Pierre Barthès

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Pierre Barthès
Country (sports) France
ResidenceVaucresson, France
Born (1941-09-13) 13 September 1941 (age 83)
Béziers, France
Turned pro1966 (amateur from 1962)
Retired1976
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record351–349 (50.1%)[1]
Career titles7[2]
Highest rankingNo. 9 (1971, World's Top 10)[3]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1965)
French OpenQF (1965)
Wimbledon4R (1964, 1972)
US Open4R (1965)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (1971)
Professional majors
US Pro1R (1966, 1967)
Wembley ProQF (1966)
French Pro1R (1966, 1967)
Doubles
Career record99–82 (Open era)
Career titles5 (Open era)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1965)
French Open4R (1969, 1971)
Wimbledon3R (1970, 1972)
US OpenW (1970)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1965)

Pierre Barthès (born 13 September 1941) is a retired French tennis player.

Career

Born in Béziers, Barthès was one of the Handsome Eight, a group of players signed by Lamar Hunt in 1968 for the newly formed professional World Championship Tennis (WCT) group.[4] In 1974, he reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 54, though this is not a true indication, as he was one of the top 20 players in 1971 before the creation of the ATP ranking system, making the year-end Masters the same year. He was also a US Open doubles champion in 1970, partnering Nikola Pilić.

Barthès won the 1963 Pau Championships defeating Pierre Darmon in the final.

Barthès won the Paris Indoor Championships and the Coupe Albert Canet in 1963 defeating Darmon in the final.

Barthès won the International Championships of Egypt in Cairo in 1964 on clay defeating Martin Mulligan, Ismail El Shafei, and Istvan Gulyas in the final.

Barthès won the Altamira International Invitation in Caracas, Venezuela in 1965 on clay defeating Pancho Guzmán, Ron Holmberg, Ramanathan Krishnan, Frank Froehling III, and Manuel Santana in the final.

Barthès turned professional for the 1967 season. He won the Marseilles Pro on clay that year defeating Mike Davies, Ken Rosewall, and Fred Stolle in the final. He won the Grenoble, France indoor hardcourt event in 1970 defeating Cliff Drysdale, Rod Laver, and Andres Gimeno in the final.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1970 US Open Grass Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Niki Pilić Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver		 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6

References

  1. ^ Garcia, Gabriel. "Pierre Barthes: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. ^ Garcia, Gabriel. "Pierre Barthes: Career tournament results". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Wind, Herbert Warren (1979). Game, Set, and Match : The Tennis Boom of the 1960s and 70s (1. ed.). New York: Dutton. pp. 65–70. ISBN 0525111409.


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