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John Sobel

b. 1964

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Born 1964. John Sobel is an American tennis player.

John Sobel (born February 15, 1964) is an American former professional tennis player.

Career Sobel was seen mostly on the doubles circuit. He appeared in three Grand Slam events during his career. In the men's doubles he played with Ville Jansson at the 1990 US Open and Slobodan Živojinović in the 1992 Australian Open. As a mixed doubles player he took part in the 1990 French Open, partnering Lise Gregory. On each occasion, Sobel and his partner were eliminated in the opening round.

The highlight of his career was winning the doubles title at the 1992 Maceió Open, with Gabriel Markus. He also reached the semi-final stage of four Grand Prix/ATP tournaments, Madrid in 1989 with Eduardo Furusho, Kiawah Island in 1990 partnering Sven Salumaa, Charlotte in 1991 with Jimmy Arias and Moscow in 1991 partnering Josef Čihák.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)Indoors (0–0)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 3 (2–1) LegendATP Challenger (2–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

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Who is John Sobel?

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When was John Sobel born?

John Sobel was born on 15 February 1964 in New York City.

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John Sobel is a tennis player.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Sobel

· Wikidata: Q6258460

· DBpedia: John Sobel

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