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  Henri Cochet - Wikipedia
Henri Cochet (* 1901; 1987) war ein berühmter Tennisspieler aus Frankreich.
Er gehörte mit seinen Landsmänner Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon und Rene Lacoste zu den prägenden Tennisspielern der zwanziger und frühen dreißiger Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts.
Cochet gewann wie Rene Lacoste 7 Grand Slam Titel in Frankreich, USA und Wimbledon, ohne jedoch auch in Australien zu gewinnen.
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 Henri Jean Cochet, 1976 Enshrinee: International Tennis Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Henri worked at the club as a ball boy and practiced with his friends and sister when nobody was using the courts.
Cochet won 10 successive Davis Cup challenge round matches from the time the Musketeers wrested the Cup from the U.S. in 1927.
With Lacoste's retirement from international play in 1929, Cochet was France's indispensable man. He led his country to victory over the United States in the challenge round in 1929, 1930 and 1932, and over the British in 1931.
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 Cochet, Henri --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Cochet's father was the secretary of a local tennis court, and as a youth Cochet spent much time chasing balls and practicing in the club's off-hours.
As one of the powerful Four Musketeers (the others were Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet, and Jacques Brugnon), he helped France win its first Davis Cup in 1927, starting its six-year domination of the cup.
French novelist Henri Murger was among the first to depict the precarious lives of poor artists and writers—which he knew from experience.
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 Cochet, Henri --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
Cochet also won the French championship five times (1922, 1926, 1928, 1930, and 1932) and Wimbledon twice (1927 and 1929).
One of Cochet's best-known matches was his defeat of Bill Tilden for the 1926 U.S. championship, preventing Tilden from winning the event for the seventh straight year.
Cochet published a number of books about tennis and produced a film on the history of tennis, and in his later years he operated a sporting-goods store.
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 History of Lawn Tennis, Articles
Cochet (left) and Tilden had a tremendous rivalry over the courts that translated into professional matters as well.
Henri Cochet, a talented athlete, was actually the first to defeat Big Bill.
On Bill's home court at the US Nationals in 1926, Cochet came from behind, hitting the lines in a fury of aggressive, on-the-rise plays, taking away Tilden's bid for a seventh straight national title.
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 » Henri Cochet :: Sports Personalities, Teams and News Events :: Information from the World of Sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Henri Cochet (1901-1987) was a champion tennis player, one of the famous “Four Musketeers”; from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps The route of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps as laid out for the Belgian Grand Prix The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is the famous venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix and the SPA 24 Hours endurance race.
Designed by Jules de Their and Henri Langlois Van Ophem, the original 9.3 mile course wound through public roads between the Belgian towns of Francorchamps, Malmedy and Stavelot.
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 Read an extract of Gods, Mongrels and Demons by Angus Calder - Word Power
It was also the year of Henri Cochet's almost supernatural victory over the great Amreican player `Big Bill' (or `Beel', as French opponents called him) Tilden, in the semi-finals of the men's singles at Wimbledon.
Cochet himself wrote, in 1936, that of nine million tennis players in the world, three and a half million lived in the USA - and only 200,000 in France (Cochet, 9).
Cochet eventually joined Tilden on the US professional circuit, where Big Bill usually beat him, He later lived out his days as the owner of a sport-goods store.
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 DallasNews.com | Dallas-Fort Worth | Sports Network: Tennis
Henry Austin, 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 1937 - Donald Budge def.
Wilmer Allison, 6-3, 9-7, 6-4 1929 - Henri Cochet def.
Henri Cochet, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 1927 - Henri Cochet def.
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 Henri Cochet
On peut affirmer que Henri Cochet est né et a grandi dans le tennis.
A partir de 1928, Henri Cochet devient surtout le grand homme de la coupe Davis, gagnant tous ses matchs dans son stade fétiche de Roland-Garros jusqu’en 1932, battant au passage sévèrement trois années de suite le grand Tilden en quête de revanche.
Avec Brugnon, Cochet forme alors une des meilleures équipes du monde, remportant Wimbledon en 1926 et 28 et les internationaux de France en 27, 30 et 32.
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 Cochet - livres nouveaux et utilisés   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Cochet, Gustavo, Illustrated by Gustavo Cochet (1894-1979) -
Cochet (d.1771) was professor of philosophy at the College Mazarin of Paris.
COCHET (André) & HANSEN (Jorgen) - Conduites et objets de plomb gallo-romains de Vienne (Isère).
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 Henri Cochet Tennis Player
The Tennis Channel::Grand Slams by Year - 1929, John Gregory, Rene Lacoste, Henri Cochet, Bill Tilden - The Tennis Channel is home to the greatest tennis in the world, 24 hours a day, -
Tennis - Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet, FRA.
History of Lawn Tennis, Articles - after Suzanne Lenglen put French tennis on the map, with her unbeaten - Henri Cochet, a talented athlete, was actually the first to defeat Big Bill.
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 Henri Cochet Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
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Henri Cochet est un tennisman français du début du siècle, né à Villeurbanne (Rhône) en 1901.
En 1928, Henri Cochet devient premier joueur mondial.
Henri Cochet a publié un certain nombre d'ouvrages sur le tennis et a produit un film sur l'histoire du tennis.
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 Henri COCHET : astrology and planets, Map of the Heavens, Interactive Birth Chart
Just click on the Dynamic Natal Chart of Henri COCHET with the positions of planets, astrological houses, and the list of the aspects with orbs in degrees and minutes.
Only 6 diagrams out of 11 are displayed, and precision of these computations is of course not of the same level than those for the case of the known time of the event.
Texts are not translated, so if you wish to read interpretations associated with theses computations, you need to go to the full astrological Portrait of Henri COCHET and to use this Automatic Free Website Translator.
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 Henri Cochet
The History of Tennis, Part 2 - Suggested resources: Henri Cochet, The Art of Tennis (publ.
Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US Tennis title September 3 - Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US Tennis title September 3, 1932 in history.
Henri Cochet wins US Tennis Open September 17 in History Henri Cochet wins US Tennis Open September 17, 1928 in history.
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 MSN Encarta - Fred Perry
He transferred his expertise to lawn tennis and modeled his techniques on those of French tennis player Henri Cochet.
In 1933 Perry defeated Cochet in a five-set match in the final round of Davis Cup competition, leading Britain to its first Davis Cup victory since 1912.
He also played from 1934 to 1936 on Britain's successful Davis Cup teams, winning all of his final-round singles matches during those years.
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 Time : Died. Henri Cochet. (obituary) @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Henri Cochet, 85, legendary tennis master who along with Rene Lacoste, Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon won France's first Davis Cup, in 1927; near Paris.
Known as Les Mousquetaires (the Musketeers), the four dominated world tennis from the late 1920s to the early 1930s.
Cochet alone won five French singles championships, two Wimbledons and one U.S. championship.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Moissan (Ferdinand Frederic) Henri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Moissan, (Ferdinand Frederic) Henri (1852-1907), French chemist and Nobel laureate.
Moissan contributed much to the understanding of the chemical...
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 Tennis News of Thursday, 24 February 2005
However, until 1927 the only three nations to win the cup were the United States (10 times), Australia/Asia (6 times) and the British Isles (5).
Then came the Swashbuckling era of France's "Four Musketeers Jean Borotta, Rene Lacoste, Henri Cochet and Jacques Bugnon - when the trophy was claimed by the French six years in succession.
Great Britain were the next to dominate, capturing the Davis Cup from the French in 1933 in Paris and holding it until they finally lost out to the USA at Wimbledon in 1937.
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 rediff.com: The Millennium Special: Ramanathan Krishnan on the 10 greatest tennis players of the century
Donald Budge: This American was the first man to win a Grand Slam in tennis, winning the Australian, French, US and Wimbledon titles in the same year.
Henri Cochet: During his playing days, he was part of the French Davis Cup team.
Cochet was the shortest among them but as far as the game was concerned, he was the tallest.
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 BBC SPORT | TENNIS  | The history of the Davis Cup
Australasia then got in on the act before the USA again came to dominate, winning the trophy for seven straight years.
'The Four Musketeers', as the French team of Rene Lacoste, Henri Cochet, Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon were known, took over in the 1920s until the Great Britain team led by Fred Perry wrested the trophy from them by winning at Roland Garros.
Overall, the USA have won the tournament more times than any other country at 31, but no nation has dominated the competition for one period longer than Australia who won it 15 times in 18 years from 1950.
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 Sports Desk Mail Volume 5, no 21
If it were not for Yannick Noah's clay magic in 1983 they would now be in waiting for 57 years.
France's real heyday was in the 1920s and 1930s when René Lacoste, Henri Cochet and Jean Borotra were among the world's finest players.
The three teamed for eight straight victories in the first eight French Open editions open to players from all nations.
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 TENNIS NOTE
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 HickokSports.com - History - Tennis - Wimbledon Men's Champions
With the emergence of great players from Europe, particularly France, in the 1920s, Wimbledon became the most important championship event in world tennis.
Suzanne Lenglen of France won three titles between 1922 and 1925 and France's "Four Musketeers" - Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet, and Rene Lacoste - combined for six singles and five doubles championships between 1924 and 1929.
The All-England Club in 1922 had moved to a new site, boasting a stadium designed to seat 14,000 spectators.
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 Francia, a la sombra de los 'Mosqueteros' :: www.PortalTenis.com :: El Portal de Tenis Amateur y Profesional en español   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Desde 1927 a 1932 el equipo francés de la Copa Davis dominó con absoluta superioridad la competición por naciones.
Jean Borotra, René Lacoste, Henri Cochet y Jacques Brugnon formaron parte de la mejor generación de tenistas galos.
En la primera de ellas, Guy Forget, actual capitán, y Henri Leconte disputaron la final ante Estados Unidos (con unos jovencísimos Pete Sampras y Andre Agassi) en Lyón.
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 BBC SPORT | Tennis | Argentina hails 'musketeers'
Argentines haven't paid attention this closely to tennis since Guillermo Vilas in the 1970s, Jose Luis Clerc in the 1980s and Gabriela Sabatini in the 1990s.
"Congratulations to the new musketeers," trumpeted the tenisargentina.com website, cheekily stealing the phrase first used to describe the great French quartet of Jacques Brugnon, Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet and René Lacoste.
The "French musketeers" as they were known, pulled off one of the biggest Davis Cup shocks of all time when they won the trophy on American soil in 1927.
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 FC Lyon Henri Cochet Hockey Club - Hockey sur Gazon - Bienvenue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
FC Lyon Henri Cochet Hockey Club - Hockey sur Gazon - Bienvenue
Retrouvez les photos du match FCL 2/Caluire HC joué au Stade Henri Cochet Dimanche 25 Septembre.
La une a fait match nul 0-0 a Cambrai.
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 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 112   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Mauresmo is the first player from France to hit top spot since official rankings were introduced in 1973 for men and 1975 for women.
Prior to official rankings a number of French players have been considered the world's best, from 12-time Grand Slam champion Suzanne Lenglen in the 1920s to Rene Lacoste, Henri Cochet and Jean Borotra in the men's game during the same period.
Mauresmo, winner of three titles this year, pipped former world number one Lindsay Davenport to the top ranking.
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