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Juan Gisbert Sr.

Spanish tennis player (born 1942)

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Juan Gisbert Sr. (born 5 April 1942) is a retired Spanish professional tennis. He was ranked world No. 14 in 1967. He was active from 1956 to 1976 and won 14 career singles titles.

He won one ATP singles title (plus several others) and reached the finals at the Australian Championships in 1968 and Cincinnati in 1971.

In June 1965 he won the Conde de Godo Championships (currently Barcelona Open) in Barcelona on clay at the Réal Tennis Club defeating Manuel Santana, Rafael Osuna, and Martin Mulligan in best-of -five set matches.

Gisbert won the 1971 ATP Bavarian International Tennis Championships at Munich on clay defeating Mulligan, Christian Kuhnke, and Péter Szőke in the final.

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Singles (1 title, 6 runner-ups)

Doubles (21 titles, 17 runner-ups)

Juan Gisbert Sr. at the Association of Tennis Professionals

Juan Gisbert Sr. at World Tennis

Juan Gisbert Sr. at the Davis Cup (archived)

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