Juan Gisbert, Sr.
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Juan Gisbert, Sr. (born April 5, 1942, in Barcelona, Spain) played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as No. 32 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings (achieving that ranking on April 8, 1975).
He won one singles title and reached the finals at the Australian Championships in 1968 and Cincinnati in 1971.
[edit] Major finals
[edit] Grand Slam finals
[edit] Singles: 1 (0-1)
[edit] Career highlights
[edit] Singles titles (1)
| Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Championship |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score in the final |
| Runner-up |
1. |
1968 |
Australian Championships, Melbourne |
Grass |
Bill Bowrey |
5–7, 6–2, 7–9, 4–6 |
| Runner-up |
2. |
1971 |
Cincinnati, U.S. |
Clay |
Stan Smith |
6–7, 3–6 |
| Runner-up |
3. |
1972 |
New York, U.S. |
Indoor |
Stan Smith |
6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up |
4. |
1974 |
Tokyo WCT, Japan |
|
Rod Laver |
7–5, 2–6, 0–6 |
| Runner-up |
5. |
1974 |
Cedar Grove, U.S. |
|
Ilie Năstase |
4–6, 6–7 |
| Winner |
1. |
1975 |
Shreveport, U.S. |
|
Wojtek Fibak |
6–3, 5–7, 6–1 |
| Runner-up |
6. |
1975 |
Barcelona, Spain |
Clay |
Ilie Năstase |
1–6, 5–7, 2–6 |
[edit] Doubles titles (21)
| Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents in the final |
Score in the final |
| Winner |
2. |
1971 |
New York, U.S. |
Indoor |
Manuel Orantes |
Jimmy Connors
Haroon Rahim |
7–6, 6–2 |
| Winner |
3. |
1971 |
Salisbury, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
Manuel Orantes |
Clark Graebner
Thomaz Koch |
6–3, 4–6, 7–6 |
| Winner |
3. |
1971 |
Barcelona WCT, Spain |
Clay |
Željko Franulović |
Cliff Drysdale
Andrés Gimeno |
7–6, 6–2, 7–6 |
| Runner-up |
1. |
1972 |
Salisbury, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
Vladimír Zedník |
Andrés Gimeno
Manuel Orantes |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner |
4. |
1972 |
Brussels, Belgium |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Patricio Cornejo
Jaime Fillol |
9–7, 6–3 |
| Winner |
5. |
1972 |
Eastbourne, England |
Grass |
Manuel Orantes |
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Andrew Pattison |
8–6, 6–2 |
| Winner |
6. |
1972 |
Barcelona, Spain |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Frew McMillan
Ilie Năstase |
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up |
2. |
1972 |
Paris Indoor, France |
Hard (i) |
Andrés Gimeno |
Pierre Barthès
François Jauffret |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Winner |
7. |
1973 |
Roanoke, U.S. |
Hard |
Jimmy Connors |
Ian Fletcher
Butch Seewagen |
6–0, 7–6 |
| Runner-up |
3. |
1973 |
Omaha, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
Jimmy Connors |
William Brown
Mike Estep |
DEF |
| Runner-up |
4. |
1973 |
Des Moines, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
Ion Ţiriac |
Jiří Hřebec
Jan Kukal |
6–4, 6–7, 1–6 |
| Runner-up |
5. |
1973 |
Salisbury, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
Jürgen Fassbender |
Clark Graebner
Ilie Năstase |
6–2, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner |
8. |
1973 |
Barcelona, Spain |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Mike Estep
Ion Ţiriac |
6–4, 7–6 |
| Winner |
9. |
1973 |
Monte Carlo, Monaco |
Clay |
Ilie Năstase |
Georges Goven
Patrick Proisy |
6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Runner-up |
6. |
1973 |
Florence, Italy |
Clay |
Ilie Năstase |
Paolo Bertolucci
Adriano Panatta |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Winner |
10. |
1973 |
Paris, France |
Hard (i) |
Ilie Năstase |
Arthur Ashe
Roscoe Tanner |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up |
7. |
1974 |
Tokyo WCT, Japan |
|
Roger Taylor |
Raymond Moore
Onny Parun |
6–4, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Winner |
11. |
1974 |
Bournemouth, England |
Clay |
Ilie Năstase |
Corrado Barazzutti
Paolo Bertolucci |
6–2, 7–5 |
| Runner-up |
8. |
1974 |
Rome, Italy |
Clay |
Ilie Năstase |
Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez |
3–6, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Winner |
12. |
1974 |
Barcelona, Spain |
Clay |
Ilie Năstase |
Manuel Orantes
Guillermo Vilas |
3–6, 6–0, 6–2 |
| Runner-up |
9. |
1975 |
Roanoke, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
Ion Ţiriac |
Vitas Gerulaitis
Sandy Mayer |
6–7, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Winner |
13. |
1975 |
Boca Raton, U.S. |
Hard |
Clark Graebner |
Jürgen Fassbender
Ion Ţiriac |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner |
14. |
1975 |
Shreveport, U.S. |
|
William Brown |
János Benyik
Róbert Machán |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner |
15. |
1975 |
Bournemouth, U.K. |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Syd Ball
Dick Crealy |
8–6, 6–3 |
| Winner |
16. |
1975 |
Hamburg, Germany |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Wojtek Fibak
Jan Kodeš |
6–3, 7–6 |
| Runner-up |
10. |
1975 |
Båstad, Sweden |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Björn Borg
Ove Nils Bengtson |
6–7, 5–7 |
| Winner |
17. |
1975 |
Indianapolis, U.S. |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Wojtek Fibak
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann |
7–5, 6–0 |
| Runner-up |
11. |
1975 |
Madrid, Spain |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Jan Kodeš
Ilie Năstase |
6–7, 6–4, 7–9 |
| Winner |
18. |
1975 |
Tehran, Iran |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Bob Hewitt
Frew McMillan |
7–5, 6–7, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Runner-up |
12. |
1975 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez |
6–7, 4–6 |
| Winner |
19. |
1975 |
Calcutta, India |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Anand Amritraj
Vijay Amritraj |
1–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner |
20. |
1976 |
Valencia, Spain |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Corrado Barazzutti
Antonio Zugarelli |
|
| Winner |
21. |
1976 |
Munich, Germany |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Jürgen Fassbender
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann |
1–6, 6–3, 6–2, 2–3, ret. |
| Runner-up |
13. |
1976 |
Bournemouth, England |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Wojtek Fibak
Fred McNair |
6–4, 5–7, 5–7 |
| Runner-up |
14. |
1976 |
Båstad, Sweden |
Clay |
Wojtek Fibak |
Fred McNair
Sherwood Stewart |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up |
15. |
1976 |
Montreal, Canada |
Hard |
Manuel Orantes |
Bob Hewitt
Raúl Ramírez |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up |
16. |
1976 |
Tehran, Iran |
Clay |
Manuel Orantes |
Wojtek Fibak
Raúl Ramírez |
5–7, 1–6 |
| Runner-up |
17. |
1976 |
Johannesburg WCT, South Africa |
Hard |
Stan Smith |
Brian Gottfried
Sherwood Stewart |
6–1, 1–6, 2–6, 6–7 |
[edit] References
| Persondata |
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Gisbert, Juan |
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| Short description |
Spanish tennis player |
| Date of birth |
April 5, 1942 |
| Place of birth |
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