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]
Full name | André Maurice Henri Gobert | ||||||||||
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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 [1] | ||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 3 (1919, A. Wallis Myers)[2] | ||||||||||
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French Open | QF (1925) | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | F (1912) | ||||||||||
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WHCC | F (1913, 1920) | ||||||||||
WCCC | W (1919) | ||||||||||
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Wimbledon | W (1911) | ||||||||||
Medal record
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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 |
André Gobert in the Grand Slam tournaments and ILTF World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic tennis men's singles champions | |
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Demonstration |
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Indoor |
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Olympic tennis men's doubles champions | |
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Outdoor |
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