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.

Career

Gobert first started playing tennis at age 11.

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. Gobert reached the Wimbledon All-Comers final in 1912, beating James Cecil Parke and Max Decugis, then lost to Arthur Gore.

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. 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.

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.

Grand Slam finals

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

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1911WimbledonGrassFrance Max DecugisUnited Kingdom Major Ritchie New Zealand Anthony Wilding9–7, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Loss1912WimbledonGrassFrance Max DecugisUnited Kingdom Charles P. Dixon United Kingdom Herbert Roper-Barrett6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 5–7

World Championships finals

Singles (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1913World Hard Court ChampionshipsClayNew Zealand Anthony Wilding3–6, 3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss1920World Hard Court ChampionshipsClayFrance William Laurentz7–9, 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win1920World Covered Court ChampionshipsWoodFrance Max Decugis6–3, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: (3 titles)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1919World Covered Court ChampionshipsWoodFrance William LaurentzRomania Nicolae Mișu United Kingdom H. Portlock6–1, 6–0, 6–2
Win1920World Hard Court ChampionshipsClayFrance William LaurentzSouth Africa Cecil Blackbeard Romania Nicolae Mișu6–4, 6–2, 6–1
Win1921World Hard Court ChampionshipsClayFrance William LaurentzFrance Pierre Albarran France Alain Gerbault6–4, 6–2, 6–8, 6–2

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