Pierre Barthès
Country (sports) | France |
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Residence | Vaucresson, France |
Born |
Béziers, France | 13 September 1941
Turned pro | 1966 (amateur tour from 1962) |
Retired | 1976 |
Plays | Right-handed (1-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career record | 138–116 (Open era) |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 9 (1971, World's Top 10)[1] |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1965) |
French Open | QF (1965) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1964, 1972) |
US Open | 4R (1965) |
Other tournaments | |
Tour Finals | RR (1971) |
Professional majors | |
US Pro | 1R (1966, 1967) |
Wembley Pro | QF (1966) |
French Pro | 1R (1966, 1967) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 99–82 (Open era) |
Career titles | 5 (Open era) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1965) |
French Open | 4R (1969, 1971) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1970, 1972) |
US Open | W (1970) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1965) |
Pierre Barthès (born 13 September 1941) is a French retired professional tour 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.[2] He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking in 1974 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.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1970 | US Open | Grass | Niki Pilić | Roy Emerson Rod Laver | 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6 |
References
- ↑ http://www.liertk.no/Katsipis.docx
- ↑ 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.
External links
- Pierre Barthès at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Pierre Barthès at the International Tennis Federation
- Pierre Barthès at the Davis Cup
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