Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1942 an sanar da Gasar Faransa ta Rufe kuma Cochet da Bernard Destremau ne suka ci nasara. A cikin 1943 ya kai wasan karshe a cikin 'yan kasa guda daya ya rasa shi ga Yvon Petra. Ya kuma halarci wasannin sadaka don tara kuɗi don fursunonin ikon Axis. A shekara mai zuwa Cochet ya hadu da Petra don taken kuma ya rasa a karo na biyu a jere. A gasar zakarun Faransa ta baya-bayan nan da aka yi a lokacin yaƙi, ya lashe kambin biyu tare da Pierre Pellizza. Duk da kasancewa mai son sake dawowa, har yanzu yana matsayi na 9 a cikin jerin sunayen pro na farko da kungiyar Tennis ta Duniya ta buga a shekarar 1945. Bayan da
Ya buga wasan farko na kasa da kasa a Paris a kan Bill Sidwell, wanda ya ci nasara cikin sauki.