Frank Gebert

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Frank Gebert
Full name Frank Gebert
Country (sports)  West Germany
Born (1952-11-06) 6 November 1952 (age 71)
Singles
Career record 34–61
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 85 (31 December 1977)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (1973)
French Open 3R (1976)
Wimbledon 1R (1973, 1977)
US Open 1R (1977)
Doubles
Career record 20–48
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1973)
French Open 2R (1976)
Wimbledon 1R (1973)

Frank Gebert (born 6 November 1952) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Biography

Gebert lost to Byron Bertram in the boy's singles final at the 1970 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

During the 1970s he competed professionally and he appeared in all four Grand Slam tournaments. He made the third round of the 1976 French Open.[2]

His best year on tour was 1977 when he was a finalist at the Cairo Open. He lost the final to François Jauffret, who he then beat along with Pat Dupre en route to the semi-finals of his next Grand Prix tournament in Murcia. Later in the year he made further semi-finals in Gstaad and Zürich. He also managed to win the first set against Guillermo Vilas when they met in the Louisville Open.[3]

A graduate of the Free University of Berlin, Gebert is now a Professor of Economics at SRH University Heidelberg.[4]

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 1977 Cairo, Egypt Clay France François Jauffret 3–6, 5–7, 4–6

References

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