Philip Gubenco (born 14 March 1982) is a Canadian former professional tennis player.
A left-handed player from Quebec, Gubenco was an ITF world number four ranked junior in doubles, forming a successful partnership with Andy Roddick which included World Super Juniors and Eddie Herr International titles.
Gubenco had a best singles ranking of 519 on the professional tour and peaked at 279 in doubles. In 1999 he made an ATP Tour singles main draw appearance as a wildcard at the Canadian Open and was beaten in the first round by Ramón Delgado. He featured in further Canadian Open main draws as a doubles player.
Most of his career was played at ITF Futures level and he was a doubles champion in nine tournaments.
ITF Futures finals Singles: 3 (0–3) Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Greece F1, ChalkidaFuturesHard Marko Tkalec6–2, 1–6, 0–6Loss0–2Canada F3, LachineFuturesHard Ryan Sachire7–5, 3–6, 4–6Loss0–3Mexico F3, GuadalajaraFuturesClay Marcelo Melo1–6, 4–6
Doubles: 15 (9–6) Finals by surfaceHard (8–5)Clay (1–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Greece F1, ChalkidaFuturesHard Jocelyn Robichaud Ivan Cerovic Marko Tkalec6–3, 7–5Loss1–1USA F22, LubbockFuturesHard Lazar Magdinchev John Doran Coenie Van Wyk4–6, 6–7(4–7)Win2–1Jamaica F1, KingstonFuturesHard Tres Davis Alex Bogomolov Jr. Cary Franklin4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)Win3–1Jamaica F2, Montego BayFuturesHard Tres Davis Nicolas Devilder Thierry Guardiola6–1, 4–6, 6–3Loss3–2Tunisia F2, El MenzahFuturesHard Benoit Foucher Dirk Stegmann Rik De Voest4–6, 1–6Loss3–3Sweden F2, GothenburgFuturesHard Jasper Smit Aleksander Djuranovic Benjamin Kohllöffel4–6, 2–6Loss3–4New Zealand F1, BlenheimFuturesHard Domenic Marafiote Im Kyu-Tae Lee Seung-hoon6–2, 2–6, 3–6Win4–4USA F28, LubbockFuturesHard Julien Cassaigne Lazar Magdinchev Dudi Sela2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss4–5USA F30, Baton RougeFuturesHard Julien Cassaigne Michael Kogan Víctor Romero3–6, 1–6Win5–5USA F25, Laguna NiguelFuturesHard Erik Chvojka Robert Steckley Lester Cook7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–1Win6–5Canada F2, Rock-ForestFuturesHard Erik Chvojka Jeremy Wurtzman Izak Van Der Merwe7–5, 6–4Win7–5Canada F3, MontrealFuturesHard Erik Chvojka Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Izak Van Der Merwe7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(7–5)Win8–5Mexico F6, CelayaFuturesHard Miha Gregorc Roman Borvanov Sven Swinnen6–3, 1–6, 7–5Loss8–6USA F16, PittsburghFuturesClay Robert Steckley Shannon Nettle Daniel Wendler6–7(8–10), 3–6Win9–6Brazil F13, São LeopoldoFuturesClay Manuel Jorquera Carlos Cirne-Lima Renato Silveira6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–3
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