Carl Earn
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Country (sports) | United States |
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Born | Los Angeles, USA |
March 7, 1921
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
Turned pro | 1946 (amateur tour from 1940) |
Retired | 1956 |
Plays | Left-handed (1-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career record | {{#property:P564}} |
Highest ranking | No. 7 (1946, PPA ranking)[1] |
Professional majors | |
US Pro | SF (1954, 1955) |
Career record | {{#property:P555}} |
Last updated on: December 17, 2012. |
Carl Earn (March 7, 1921 – April 1, 2007) was an American tennis player who competed on the amateur and professional circuits in the 1940s and 1950s.
The left-hander reached as high as World No. 7 in the professional ranks (the Professional Players Association, instated by Bill Tilden) in 1946.[1]
Earn was inducted into the Southern California Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.