André Gobert

André Gobert

Full name	André Maurice Henri Gobert
Country (sports)	France
Born	30 September 1890 Paris, France
Died	6 December 1951 (aged 61) Paris, France
Turned pro	1909 (amateur tour)
Retired	1926
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 3 (1919, A. Wallis Myers)[1]
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.^[2]

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.^[3][4]

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.^[5][6][7] 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.^[8]

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.^[9]

Grand Slam finals

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

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1911	Wimbledon	Grass	Max Decugis	Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding	9–7, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Runner-up	1912	Wimbledon	Grass	Max Decugis	Charles P. Dixon Herbert Roper-Barrett	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 5–7

References

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

External links

• André Gobert at the International Tennis Federation
• André Gobert at the Davis Cup
• André Gobert at Sports Reference