Carl Earn

Carl Earn
Country  United States
Born March 7, 1921
Los Angeles, USA
Died April 1, 2007 (aged 86)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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)
Last updated on: December 17, 2012.

Carl Earn (March 7, 1921 – April 1, 2007) was a former American tennis player who played 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.

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