He started playing amateur tennis in the late 1920s by entering one of his first tournaments at the age of 17 in the 1926 edition of The French Covered Courts tournament in doubles, which he won by teaming up with French veteran René Lacoste. He was the runner-up at the Pacific South-west Championship in 1928(lost to fellow Frenchman Henri Cochet) although he won the mixed title trophy alongside American Anne Harper.
In the late 1920s, he began playing amateur tennis by entering a tournament at age 17 in 1926, winning the doubles event with French veteran René Lacoste. He was runner-up in the Pacific South-west Championship in 1928 to Henri Cochet, but won the mixed title with American Anne Harper.