Jorge Gisbert Ortiga (born 1950) is a retired

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player from

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

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. His two older brothers,

Juan ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philip ...

and

José María José María (abbreviated José Mª) is a Spanish language male given name, usually considered a single given name rather than two names, and is a combination of the Spanish names of Saint Joseph, Joseph and Mary (mother of Jesus), Mary, the paren ...

, competed for

in the

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ...

, and the former was a Grand Slam singles finalist. As a junior player, his most remarkable result came at the 1968 Orange Bowl. He defeated

Carlos Kirmayr Carlos Kirmayr (born 23 September 1950) is a retired Brazilian professional tennis player. Kirmayr won a total of 10 Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural ''Grands Prix'') most commonly refers to: * Grand Prix motor racing, a form ...

and

Jorge Andrew Jorge Andrew (born 2 November 1951) is a former professional tennis player from Venezuela. Most of his tennis success was in doubles. During his career, he finished runner-up at three doubles events. Andrew was a member of the Venezuelan Davis C ...

before losing to

Fred Hemmes Sr. Fred Hemmes Sr. (born 14 June 1950) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.Barcelona Open, which was part of the 1969 ITF Men's Tennis tour, and lost in the first round to eventual champion

Manuel Orantes Manuel Orantes Corral (; born 6 February 1949) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He won 36 career singles titles, including the 1975 US Open, defeating defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final. Orantes reached a career-high ...

. He failed to make it through qualifiers in subsequent editions of the tournament.

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