John Sobel (born February 15, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.[1]
Career
Sobel was seen mostly on the doubles circuit.[2] He appeared in three Grand Slam events during his career.[2] In the men's doubles he played with Ville Jansson at the 1990 US Open and Slobodan Živojinović in the 1992 Australian Open.[2] As a mixed doubles player he took part in the 1990 French Open, partnering Lise Gregory.[2] On each occasion, Sobel and his partner were eliminated in the opening round.[2]
The highlight of his career was winning the doubles title at the 1992 Maceió Open, with Gabriel Markus.[2] 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.[2]
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
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| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
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| ATP Masters Series (0–0)
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| ATP Championship Series (0–0)
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| ATP World Series (1–0)
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| Indoors (0–0)
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Doubles: 3 (2–1)
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| ATP Challenger (2–1)
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References
United States
Gabriel Markus
Ricardo Acioly 
Andrew Sproule
Karsten Braasch 
Johan Donar
Josef Čihák