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.
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
Nikola "Niki" Pilić (born 27 August 1939) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia.
He was one of the Handsome Eight. Pilić was ranked world No. 6 in January 1968 and world No. 7 for 1967 by Lance Tin ...
.
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
Rodney George Laver (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Laver was ranked as the World number 1 ranked male tennis players, world number 1 professional player indisputably for five years from 1965 to 1969, ...
, and
Andres Gimeno in the final.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
References
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French male tennis players
Sportspeople from Béziers
US Open (tennis) champions
1941 births
Living people
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Professional tennis players before the Open Era
20th-century French sportsmen
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