Theo Gorter

{{Short description|Dutch tennis player}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Theo Gorter

| image = Theo Gorter, Bestanddeelnr 930-3665.jpg

| image_size = 150

| fullname =

| country_represented = {{NED}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|07|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height =

| plays = Left-handed

| careerprizemoney =

| singlesrecord = 0–2

| singlestitles =

| highestsinglesranking = No. 392 (3 Jan 1979)

| doublesrecord = 2–6

| doublestitles =

| highestdoublesranking = No. 520 (26 Nov 1984)

}}

Theo Gorter (born 12 July 1956) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.{{cite news |title=Gorter's Service Puts Lloyd Out In Semi-Finals |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/750607192 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 October 1977}}

A left-handed player from Amsterdam, Gorter's career almost ended when he was 18 year old, after suffering a broken tibia and crushed foot in a moped accident. His injuries kept him out of tennis for over a year.{{cite news |title='Echt doorstoten naar top zit er voor mij niet meer in' |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1978/12/06/echt-doorstoten-naar-top-zit-er-voor-mij-niet-meer-in-kb_000026950-a3311064 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1978/12/06/echt-doorstoten-naar-top-zit-er-voor-mij-niet-meer-in-kb_000026950-a3311064 |archive-date=2022-02-11 |url-status=live|work=NRC |date=6 December 1978 |language=nl}}{{cbignore}}

Gorter, a three-time national doubles champion, represented the Netherlands in a 1979 Davis Cup tie against Denmark in Hilversum. He partnered with Paul van Min in the doubles rubber, which they lost in four sets to Lars Elvstrøm and Michael Mortensen, but the Netherlands still won the tie.{{cite news |title=Smith-Lutz clinch Davis Cup win for U.S. against Argentina |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/336180125 |work=Sioux City Journal |date=16 September 1979}}

On the Grand Prix circuit, Gorter made the singles main draw of the Dutch Open in both 1979 and 1980.{{cite news |title=Dutch Open |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/437077021 |work=Boston Globe |date=24 July 1979}}