General Léon Adrien (Adrien)
Aron
Male
France
1902-04-29
Paris, France
1969-11-30
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France


About

Adrien Aron was the brother of fellow lawn tennis player Raymond Aron. They were two of the children of Gustave Émile Aron (1870-1934), a law lecturer and professor, and Suzanne Aron (née Levy; 1877-1940). The Arons and Levys were wealthy families who made their fortune in textiles.

Adrien Aron attended the Hoche high school in Versailles before going on to study higher mathematics and obtain a law degree. However, he did not pursue a profession, instead becoming a top tennis player.
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The following piece was translated and adapted from the French Wikipedia article on Adrien Aron, which can be accessed here: Adrien Aron — Wikipédia

Adrien Aron was the elder brother of philosopher Raymond Aron. Adrien Aron studied law, but did not practice. Raymond Aron later said that, during the interwar period, Adrien, “elegant, mingled with the wealthy circles of tennis clubs and gaming clubs; he perfectly embodied the man of pleasure, a type of man that my philosophical self despised, and whom perhaps a part of myself, barely aware, humiliated by his sovereign lightness, admired or envied”.

Fellow tennis player Jean Samazeuilh described Adrien Aron as: “a true ball-returning machine and a crocodile of the worst kind”. Nevertheless, Aron was not as good enough as his more famous contemporaries, the Four “Musketeers”. From the 1930s onwards, Aron focused on the card game bridge, at which he became one of the leading specialists in France, alongside Pierre Albarran. After the war, Aron gave up tennis and cards, and became passionate about philately. His book “The Secrets of Philately” was published by Calmann-Lévy in 1959.



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Archive statistics 1921 - 1936
18
200
130


Tournament wins 1928 - Dieppe (Amateur)
1928 - Paris International Championships (Open)
1928 - Deauville (Open)
1927 - Dieppe (Amateur)
1927 - Deauville (Open)
1926 - Le Touquet (Open)
1926 - Houlgate (Amateur)
1926 - Deauville (Open)
1926 - Dieppe (Amateur)
1925 - Dieppe (Amateur)
1925 - Le Touquet (Open)
1925 - Le Touquet Second Meeting (Open)
1925 - Deauville (Open)
1924 - Le Havre (Amateur)
1924 - Pourville (Amateur)
1924 - Dieppe (Amateur)
1923 - Le Touquet (Open)
1923 - Dieppe (Amateur)


Tournaments Cannes Carlton - 1936 Cannes Championships - 1936 Cannes Gallia - 1936 Cap d 'Antibes - 1936 Roland Garros - 1932 Beaulieu - 1932 Cannes Carlton - 1932 Côte d'Azur Championships - 1932 South of France Championships - 1932 Cannes Gallia - 1932 Cannes New Courts Club - 1932 Roland Garros - 1931 Roland Garros - 1930 Beaulieu - 1930 Wimbledon - 1928 Monte Carlo - 1928 Roland Garros - 1928 Beaulieu - 1928 Paris International Championships - 1928 Dieppe - 1928 Le Touquet - 1928 Deauville - 1928 Championships of Merano - 1928 Scheveningen - 1928 Monte Carlo - 1927 Roland Garros - 1927 Beaulieu - 1927 Paris International Championships - 1927 Deauville - 1927 Cannes Gallia - 1927 Zürich Baur du Lac LTC - 1927 Vittel - 1927 Villars - 1927 Engadine Championships - 1927 Berliner Schlittschuh-Club - 1927 Roland Garros - 1926 Beaulieu - 1926 Cannes Carlton - 1926 Côte d'Azur Championships - 1926 Nice - 1926 Paris International Championships - 1926 South of France Championships - 1926 Dieppe - 1926 Lille - 1926 Le Touquet - 1926 Deauville - 1926 Cannes Club Tournament - 1926 Houlgate - 1926 Le Touquet Second Meeting - 1926 Critérium de France - 1926 Roland Garros - 1925 Coupe de Noel - 1925 Paris International Championships - 1925 French International Covered Court Championships - 1925 Dieppe - 1925 Le Touquet - 1925 Deauville - 1925 Houlgate - 1925 Le Touquet Second Meeting - 1925 Cabourg - 1925 French Closed Covered Court Championships - 1925 Coupe Chelli - 1925 Coupe de Noel - 1924 Paris International Championships - 1924 French International Covered Court Championships - 1924 Le Havre - 1924 Le Touquet Second Meeting - 1924 Pourville - 1924 Vittel - 1924 Critérium de France - 1924 Criterium de France Indoor - 1924 Paris International Championships - 1923 French International Covered Court Championships - 1923 Dieppe - 1923 World Hardcourt Championships - 1923 Le Touquet - 1923 Boulogne-sur-Mer - 1923 Le Touquet Second Meeting - 1923 Coupe Albert Canet - 1923 Bagnères-de-Bigorre - 1923 Criterium de France Indoor - 1923 Coupe de Noel - 1922 Paris International Championships - 1922 French International Covered Court Championships - 1922 Coupe Albert Canet - 1922 Coupe de Noel - 1921

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