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 finals

Singles: (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1968 Australian Championships Grass Bill Bowrey 7–5, 2–6, 9–7, 6–4

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Singles Tournament 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976Australian Open A A AQF A AF A A A A A A A A 0 / 2French Open1R A A1R4R A1R A2R1R2R A1R1R A 0 / 9Wimbledon1R2R A1R A A A A A A2R A A A A 0 / 4US Open A A A A A A A A A A A A2R1R1R 0 / 3Strike rate 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1

Open era career finals

Singles (1 title, 6 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1.1968Australian ChampionshipsGrass Bill Bowrey5–7, 6–2, 7–9, 4–6Loss2.1971Cincinnati, U.S.Clay Stan Smith6–7, 3–6Loss3.1972New York CityCarpet (i) Stan Smith6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 1–6Loss4.1974Tokyo WCT, JapanHard Rod Laver7–5, 2–6, 0–6Loss5.1974Cedar Grove, U.S.Clay Ilie Năstase4–6, 6–7Win1.1975Shreveport, U.S.Clay Wojciech Fibak6–3, 5–7, 6–1Loss6.1975Barcelona, SpainClay Ilie Năstase1–6, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles (21 titles, 17 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1.1971New York, U.S.Carpet (i) Manuel Orantes Jimmy Connors Haroon Rahim7–6, 6–2Win2.1971Salisbury, U.S.Carpet (i) Manuel Orantes Clark Graebner Thomaz Koch6–3, 4–6, 7–6Win3.1971Barcelona WCT, SpainClay Željko Franulović Cliff Drysdale Andrés Gimeno7–6, 6–2, 7–6Loss1.1972Salisbury, U.S.Carpet (i) Vladimír Zedník Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes4–6, 3–6Win4.1972Brussels, BelgiumClay Manuel Orantes Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol9–7, 6–3Win5.1972Eastbourne, EnglandGrass Manuel Orantes Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Andrew Pattison8–6, 6–2Win6.1972Barcelona, SpainClay Manuel Orantes Frew McMillan Ilie Năstase6–3, 3–6, 6–4Loss2.1972Paris Indoor, FranceHard (i) Andrés Gimeno Pierre Barthès François Jauffret3–6, 2–6Win7.1973Roanoke, U.S.Carpet (i) Jimmy Connors Ian Fletcher Butch Seewagen6–0, 7–6Loss3.1973Omaha, U.S.Carpet (i) Jimmy Connors William Brown Mike EstepDEFLoss4.1973Des Moines, U.S.Carpet (i) Ion Țiriac Jiří Hřebec Jan Kukal6–4, 6–7, 1–6Loss5.1973Salisbury, U.S.Carpet (i) Jürgen Fassbender Clark Graebner Ilie Năstase6–2, 4–6, 3–6Win8.1973Barcelona, SpainClay Manuel Orantes Mike Estep Ion Țiriac6–4, 7–6Win9.1973Monte Carlo, MonacoClay Ilie Năstase Georges Goven Patrick Proisy6–2, 6–2, 6–2Loss6.1973Florence, ItalyClay Ilie Năstase Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta3–6, 4–6Win10.1973Paris, FranceHard (i) Ilie Năstase Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner6–2, 4–6, 7–5Loss7.1974Tokyo WCT, JapanHard Roger Taylor Raymond Moore Onny Parun6–4, 2–6, 4–6Win11.1974Bournemouth, EnglandClay Ilie Năstase Corrado Barazzutti Paolo Bertolucci 6–4, 6–2, 6–0Loss8.1974Rome, ItalyClay Ilie Năstase Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez3–6, 2–6, 3–6Win12.1974Barcelona, SpainClay Ilie Năstase Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas3–6, 6–0, 6–2Loss9.1975Roanoke, U.S.Carpet (i) Ion Țiriac Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer6–7, 6–1, 3–6Win13.1975Boca Raton, U.S.Hard Clark Graebner Jürgen Fassbender Ion Țiriac6–2, 6–1Win14.1975Shreveport, U.S. William Brown János Benyik Róbert Machán6–4, 6–4Win15.1975Bournemouth, UKClay Manuel Orantes Syd Ball Dick Crealy8–6, 6–3Win16.1975Hamburg, West GermanyClay Manuel Orantes Wojciech Fibak Jan Kodeš6–3, 7–6Loss10.1975Båstad, SwedenClay Manuel Orantes Björn Borg Ove Nils Bengtson6–7, 5–7Win17.1975Indianapolis, U.S.Clay Manuel Orantes Wojciech Fibak Hans-Jürgen Pohmann7–5, 6–0Loss11.1975Madrid, SpainClay Manuel Orantes Jan Kodeš Ilie Năstase6–7, 6–4, 7–9Win18.1975Tehran, IranClay Manuel Orantes Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan7–5, 6–7, 6–1, 6–4Loss12.1975Tokyo, JapanClay Manuel Orantes Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 6–7, 4–6Win19.1975Calcutta, IndiaCarpet (i) Manuel Orantes Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj1–6, 6–4, 6–3Win20.1976Valencia, SpainClay Manuel Orantes Corrado Barazzutti Antonio Zugarelli6–1, 6–4Win21.1976Munich, West GermanyClay Manuel Orantes Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann1–6, 6–3, 6–2, 2–3, ret.Loss13.1976Bournemouth, EnglandClay Manuel Orantes Wojciech Fibak Fred McNair6–4, 5–7, 5–7Loss14.1976Båstad, SwedenClay Wojciech Fibak Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart3–6, 4–6Loss15.1976Montreal, CanadaHard Manuel Orantes Bob Hewitt Raúl Ramírez2–6, 1–6Loss16.1976Tehran, IranClay Manuel Orantes Wojciech Fibak Raúl Ramírez5–7, 1–6Loss17.1976Johannesburg, South AfricaHard Stan Smith Brian Gottfried Sherwood Stewart6–1, 1–6, 2–6, 6–7

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