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Carl Earn

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Carl Earn
Country (sports) United States
Born(1921-03-07)March 7, 1921
Los Angeles, United States
DiedApril 1, 2007(2007-04-01) (aged 86)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Turned pro1946 (amateur tour from 1940)
Retired1956
PlaysLeft-handed (1-handed backhand)
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 7 (1946, PPA ranking)[1]
Professional majors
US ProSF (1954, 1955)
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.

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