Juan Gisbert Sr. (born 5 April 1942) is a retired Spanish professional

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player from the 1960s and 1970s. 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

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in 1968 and

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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

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, and

Martin Mulligan Martin "Marty" Mulligan (born 18 October 1940) is a former tennis player from Australia. He is best known for reaching the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1962, where he was defeated by fellow Australian Rod Laver. Personal life Mulligan w ...

in best-of -five set matches. Gisbert won the 1971 ATP

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at Munich on clay defeating Mulligan,

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, and

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in the final.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Singles

Open era career finals

Singles (1 title, 6 runner-ups)

Doubles (21 titles, 17 runner-ups)

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gisbert, Juan 1942 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona Tennis players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in tennis Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1967 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1971 Mediterranean Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Spain 20th-century Spanish sportsmen