(1942-07-14) July 14, 1942 (age 81) Garden City, New York, U.S.
Plays
Right-handed
Singles
Career record
245-119
Career titles
21
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open
3R (1966)
French Open
4R (1968)
Wimbledon
3R (1965)
US Open
3R (1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games
SF – 3rd (1968, demonstration)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open
QF (1966)
Wimbledon
2R (1965, 1973)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open
1R (1966)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games
W (1968, demonstration)
Herbert Fitzgibbon (born July 14, 1942)[1] is a former tennis player who was nationally ranked in the 1960s and 1970s.
Fitzgibbon played four years of high school tennis for Garden City High School and never lost a match. He played collegiate tennis at Princeton University[2] and was a gold and bronze medalist at the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968 when tennis was a demonstration sport.[3]
Fitzgibbon won the singles title at the tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1964 and was a two-time singles runner-up (1965 and 1963) there as well. He also reached the Cincinnati doubles final with Butch Newman in 1965. In 1964, he won the Eastern Clay Court Championships title. In 1964, 1965, and 1966 he won the Long Island Championships. Fitzgibbon won the Eastern Indoor Championships in 1965, 1970,and 1971. In 1968, Fitzgibbon won against 16th-seeded Nikola Pilić in the first round at Wimbledon.[4] The same year he won the La Coruna International in Spain against Juan Gisbert Sr.[5]
Fitzgibbon also was an accomplished platform tennis player, winning national doubles titles in 1974 with John Beck and in 1977 and 1978 with Hank Irvine. In 1974, Fitzgibbon and Beck defeated Keith Jennings and Chauncey Steele III. In 1977, Fitzgibbon and Irvine defeated Gordon Gray and Doug Russell.[6] Fitzgibbon and Irvine also played in the 1980 National Championship final losing to Steve Baird and Rich Maier.
Fitzgibbon wrote the book The Complete Racquet Sports Player.
^"Herb Fitzgibbon". Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
^"Faces In The Crowd". Sports Illustrated. 1962-11-19. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
^"Mexico 1968 – Medallists". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
^"Pilic upset as rain disrupts Wimbledon schedule". The Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. 1968-06-26. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
^"U.S. Netter Wins La Coruna, Spain". Phoenix Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona, United States: Newspaper Archives. 29 July 1968. p. 49. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
^"A Roundup Of The Week March 14–20". Sports Illustrated. 1977-03-28. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
Illustrated. 1977-03-28. Retrieved 2010-05-20. HerbFitzgibbon at the International Tennis Federation HerbFitzgibbon at the Association of Tennis Professionals...
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defeating Marty Riessen in a long five set final. In 1965, Lenoir beat HerbFitzgibbon in the final at the Cincinnati Masters to win the singles title. He...
Year Winners Runner-up Score 1969 Milan Holeček HerbFitzgibbon 7–5, 6–4. 1970 Jiří Hřebec Jan Písecký 4–6, 6–2, 7–5. 1971 Jürgen Fassbender František...
1967 John Newcombe Roger Taylor 7-5, 3–6, 6-3 1968 Mike Sangster (3) HerbFitzgibbon 2-6, 6–4, 12-10 Open era 1969 Ray Ruffels Brian Fairlie 6-3, 6-3 Hoylake...
prize 1972 Aug 14–20 Ocean City – Ocean Pines Invitational Hard $5,000 HerbFitzgibbon 6–3, 6–2 $1,500 1978 Jun 10 Kent All Comers Championship, Beckenham...
6-1, 3–6, 6-3 1967 Manuel Santana (2) Bob Hewitt 3-6, 6–0, 6-3 1968 HerbFitzgibbon Juan Gisbert Sr. 6-3, 6-4 Open era 1969 Ilie Năstase Manuel Santana...
1966 Froehling won the Eastern Clay Court Championships defeating HerbFitzgibbon in the final in a close five set match. In 1971 Froehling reached the...
Gulyás 6-4 7-5 6-4 58 1968 Puerta de Hierro International Madrid Clay HerbFitzgibbon 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 Open era 59 1968 West Berlin Championships Berlin...
Stadium. He defeated Ray Ruffels, Tony Roche in a close five set match, HerbFitzgibbon, Fred Stolle, and Roy Emerson in a five set final. 1966 Graebner lost...
Also in 1968, she won the South American mixed doubles with partner HerbFitzgibbon. In early 1969, Heldman had two wins over world number one Margaret...
Georgia, United States. Former winners of this event has included HerbFitzgibbon, Mike Belkin, Frank Froehling III and Chris Evert. The tournament was...
events in the U.S., winning one of them. He lost in the first round to HerbFitzgibbon in singles and in doubles partnering Nicholas Kalogeropoulos at the...
Clark Graebner Dick Stockton Paul Gerken Ian Crookenden Pat Cramer HerbFitzgibbon Jimmy Connors Clark Graebner 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 Sandy Mayer Paul Gerken...
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Roche (final, lost to Rod Laver) Nikola Pilić (first round, lost to HerbFitzgibbon) Billie Jean King (champion) Margaret Court (quarterfinals, lost to...
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