Brad Gilbert is a $12 million net-worth American tennis teacher, commentator, and former professional tennis player. From 1982 until 1995, he won 20 solo titles and three doubles titles in his professional career, reaching a career-high singles ranking of No. 4 in 1990. His playing earnings total $5.5 million.
Gilbert has taught a number of notable players since his retirement from the professional circuit, including Andre Agassi, Andy Murray, and Coco Gauff.
Who is Brad Gilbert?
Brad Gilbert was born into a Jewish household on August 9, 1961, in Oakland, California. He began playing tennis when he was four years old, when his father, Barry, became interested in the sport. Gilbert, despite his small stature, became the top tennis player at Piedmont High School, following in the footsteps of his older siblings, Barry Jr. and Dana, who were previously the top players at the school.
For college, Gilbert played tennis at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California from 1980 to 1982. During that time, he won the California Junior College Singles Championship and the US Amateur Hardcourt Championship. Gilbert transferred to Pepperdine University in 1982 and reached the finals of that year’s NCAA Championship.
How old is Brad Gilbert?
Gilbert is currently 62 years old.
What is Brad Gilbert net worth?
The renowned tennis star is estimated to be worth $12 million.
What is Brad Gilbert career?
Gilbert went pro after graduating from Pepperdine in 1982. Later that year, in Taipei, he won his first top-level singles title. Gilbert reached the third round of Wimbledon in 1983 and the fourth round of the Australian Open in 1984.
He won his first doubles title alongside Ilie Năstase at the 1985 Tel Aviv Open, and he also won the singles event. Gilbert won the Tel Aviv singles championship again the following year, as well as singles titles in Memphis, Livingston, and Vienna, as well as the Miami doubles title. He reached the fourth round of both the Wimbledon and US Open Grand Slam championships.
Gilbert won his solitary championship in 1987 in Scottsdale, despite reaching the singles quarterfinals at the US Open and the Cincinnati Open, as well as the doubles quarterfinals in Miami, Cincinnati, and Paris.
Gilbert’s best year on the tour came in 1989, when he won five singles titles in Memphis, Stratton Mountain, Livingston, Cincinnati, and San Francisco. In 1990, he won singles titles in Rotterdam, Orlando, and Brisbane, as well as reaching the final of the first Grand Slam Cup. He also advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Gilbert’s career-high singles rating of No. 4 was reached in early 1990.
After failing to win any titles in 1991, he won the doubles title with Jim Grabb at the 1992 Hong Kong Open. Gilbert’s final professional title before retiring from the circuit in 1995. He concluded his professional career with 20 solo titles, and three doubles titles, with a win-loss record of 519-288 in singles.
Gilbert represented the United States at a number of major tennis tournaments. At the Maccabiah Games in Israel in 1981, he won gold in doubles and silver in singles. Gilbert won a bronze medal in singles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul later in the decade. Gilbert also represented the United States in the Davis Cup from 1986 to 1993.
Gilbert began instructing tennis players in 1994. Gilbert coached Andre Agassi, who won six of his eight career Grand Slam titles under Gilbert’s tutelage from March of that year until early 2002. Gilbert later coached Andy Roddick from 2003 to 2004, assisting him in winning the 2003 US Open and finishing the year at No. 1 in the ATP rankings.
Gilbert began coaching Scottish player Andy Murray in 2006, and he worked with him until late 2007. He went on to teach Alex Bogdanovic and other Lawn Tennis Association players in the United Kingdom. Gilbert later began teaching young star Coco Gauff, who won her first major singles title at the US Open in the summer of 2023.
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