Frank Gebert
Full name | Frank Gebert |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | 6 November 1952 |
Singles | |
Career record | 34–61 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 85 (31 December 1977) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1973) |
French Open | 3R (1976) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1973, 1977) |
US Open | 1R (1977) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 20–48 |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1973) |
French Open | 2R (1976) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1973) |
Frank Gebert (born 6 November 1952) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
Biography
Gebert lost to Byron Bertram in the boys' singles final at the 1970 Wimbledon Championships.[1]
During the 1970s, he competed professionally and he appeared in all four Grand Slam tournaments. He made the third round of the 1976 French Open.[2]
His best year on tour was 1977, when he was a finalist at the Cairo Open. He lost the final to François Jauffret, who he then beat along with Pat Dupre en route to the semi-finals of his next Grand Prix tournament in Murcia. Later in the year, he made further semi-finals in Gstaad and Zürich. He also managed to win the first set against Guillermo Vilas when they met in the Louisville Open.[3]
A graduate of the Free University of Berlin, Gebert is now a Professor of Economics at SRH University Heidelberg.[4]
Grand Prix career finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Mar 1977 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 5–7, 4–6 |
References
- ^ "The Junior Championships, Wimbledon" (PDF). International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - French Open - 31 May - 13 June 1976". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ "Vilas Wins Louisville Tennis Test". Schenectady Gazette. 28 July 1977. p. 35. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Frank Gebert - SRH Hochschule Heidelberg" (in German). SRH University Heidelberg. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.