Juan Gisbert, Sr.

Medal record
Tennis
Competitor for  Spain
Summer Universiade
Gold 1967 Tokyo Doubles

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.

Contents

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1968 Australian Championships Grass William Bowrey 7–5, 2–6, 9–7, 6–4

Career highlights

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

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

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