarterfinal over U.S. Championships finalist Bill Talbert.[2] Earn turned professional in early 1946, a year after being honorably discharged from the Navy, and joined Bill Tilden's Professional Players Association. He won his professional debut match against Bobby Riggs in Omaha. The left-hander reached as high as world No. 7 in the professional ranks (confirmed by Tilden) in 1946.[1]
He was the head professional at the Beverly Hills' Hillcrest Country Club and the Beverly Hills Tennis Club.[3]
Earn was inducted into the Southern California Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.[4] The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) established a grant in his anme in 2007 for student-athletes on their tennis team.[5]
References
- Steve Pratt (April 9, 2007). "Carl Earn, 86; L.A. tennis pro taught Hollywood celebrities". Los Angeles Times.
- "Talbert loses in Los Angeles tennis tourney". The Chicago Tribune. September 22, 1945. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Celebrity tennis instructor Carl Earn dies". UPI. April 12, 2007.
- "Hall of Fame – Southern California Tennis Association". USTA.
- "Carl Earn Memorial Men's Tennis Grant-in-Aid". UCLA.