Jean
Wuarin
Male
Switzerland
1905-00-00
Geneva, Switzerland
1980-04-02
Geneva, Switzerland
From the Journal de Genève, 11 April 1980:
A Tribute to Jean Wuarin
By Fernand Dominicé
It was on the occasion of a tennis tournament organized by our secondary school, in the Parc des Eaux-Vives, that we really got to know each other. Fate had been unkind to me and I suffered a crushing defeat without, at the time, being able to benefit from the extenuating circumstances. And yet Jean Wuarin was a budding Swiss champion! Great skills and quick reactions – these were the same qualities he demonstrated in his professional career and while fulfilling his political mandates. But there was more to him. He was kind and loyal, with a nice smile, sometimes a little sly, which said a lot about his feelings.
Like many of us, Jean Wuarin had learned a lot from his time as a scout with the Carouge Troop in Geneva. This training taught him an understanding of others, which is so necessary in human relationships. He was listened to on the City Council and on the Grand Council/Grand Conseil because of the charming way in which he expressed himself, combined with his sense of persuasion in defence of the causes to which he devoted himself, such as, in particular, that of small- and medium-sized businesses.
Professionally, he actively collaborated in the establishment of the “Swiss legal files” of which his brother, Albert Wuarin, also a lawyer, had been one of the initiators. More recently, Jean Wuarin had been called upon to sit on the Board of the Martin Bodmer Foundation, where his legal skills were a great contribution. Stopped too early in his activity as a lawyer, he nevertheless had the joy of seeing his eldest son enter the firm founded by his father and thus continue his family’s professional activity.
But it was during the many months that he had to live deprived of speech that the nobility of Jean Wuarin’s nature manifested itself. A husband and father of great quality, he accepted his infirmity with a class and a generosity of character which, through the courage and heart he displayed, revealed his deep nature. To his valiant wife, sons and sister, we offer our message of heartfelt sympathy.
1925 - 1969
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1937 - Geneva Cup (Amateur)
1932 - Geneva Spring Tournament (Amateur)
1931 - Swiss National Championships (Open)
1931 - Geneva Spring Tournament (Amateur)
1931 - Bad Ragaz ()
1929 - Geneva Covered Courts (Amateur)
1928 - Swiss National Championships (Open)
1928 - Bern Championships (Amateur)
1927 - Swiss National Championships (Open)
1927 - Swiss International Championships (Amateur)
1925 - Criterium de Suisse (Open)
Round 2
Pavel Brejcha 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Jean Wuarin 1 *
René Hug
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Marcel Bernard 1 *
Jean Wuarin
3-6
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Rex Hartwig 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Bernard Dupont 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Gianni Cucelli 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Jean Wuarin 1 *
René Hug
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Marcello Del Bello 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Eric Walsoe
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
André Billeter 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-0
2-6
6-1
Final
André Billeter 1 *
Jean Wuarin
9-7
7-5
Round 1
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Léo Baudère
6-1
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Jean Wuarin 1 *
N. Vollenweider
6-3
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Hans Pfaff 1 *
Jean Wuarin
5-7
6-2
4-6
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Marc Chessex
?
Semifinals
Boris Maneff 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Georges Grange
6-1
6-0
Final
Boris Maneff 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-3
7-5
7-5
Semifinals
Georges Grange 1 *
Jean Wuarin
4-6
7-5
4-6
10-8
6-4
Round 1
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Ernst R. Scheuermeier
3-6
6-4
6-1
7-9
6-3
Round 2
Georges Grange 1 *
Jean Wuarin
8-6
6-0
2-6
6-4
Semifinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Mr. Heis
3-6
6-2
6-3
Final
Boris Maneff 1 *
Jean Wuarin
4-6
6-2
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Hans Pfaff 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-2
10-8
Quarterfinals
Jost Spitzer 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-3
7-5
Final
Boris Maneff 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-1
6-2
6-2
Final
Georges Grange 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-2
7-5
3-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Werner Steiner 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-3
6-2
Final
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Mr. Rey-Coquais
6-1
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Mr. Jean-Pierre
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Hector Cosmo Fisher 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Theo Spira 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-4
3-6
6-4
Final
Boris Maneff 1 *
Jean Wuarin
4-6
6-3
6-2
7-5
Round 2
André Jacquemet 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-8
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Éric Billeter
6-4
6-2
Final
Boris Maneff 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-1
5-7
7-5
Semifinals
Boris Maneff 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
James De Martino 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Eberhard Pachaly 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-3
6-2
7-9
7-5
Round 2
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Walter Schoeller
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Maximilian S. (Max) Ellmer 1 *
Jean Wuarin
4-6
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Pascal Merlin
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Jacques Bonte 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Charles Rey
6-2
4-6
6-1
Semifinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Gaby Mercier-Odier
6-2
6-2
Final
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Boris Maneff
6-1
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Mr. Newton
6-3
8-6
Semifinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Kay Lund
8-6
3-6
6-4
Final
Boris Maneff 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Imre Zichy
6-2
8-10
6-2
9-7
Round 2
René de Buzelet 1 *
Jean Wuarin
2-6
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Imre Zichy
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Bela Von Kehrling 1 *
Jean Wuarin
5-7
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Armand Charles Simon
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
E. Luchsinger
?
Final
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Werner Menzel
7-5
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
A. Ritossa
6-1
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Maximilian S. (Max) Ellmer
10-8
2-6
8-6
6-1
Final
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Edward Flury
6-4
5-7
6-2
ret.
Round 1
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Guido Conill
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Gaby Mercier-Odier
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Maximilian S. (Max) Ellmer
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Antoine (Coco) Gentien 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-3
2-6
6-4
Round 2
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Mr. Drietomsky
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Hecht 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-4
3-6
9-7
Quarterfinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Maximilian S. (Max) Ellmer
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Antoine (Coco) Gentien 1 *
Jean Wuarin
4-6
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
A. Ritossa
w.o.
Final
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Boris Maneff
3-6
6-4
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Henri Reynaud 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-4
5-7
8-6
Semifinals
Charles Aeschlimann 1 *
Jean Wuarin
4-6
6-3
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Henri Reynaud 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-4
5-7
8-6
Round 3
Wilbur Coen 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Hector Chiesa
1-6
6-3
6-4
5-7
6-4
Final
Maurice A. Ferrier 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-2
6-8
3-6
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
J. Raisin
6-1
6-0
Final
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Boris Maneff
6-1
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Pierre Raisin
3-6
6-2
6-2
6-4
Final
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Charles Aeschlimann
9-7
2-6
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Christiaan (Kick) van Lennep 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-1
6-3
Final
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Wilhelm (Willi) Ehrenreich
6-2
6-2
?
Round 2
Heinrich Kleinschroth 1 *
Jean Wuarin
5-7
3-6
6-1
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Charles Aeschlimann
4-6
6-4
6-2
Final
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Craig H. Campbell
6-2
6-2
6-2
Final
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Charles Aeschlimann
7-5
3-6
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Dr Hans G. Syz
6-1
1-6
6-2
4-6
6-4
Semifinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
Charles Henry Martin
6-1
6-0
6-0
Final
Charles Aeschlimann 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-3
6-8
6-1
6-3
Round 4
Jean Wuarin 1 *
H. Cramer
6-4
9-7
Quarterfinals
Georg Demasius 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Willi Hannemann 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-3
4-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Charles Aeschlimann 1 *
Jean Wuarin
6-4
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Jean Wuarin 1 *
W. du Peloux
6-3
2-6
6-2
Final
J. Raisin 1 *
Jean Wuarin
4-6
6-4
7-5
1-6
6-4
Final
Jean Wuarin 1 *
W. Ruegg
6-3
7-5
1-6
6-4