Juan Gisbert Sr.
| Full name | Juan Gisbert Ortiga | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country (sports) | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Barcelona, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1942 Barcelona, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1968 (amateur tour from 1956) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 445-304 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 14 (1967, World's Top 20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | F (1968) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 4R (1966) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (1963, 1972) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (1974) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | QF (1968, demonstration) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 218–71 (Open era) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | SF (1968) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | SF (1975, 1976) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (1972) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 3R (1975) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour Finals | W (1975) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | F (1968, demonstration) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Juan Gisbert Sr. (born 5 April 1942) is a retired Spanish professional tennis player from the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked world No. 14 in 1967. He was active from 1956 to 1976 and won 14 career singles titles.
He won one ATP singles title (plus several others) and reached the finals at the Australian Championships in 1968 and Cincinnati in 1971.
In June 1965 he won the Conde de Godo Championships (currently Barcelona Open) in Barcelona on clay at the Réal Tennis Club defeating Manuel Santana, Rafael Osuna, and Martin Mulligan in best-of -five set matches.
Gisbert won the 1971 ATP Bavarian International Tennis Championships at Munich on clay defeating Mulligan, Christian Kuhnke, and Péter Szőke in the final.
Grand Slam finals
Singles: (1 runner-up)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1968 | Australian Championships | Grass | Bill Bowrey | 7–5, 2–6, 9–7, 6–4 |
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles
| Tournament | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | A | QF | A | A | F | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 |
| French Open | 1R | A | A | 1R | 4R | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 9 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 |
| Strike rate | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 18 |
Open era career finals
Singles (1 title, 6 runner-ups)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 1968 | Australian Championships, Melbourne | Grass | Bill Bowrey | 5–7, 6–2, 7–9, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 1971 | Cincinnati, U.S. | Clay | Stan Smith | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 1972 | New York City | Carpet (i) | Stan Smith | 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4. | 1974 | Tokyo WCT, Japan | Hard | Rod Laver | 7–5, 2–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 1974 | Cedar Grove, U.S. | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 1. | 1975 | Shreveport, U.S. | Clay | Wojciech Fibak | 6–3, 5–7, 6–1 |
| Loss | 6. | 1975 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Ilie Năstase | 1–6, 5–7, 2–6 |
Doubles (21 titles, 17 runner-ups)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 1971 | New York, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Manuel Orantes | Jimmy Connors Haroon Rahim |
7–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 2. | 1971 | Salisbury, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Manuel Orantes | Clark Graebner Thomaz Koch |
6–3, 4–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 3. | 1971 | Barcelona WCT, Spain | Clay | Željko Franulović | Cliff Drysdale Andrés Gimeno |
7–6, 6–2, 7–6 |
| Loss | 1. | 1972 | Salisbury, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Vladimír Zedník | Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4. | 1972 | Brussels, Belgium | Clay | Manuel Orantes | Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol |
9–7, 6–3 |
| Win | 5. | 1972 | Eastbourne, England | Grass | Manuel Orantes | Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Andrew Pattison |
8–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 6. | 1972 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Manuel Orantes | Frew McMillan Ilie Năstase |
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | 1972 | Paris Indoor, France | Hard (i) | Andrés Gimeno | Pierre Barthès François Jauffret |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 7. | 1973 | Roanoke, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Jimmy Connors | Ian Fletcher Butch Seewagen |
6–0, 7–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 1973 | Omaha, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Jimmy Connors | William Brown Mike Estep |
DEF |
| Loss | 4. | 1973 | Des Moines, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Ion Țiriac | Jiří Hřebec Jan Kukal |
6–4, 6–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 1973 | Salisbury, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Jürgen Fassbender | Clark Graebner Ilie Năstase |
6–2, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 8. | 1973 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Manuel Orantes | Mike Estep Ion Țiriac |
6–4, 7–6 |
| Win | 9. | 1973 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Ilie Năstase | Georges Goven Patrick Proisy |
6–2, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6. | 1973 | Florence, Italy | Clay | Ilie Năstase | Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10. | 1973 | Paris, France | Hard (i) | Ilie Năstase | Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner |
6–2, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 7. | 1974 | Tokyo WCT, Japan | Hard | Roger Taylor | Raymond Moore Onny Parun |
6–4, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 11. | 1974 | Bournemouth, England | Clay | Ilie Năstase | Corrado Barazzutti Paolo Bertolucci |
6–4, 6–2, 6–0 |
| Loss | 8. | 1974 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Ilie Năstase | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez |
3–6, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 12. | 1974 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Ilie Năstase | Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas |
3–6, 6–0, 6–2 |
| Loss | 9. | 1975 | Roanoke, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Ion Țiriac | Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer |
6–7, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Win | 13. | 1975 | Boca Raton, U.S. | Hard | Clark Graebner | Jürgen Fassbender Ion Țiriac |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 14. | 1975 | Shreveport, U.S. | William Brown | János Benyik Róbert Machán |
6–4, 6–4 | |
| Win | 15. | 1975 | Bournemouth, UK | Clay | Manuel Orantes | Syd Ball Dick Crealy |
8–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 16. | 1975 | Hamburg, West Germany | Clay | Manuel Orantes | Wojciech Fibak Jan Kodeš |
6–3, 7–6 |
| Loss | 10. | 1975 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Manuel Orantes | Björn Borg Ove Nils Bengtson |
6–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 17. | 1975 | Indianapolis, U.S. | Clay | Manuel Orantes | Wojciech Fibak Hans-Jürgen Pohmann |
7–5, 6–0 |
| Loss | 11. | 1975 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Manuel Orantes | Jan Kodeš Ilie Năstase |
6–7, 6–4, 7–9 |
| Win | 18. | 1975 | Tehran, Iran | Clay | Manuel Orantes | Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan |
7–5, 6–7, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 12. | 1975 | Tokyo, Japan | Clay | Manuel Orantes | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez |
6–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 19. | 1975 | Calcutta, India | Carpet (i) | Manuel Orantes | Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj |
1–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 20. | 1976 | Valencia, Spain | Clay | Manuel Orantes | Corrado Barazzutti Antonio Zugarelli |
|
| Win | 21. | 1976 | Munich, West Germany | Clay | Manuel Orantes | Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann |
1–6, 6–3, 6–2, 2–3, ret. |
| Loss | 13. | 1976 | Bournemouth, England | Clay | Manuel Orantes | Wojciech Fibak Fred McNair |
6–4, 5–7, 5–7 |
| Loss | 14. | 1976 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Wojciech Fibak | Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 15. | 1976 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | Manuel Orantes | Bob Hewitt Raúl Ramírez |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 16. | 1976 | Tehran, Iran | Clay | Manuel Orantes | Wojciech Fibak Raúl Ramírez |
5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 17. | 1976 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | Stan Smith | Brian Gottfried Sherwood Stewart |
6–1, 1–6, 2–6, 6–7 |