Henri Rochon

In the Davis Cup, Rochon played matches for Canada every year from 1946 through 1953 as well as in 1955 and 1956. All ties he played in, except for the last one, were home fixtures and took place at the Mount Royal Tennis Club in Montreal on a grass surface, although the Canadian players were clay specialists. (The final one was played away against the Caribbean, in Trinidad). As with other Canadians of that era, Rochon never beat an American or Australian player in 8 matches, losing all 24 sets. Against Mexico, his match win–loss record was 2 wins, 4 losses in singles and 1 and 1 in doubles; as a team, Canada, featuring Rochon, lost two ties to Mexico in the late 1940s before winning two in the 1950s. Canada’s best result during that time was reaching the America zone Final five times – 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1955. Each time, however, they would come up against either the U.S. or Australia. (At the time there were two zones – Europe and America, with the latter being essentially a ‘rest of the world’ zone.)

Rochon appeared in U.S. National Championship fourteen consecutive times in singles, beginning in 1945. His best result came in 1951 when he reached the fourth round. In that round, he leveled his match with No. 5 seed Tony Trabert at a set all before falling in four. In the same year, he made his only Wimbledon Championships appearance, reaching the second round.

Henri Rochon (12 March 1924 – 5 February 2005) was a Canadian National tennis champion and Davis Cup tennis player.