André Gobert

André Gobert
Full name André Maurice Henri Gobert
Country (sports)  France
Born (1890-09-30)30 September 1890
Paris, France
Died 6 December 1951(1951-12-06) (aged 61)
Paris, France
Turned pro 1909 (amateur tour)
Retired 1926
Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record 168-53 (76%) [1]
Career titles 26 [2]
Highest ranking No. 3 (1919, A. Wallis Myers)[3]
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open QF (1925)
Wimbledon F (1912)
Other tournaments
WHCC F (1913, 1920)
WCCC W (1919)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon W (1911)
Medal record
Summer Olympics
1912 Stockholm Singles (indoor)
1912 Stockholm Doubles (indoor)

André Henri Gobert (30 September 1890 – 6 December 1951) was a male tennis player from France. Gobert is a double Olympic tennis champion of 1912. At the Stockholm Games he won both the men's singles and doubles indoor Gold medals.

He was born and died in Paris.

Career

Gobert first started playing tennis at age eleven.[4]

He was a 2-time winner of the French Championships in 1911 and 1920, when the tournament was only open to amateur tennis players who had a membership with a French tennis club. He also won the International Lawn Tennis Federation's World Covered Court Championship (Indoor Wood) in 1919. Also twice runner-up at the World Hard Court Championships on Clay (1913 & 1920). He won the indoor tennis Gold medal at the 1912 Olympic Games.[5][6] Gobert reached the Wimbledon all comers final in 1912, beating James Cecil Parke and Max Decugis before losing to Arthur Gore.[7]

He won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played at the Queen's Club in London, five times; in 1911, 1912, 1920, 1921 and 1922.[8][9][10] In 1910 he won the All England Plate at Wimbledon, the competition for players who were defeated in the first and second rounds of the singles competition.[11]

Between 1912 and 1922 Gobert played for the French Davis Cup team in five ties and compiled a record of three wins and eleven losses.[12]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner1911WimbledonGrassFrance Max DecugisUnited Kingdom Major Ritchie
New Zealand Anthony Wilding		9–7, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Runner-up1912WimbledonGrassFrance Max DecugisUnited Kingdom Charles P. Dixon
United Kingdom Herbert Roper-Barrett		6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 5–7

References

  1. ↑ Garcia, Gabriel. "Andre Gobert: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Garcia, Gabriel. "Andre Gobert: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. ↑ United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 423.
  4. ↑ "A.H. Gobert – French Champion". Hawera & Normanby Star. 17 November 1923.
  5. ↑ "OLYMPIC GAMES". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 May 1912. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "André Gobert Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  7. ↑ "Wimbledon 1912". www.tennis.co.nf.
  8. ↑ "WILDING DEFEATED". The Border Watch. Mount Gambier, SA. 1 May 1912. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP". The Examiner (DAILY ed.). Launceston, Tasmania. 19 April 1920. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "LAWN TENNIS". Western Argus. Kalgoorlie, WA. 25 April 1922. p. 26 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "LAWN TENNIS". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 May 1911. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Davis Cup – Player Profile Andre Gobert". ITF.

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