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