Frank Gebert
Quick Facts
Biography
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.
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.
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.
A graduate of the Free University of Berlin, Gebert is now a Professor of Economics at SRH University Heidelberg.
Grand Prix career finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
Outcome | No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 1977 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | François Jauffret | 3–6, 5–7, 4–6 |