Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1942, a mara ọkwa na a ga-enwe asọmpi French Closed Championships, ndị Cochet na Bernard Destremau merikwara na nke abụọ. N'afọ 1943 ọ ruru na ngwụcha nke ndị otu na otu mba ahụ, Yvon Petra meriri ya. O sonyekwara n'asọmpi ebere iji nweta ego maka ndị mkpọrọ nke ike Axis. N'afọ sochirinụ Cochet zutere Petra maka aha ahụ ma tufuo nke ugboro abụọ. N'asọmpi ikpeazụ nke France n'oge agha, ọ meriri aha abụọ n'akụkụ Pierre Pellizza. N'agbanyeghi na ọ bụ onye amụrụ amụrụ ọzọ, ọ ka nọ n'ọkwa nke itoolu na ọkwa pro pro mbụ nke World's Professional Tennis Association bipụtara na 1945. Mgbe ndị
Ọ gbara asọmpi mba ụwa mbụ ya na Paris megide Bill Sidwell, nke ọ meriri n'ụzọ dị mfe.