{{Short description|Venezuelan tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Marcos Gambus | image = | fullname = | country_represented = {{VEN}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|02|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Tucupita]], Venezuela | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = | USOpenresult = 1R ([[1960 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|1960]]) | medaltemplates-expand = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|[[Central American and Caribbean Games]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1962 Central American and Caribbean Games|1962 Kingston]]|Men's doubles}} }} '''Marcos Gambus''' (born 12 February 1934) is a Venezuelan former [[tennis]] player.
Born in [[Tucupita]], Gambus represented Venezuela at the [[1955 Pan American Games]] in Mexico City.
Gambus featured in three [[Davis Cup]] ties for Venezuela during his career, between 1958 and 1960. Two of those ties were against the United States and he lost all of these rubbers in straight sets.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136938807 |title=America's 5-0 Tennis Win |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=35 |issue=9,712 |date=21 September 1960 |accessdate=17 December 2020 |page=24 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He fared better when Venezuela played against New Zealand in 1960, with a win partnering [[Isaías Pimentel]] in the doubles, which was preceded by a five-set singles loss to [[Lew Gerrard]].<ref>{{cite news |title=New Zealand Leads |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/140480682/ |work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |date=23 July 1960}}</ref>
In his only grand slam main draw appearance, Gambus fell in the first round of the [[1960 U.S. National Championships]] to [[Gerald Moss]].
Gambus was a men's doubles silver medalist at the [[1962 Central American and Caribbean Games]], with [[Juan Notz]] as his partner.<ref>{{cite web |title=Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe México 1926: Prólogo inaudito del atletismo cubano |url=http://www.scoresportmagazine.com/noticias/juegos-centroamericanos-y-del-caribe-mexico-1926-prologo-inaudito-del-atletismo-cubano/ |website=Score Sport Magazine |language=es |date=1 December 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{ATP|gg20}} * {{Davis Cup player|800173553}} * {{ITF profile|marcos-gambus/800173553/ven}}
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