Juan Gisbert Sr.

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Juan Gisbert Sr.
Full nameJuan Gisbert Ortiga
Country (sports)Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
Residence Barcelona, Spain
Born (1942-04-05) 5 April 1942 (age 82)
Barcelona, Spain
Turned pro1968 (amateur tour from 1962)
Retired1976
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record445-304
Career titles12
Highest rankingNo. 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 record218–71 (Open era)
Career titles21
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
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1967 Tokyo Doubles
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1971 İzmir Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1967 Tunis Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1967 Tunis Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1971 İzmir Singles

Juan Gisbert Sr. (born 5 April 1942) is a retired Spanish amateur and professional tennis player from the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked world No. 14 in 1967.

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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 (0–1)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss 1968 Australian Championships Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Bowrey 7–5, 2–6, 9–7, 6–4

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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

Tournament19621963196419651966196719681969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 SR
Australian Open AAA QF AA F AAAAAAAA0 / 2
French Open 1R AA 1R 4R A 1R A 2R 1R 2R A 1R 1R A0 / 9
Wimbledon 1R 2R A 1R AAAAAA 2R AAAA0 / 4
US Open AAAAAAAAAAAA 2R 1R 1R 0 / 3
Strike rate0 / 20 / 10 / 00 / 30 / 10 / 00 / 20 / 00 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 00 / 20 / 20 / 10 / 18

Open era career finals

Singles (1 title, 6 runner-ups)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.1968 Australian Championships, Melbourne Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Bowrey 5–7, 6–2, 7–9, 4–6
Loss2.1971 Cincinnati, U.S. Clay Flag of the United States.svg Stan Smith 6–7, 3–6
Loss3.1972New York CityCarpet (i) Flag of the United States.svg Stan Smith 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 1–6
Loss4.1974 Tokyo WCT, Japan Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Laver 7–5, 2–6, 0–6
Loss5.1974 Cedar Grove, U.S. Clay Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ilie Năstase 4–6, 6–7
Win1.1975 Shreveport, U.S. Clay Flag of Poland.svg Wojtek Fibak 6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Loss6.1975 Barcelona, Spain Clay Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ilie Năstase1–6, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles (21 titles, 17 runner-ups)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.1971New York, U.S.Carpet (i) Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Connors
Flag of Pakistan.svg Haroon Rahim
7–6, 6–2
Win2.1971 Salisbury, U.S.Carpet (i) Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of the United States.svg Clark Graebner
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Thomaz Koch
6–3, 4–6, 7–6
Win3.1971 Barcelona WCT, SpainClay Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Željko Franulović Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Cliff Drysdale
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Andrés Gimeno
7–6, 6–2, 7–6
Loss1.1972 Salisbury, U.S.Carpet (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimír Zedník Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Andrés Gimeno
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes
4–6, 3–6
Win4.1972 Brussels, BelgiumClay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of Chile.svg Patricio Cornejo
Flag of Chile.svg Jaime Fillol
9–7, 6–3
Win5.1972 Eastbourne, EnglandGrass Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Flag of Rhodesia (1968-1979).svg Andrew Pattison
8–6, 6–2
Win6.1972 Barcelona, SpainClay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Frew McMillan
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ilie Năstase
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss2.1972 Paris Indoor, FranceHard (i) Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Andrés Gimeno Flag of France.svg Pierre Barthès
Flag of France.svg François Jauffret
3–6, 2–6
Win7.1973 Roanoke, U.S.Carpet (i) Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Connors Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Fletcher
Flag of the United States.svg Butch Seewagen
6–0, 7–6
Loss3.1973 Omaha, U.S.Carpet (i) Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Connors Flag of the United States.svg William Brown
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Estep
DEF
Loss4.1973 Des Moines, U.S.Carpet (i) Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ion Țiriac Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Hřebec
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Kukal
6–4, 6–7, 1–6
Loss5.1973 Salisbury, U.S.Carpet (i) Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Fassbender Flag of the United States.svg Clark Graebner
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ilie Năstase
6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Win8.1973 Barcelona, SpainClay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of the United States.svg Mike Estep
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ion Țiriac
6–4, 7–6
Win9.1973 Monte Carlo, MonacoClay Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ilie Năstase Flag of France.svg Georges Goven
Flag of France.svg Patrick Proisy
6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Loss6.1973 Florence, ItalyClay Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ilie Năstase Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Bertolucci
Flag of Italy.svg Adriano Panatta
3–6, 4–6
Win10.1973 Paris, FranceHard (i) Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ilie Năstase Flag of the United States.svg Arthur Ashe
Flag of the United States.svg Roscoe Tanner
6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Loss7.1974 Tokyo WCT, JapanHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roger Taylor Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Raymond Moore
Flag of New Zealand.svg Onny Parun
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Win11.1974 Bournemouth, EnglandClay Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ilie Năstase Flag of Italy.svg Corrado Barazzutti
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Bertolucci
6–4, 6–2, 6–0
Loss8.1974 Rome, ItalyClay Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ilie Năstase Flag of the United States.svg Brian Gottfried
Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Ramírez
3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Win12.1974 Barcelona, SpainClay Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ilie Năstase Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes
Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Vilas
3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Loss9.1975 Roanoke, U.S.Carpet (i) Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ion Țiriac Flag of the United States.svg Vitas Gerulaitis
Flag of the United States.svg Sandy Mayer
6–7, 6–1, 3–6
Win13.1975 Boca Raton, U.S.Hard Flag of the United States.svg Clark Graebner Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Fassbender
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ion Țiriac
6–2, 6–1
Win14.1975 Shreveport, U.S. Flag of the United States.svg William Brown Flag of Hungary.svg János Benyik
Flag of Hungary.svg Róbert Machán
6–4, 6–4
Win15.1975 Bournemouth, UKClay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Syd Ball
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Crealy
8–6, 6–3
Win16.1975 Hamburg, West GermanyClay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of Poland.svg Wojtek Fibak
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Kodeš
6–3, 7–6
Loss10.1975 Båstad, SwedenClay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Borg
Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Nils Bengtson
6–7, 5–7
Win17.1975 Indianapolis, U.S.Clay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of Poland.svg Wojtek Fibak
Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
7–5, 6–0
Loss11.1975 Madrid, SpainClay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Kodeš
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ilie Năstase
6–7, 6–4, 7–9
Win18.1975 Tehran, IranClay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Bob Hewitt
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Frew McMillan
7–5, 6–7, 6–1, 6–4
Loss12.1975 Tokyo, JapanClay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of the United States.svg Brian Gottfried
Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Ramírez
6–7, 4–6
Win19.1975 Calcutta, IndiaCarpet (i) Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of India.svg Anand Amritraj
Flag of India.svg Vijay Amritraj
1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win20.1976 Valencia, SpainClay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of Italy.svg Corrado Barazzutti
Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Zugarelli
Win21.1976 Munich, West GermanyClay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Fassbender
Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
1–6, 6–3, 6–2, 2–3, ret.
Loss13.1976 Bournemouth, EnglandClay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of Poland.svg Wojtek Fibak
Flag of the United States.svg Fred McNair
6–4, 5–7, 5–7
Loss14.1976 Båstad, SwedenClay Flag of Poland.svg Wojtek Fibak Flag of the United States.svg Fred McNair
Flag of the United States.svg Sherwood Stewart
3–6, 4–6
Loss15.1976 Montreal, CanadaHard Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Bob Hewitt
Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Ramírez
2–6, 1–6
Loss16.1976 Tehran, IranClay Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Orantes Flag of Poland.svg Wojtek Fibak
Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Ramírez
5–7, 1–6
Loss17.1976 Johannesburg, South AfricaHard Flag of the United States.svg Stan Smith Flag of the United States.svg Brian Gottfried
Flag of the United States.svg Sherwood Stewart
6–1, 1–6, 2–6, 6–7

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