- Earl Cochell
Earl Cochell (born
May 18 ,1922 ), is the onlytennis player ever barred for life by theUnited States Tennis Association .Cochell was ranked as high as No. 6 in the U.S.
ranking s before the 1951 U.S. Nationals. In a fourth-round match withGardnar Mulloy , he became angry over a line call and tried to address the crowd by climbing into the chair umpire's ladder to take the microphone.He was barred from doing so, and eventually lost the match to Mulloy. Two days later, Cochell was suspended indefinitely and dropped from the rankings by the USTA. He never played another tennis match.
Cochell played his collegiate tennis at the
University of Southern California , and was runner-up (toTony Trabert of theUniversity of Cincinnati ) in the NCAA singles championship in 1951. In 1946, he reached the singles quarterfinals at theCincinnati Masters .
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