Frank Gebert
{{short description|German tennis player}}
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| name = Frank Gebert
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| fullname = Frank Gebert
| country_represented = {{FRG}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|11|6|df=yes}}
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| plays =
| careerprizemoney =
| singlesrecord = 34–61
| singlestitles = 0
| highestsinglesranking = No. 71 (02 May 1977)
| currentsinglesranking =
| AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1973)
| FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1976)
| Wimbledonresult = 1R (1973, 1977)
| USOpenresult = 1R (1977)
| doublesrecord = 20–48
| doublestitles = 0
| highestdoublesranking =
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| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1973)
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1976)
| WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1973)
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Frank Gebert (born 6 November 1952) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
Biography
Gebert lost to Byron Bertram in the boys' singles final at the 1970 Wimbledon Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.itftennis.com/media/108160/108160.pdf|title=The Junior Championships, Wimbledon|publisher=International Tennis Federation|accessdate=6 February 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102753/http://www.itftennis.com/media/108160/108160.pdf|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010004442|title=ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - French Open - 31 May - 13 June 1976|publisher=International Tennis Federation|accessdate=6 February 2016}}
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 DuPré 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.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19770728&id=rv0wAAAAIBAJ&pg=4847,6814531&hl=en|title=Vilas Wins Louisville Tennis Test|date=28 July 1977|work=Schenectady Gazette|page=35|accessdate=6 February 2016}}
A graduate of the Free University of Berlin, Gebert is now a professor of economics at SRH University Heidelberg.{{cite web|url=http://www.hochschule-heidelberg.de/de/fakultaet-fuer-wirtschaft/team/detailansicht/team/frank-gebert/|title=Prof. Dr. Frank Gebert - SRH Hochschule Heidelberg|publisher=SRH University Heidelberg|language=German|accessdate=6 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206135858/http://www.hochschule-heidelberg.de/de/fakultaet-fuer-wirtschaft/team/detailansicht/team/frank-gebert/|archive-date=6 February 2016|url-status=dead}}
Grand Prix career finals
=Singles: 1 (0–1)=
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style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|0–1 |Mar 1977 |Cairo, Egypt |Clay |{{flagicon|FRA}} François Jauffret |3–6, 5–7, 4–6 |
References
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External links
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Category:West German male tennis players
Category:German male tennis players
Category:Academic staff of SRH University Heidelberg