Country (sports) France Role Tennis player French Open QF (1925) Grand slams won (singles) 2 | Wimbledon F (1912) Turned pro 1909 Name Andre Gobert Retired 1926 | |
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Full name Andre Maurice Henri Gobert Born 30 September 1890Paris, France ( 1890-09-30 ) Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand) Highest ranking No. 3 (1919, A. Wallis Myers) Died December 6, 1951, Paris, France Olympic medals Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men\'s Indoor Singles Similar People Maurice Germot, Max Decugis, Tony Wilding, Charles P Dixon, Carl Kempe | ||
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.
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.
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. 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.
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.