Adrien Aron

Adrien Aron ((1902-04-29)29 April 1902 in Paris – (1969-11-30)30 November 1969 in Neuilly-sur-Seine), was a French tennis and bridge player, and a philately specialist.

Adrien Aron
Harry Hopman and Aron in 1928, during a France-Australia match at Roland Garros[1]
Born	April 29, 1902 Paris
Died	November 30, 1969(1969-11-30) (aged 67) Neuilly-sur-Seine
Occupation(s)	Tennis and bridge player, philately specialist

Biography

Adrien Aron was the older brother of philosopher Raymond Aron. He graduated with a law degree.^{[citation needed]}

During the interwar period, he was described as "elegant, frequented the rich circles of tennis and gambling clubs; he perfectly embodied the man of pleasure, a type of man that my philosophical self despised and that perhaps a part of myself, barely conscious, humiliated by his sovereign lightness, admired or envied," said his brother.^[2]

Tennis career

He was described by Jean Samazeuilh as a "real machine to return the ball and a crocodile of the worst kind".^[3] However, he could not compete with the "Musketeers". At the end of 1928, he was ranked the eleventh best French player by the French Tennis Federation.^[4]

He won the Deauville tournament three times.^[5] He won the Porée Cup in 1928, defeating Louis Géraud in the final.^[6]

He participated six times in the French Championships between 1925 and 1931. Notably, he was defeated by the Hungarian champion Béla von Kehrling in 1926^[7] and by Patrick Spence in five sets in 1927.^[8]

Bridge career

From the 1930s, he focused on bridge, becoming one of France's leading specialists in the game, alongside Pierre Albarran.^[9]

Philately

After the war, he gave up rackets and cards and became passionate about philately.^[2] In 1959, he published Les Secrets de la philatélie with Calmann-Lévy.^{[citation needed]}

Works

• Pierre Bellanger, Pierre Albarran, Adrien Aron, and Sophoklís Venizélos, Bridge, les 102 donnes d'un grand match, Grasset, Paris, 1933.
• Adrien Aron and Jean Fayard, L'art du bridge, Arthème Fayard, Paris, 1938.
• Adrien Aron, Les Secrets de la philatélie, Calmann-Lévy, Paris, 1959.