Juan Gisbert Schultze (born 13 April 1974) is a former professional

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player from Spain.

Biography

Gisbert Schultze was born in

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, West Germany, before emigrating to Spain, the country of his father,

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player Juan Gisbert Sr. His mother, Margrit Schultze, is a German school teacher and the sister of Fed Cup player Helga Schultze. His uncles José María and Jorge played tennis professionally, and the former also represented

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at the Davis Cup. He was a losing finalist to Àlex Corretja in the 16s competition of the 1990

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. In the doubles event he partnered with Corretja and the pair finished runners-up. Residing in

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, Gisbert Schultze was twice a member of Spain's Galea Cup winning teams, in 1991 and 1992. A serve and volleyer, Gisbert Schultze turned professional in 1992 and won two

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titles that year, on clay courts in

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and

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. At ATP Tour level he came close to an upset win over top seed Thomas Muster at the 1992

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, losing two tiebreaks after winning the first set. In 1993 he had his best season on the ATP Tour. He qualified for the

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(now Hamburg Masters) and made the quarter-finals of the

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, with wins over Jordi Arrese and

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, before he again lost to Muster. At his next tournament after Umag, in

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, he managed to beat Alberto Berasategui. He has been a high ranking

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player since retiring from the ATP Tour.

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

Doubles: (1)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gisbert Schultze, Juan 1974 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Spanish people of German descent Tennis players from Frankfurt Tennis players from Barcelona Paddle tennis players