Ernests Gulbis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ernests Gulbis

Latvian tennis player

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1988

Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Ernests Gulbis

  • Ernests Gulbis (Latvian pronunciation: ['ærnests 'gulbis], born 30 August 1988, and nicknamed "The Gull" or "Ernie") is a Latvian professional tennis player.
  • In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S.
  • Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schüttler, and in 2010 won his first ATP Tour singles title in the Delray Beach, defeating Ivo Karlovic in the final.
  • In total, Gulbis has six ATP titles to his name.
  • His best performance at a Grand Slam is reaching the semifinals of the 2014 French Open.
  • He had previously reached the quarterfinals of the 2008 French Open.
  • Gulbis' career-high singles ranking is world No.
  • 10, making him the only Latvian tennis player ever to be ranked inside the top 10 in ATP Singles Ranking.
  • He achieved this in June 2014. Gulbis' professional training in tennis began at the age of 12, when he was enrolled at the Niki Pilic Tennis Academy in Germany.
  • Beginning after Wimbledon 2011, Gulbis was coached by Austrian Günter Bresnik, until his departure the day before the 2016 French Open.
  • Previously, he was coached by Guillermo Cañas, and before that by Hernán Gumy (who before that was Marat Safin's coach), but their partnership ended due to Gumy's schedule; during that time, Darren Cahill served as Gulbis' consultant for several tournaments.
  • Before Gumy, Gulbis was coached by Karl Heinz Wetter and subsequently Nikola Pilic, the former professional Croatian tennis player and Croatian and German Davis Cup captain.

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