Full name | André Maurice Henri Gobert | |||||||||||
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Country (sports) | France | |||||||||||
Born | Paris, France | 30 September 1890|||||||||||
Died | 6 December 1951 Paris, France | (aged 61)|||||||||||
Turned pro | 1909 (amateur tour) | |||||||||||
Retired | 1926 | |||||||||||
Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 168–53 (76%) [1] | |||||||||||
Career titles | 26 [1] | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 3 (1919, A. Wallis Myers) [2] | |||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
French Open | QF ( 1925) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | F ( 1912(AC)) | |||||||||||
Other tournaments | ||||||||||||
WHCC | F ( 1913, 1920) | |||||||||||
WCCC | W ( 1919) | |||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | W (1911) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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André Henri Gobert (30 September 1890 – 6 December 1951) was a 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. [3]
Gobert first started playing tennis at age 11. [4]
He was a two-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 and 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, then lost to Arthur Gore. [7]
He won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played on wooden courts 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 11 losses. [12]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1911 | Wimbledon | Grass | Max Decugis |
Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding |
9–7, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 1912 | Wimbledon | Grass | Max Decugis |
Charles P. Dixon Herbert Roper-Barrett |
6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 5–7 |
Full name | André Maurice Henri Gobert | |||||||||||
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Country (sports) | France | |||||||||||
Born | Paris, France | 30 September 1890|||||||||||
Died | 6 December 1951 Paris, France | (aged 61)|||||||||||
Turned pro | 1909 (amateur tour) | |||||||||||
Retired | 1926 | |||||||||||
Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 168–53 (76%) [1] | |||||||||||
Career titles | 26 [1] | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 3 (1919, A. Wallis Myers) [2] | |||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
French Open | QF ( 1925) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | F ( 1912(AC)) | |||||||||||
Other tournaments | ||||||||||||
WHCC | F ( 1913, 1920) | |||||||||||
WCCC | W ( 1919) | |||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | W (1911) | |||||||||||
Medal record
|
André Henri Gobert (30 September 1890 – 6 December 1951) was a 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. [3]
Gobert first started playing tennis at age 11. [4]
He was a two-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 and 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, then lost to Arthur Gore. [7]
He won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played on wooden courts 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 11 losses. [12]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1911 | Wimbledon | Grass | Max Decugis |
Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding |
9–7, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 1912 | Wimbledon | Grass | Max Decugis |
Charles P. Dixon Herbert Roper-Barrett |
6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 5–7 |