André Gobert

André Henri Gobert (30 September 1890 – 6 December 1951) was a tennis player from France. Gobert is a double Olympic tennis champion of 1912. At the Stockholm Games, he won both the men's singles and doubles indoor gold medals.^[3]

André Gobert

Full name	André Maurice Henri Gobert
Country (sports)	France
Born	(1890-09-30)30 September 1890 Paris, France
Died	6 December 1951(1951-12-06) (aged 61) Paris, France
Turned pro	1909 (amateur tour)
Retired	1926
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	168–53 (76%)[1]
Career titles	26[1]
Highest ranking	No. 3 (1919, A. Wallis Myers)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	QF (1925)
Wimbledon	F (1912(AC))
Other tournaments
WHCC	F (1913, 1920)
WCCC	W (1919)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1911)
Other doubles tournaments
WHCC	W (1920, 1921)
WCCC	W (1919)
Medal record Summer Olympics 1912 Stockholm Singles (indoor) 1912 Stockholm Doubles (indoor)

Career

Gobert first started playing tennis at age 11.^[4]

He was a two-time winner of the French Championships in 1911 and 1920, when the tournament was only open to amateur tennis players who had a membership with a French tennis club. He also won the International Lawn Tennis Federation's World Covered Court Championship (Indoor Wood) in 1919. Also twice runner-up at the World Hard Court Championships on Clay (1913 and 1920). He won the indoor tennis gold medal at the 1912 Olympic Games.^[5][6] Gobert reached the Wimbledon All-Comers final in 1912, beating James Cecil Parke and Max Decugis, then lost to Arthur Gore.^[7]

He won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played on wooden courts at the Queen's Club in London, five times; in 1911, 1912, 1920, 1921 and 1922.^[8][9][10] In 1910, he won the All England Plate at Wimbledon, the competition for players who were defeated in the first and second rounds of the singles competition.^[11]

Between 1912 and 1922, Gobert played for the French Davis Cup team in five ties and compiled a record of three wins and 11 losses.^[12]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1911	Wimbledon	Grass	Max Decugis	Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding	9–7, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	1912	Wimbledon	Grass	Max Decugis	Charles P. Dixon Herbert Roper-Barrett	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 5–7

World Championships finals

Singles (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1913	World Hard Court Championships	Clay	Anthony Wilding	3–6, 3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss	1920	World Hard Court Championships	Clay	William Laurentz	7–9, 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	1920	World Covered Court Championships	Wood	Max Decugis	6–3, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: (3 titles)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1919	World Covered Court Championships	Wood	William Laurentz	Nicolae Mișu H. Portlock	6–1, 6–0, 6–2
Win	1920	World Hard Court Championships	Clay	William Laurentz	Cecil Blackbeard Nicolae Mișu	6–4, 6–2, 6–1
Win	1921	World Hard Court Championships	Clay	William Laurentz	Pierre Albarran Alain Gerbault	6–4, 6–2, 6–8, 6–2