overcome by Gottfried von Cramm and in doubles by von Cramm and Harper. In December he finally acquired the Barcelona title by beating Harper in five sets. Cochet played one of his last matches at the Swiss covered courts championships in St. Moritz, returning to the scene of his very first tennis triumph after a 36-year hiatus. At the age of 56 with his partner Bernard Destremau he managed to pass the first round of the doubles contest with a 6–2, 6–1 win over locals D. Wegs and H. Flury. Cochet retired from tennis later that year. Personal life Cochet married Germaine Desthieux on 16 April 1926. He taught her how to play tennis and later entered minor tournaments together. Apart from playing tennis Cochet was an amateur ice-hockey player. He ran a sporting goods store in Paris. Cochet was an occasional coach as well and in 1930 he coached the French junior tennis team once a week for free including his brother-in-law Georges Desthieux who won the New Malden tournament that year. He was awarded the Red Ribbon of the Legion of Honour for his sport merits in 1951. He died on 1 April 1987, aged 85, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Grand Slam finals Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runners-up) Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runners-up) Mixed Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up) ILTF finals Singles (3) Doubles (3) Mixed doubles (2) Pro Slam finals French Pro Singles champion: 1936 Singles runner-up: 1937 Singles performance timeline Cochet was banned from competing in the amateur Grand Slams when he joined the professional tennis circuit in 1933. (OF) only for French players See also All-time tennis records – men's singles List of Grand Slam men's singles champions Notes All world rankings refer to A Wallis Myers' from this point on unless otherwise noted. Based upon the official year-end French rankings compiled by the Fédération Française de Tennis, Jacques Brugnon and Christian Boussus shared a joint fourth-fifth place while Emmanuel du Plaix and Pierre Henri Landry were ranked similarly sixth-seventh. References External links 1901 births 1987 deaths French Championships (tennis) champions French male tennis players International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees Olympic medalists in tennis Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic tennis players of France People from Villeurbanne Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics United States National champions (tennis) Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era) Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles Grand Slam (tennis)