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{{Short description|French tennis player (born 1941)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Pierre Barthès
|image = File:Pierre Barthès (1974).jpg
|country = {{FRA}}
|residence = [[Vaucresson]], France
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1941|9|13}}
|birth_place = [[Béziers]], France
|height =
|turnedpro = 1966 (amateur from 1962)
|retired = 1976
|plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney =
|singlesrecord = 351–349 (50.1%)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Garcia|first1=Gabriel|title=Pierre Barthes: Career match record|url=https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=playern&player_input_enc=BARTHES%2C+PIERRE&player_input=BARTHES%2C+PIERRE&sub=2#aSubmenu|website=thetennisbase.com|publisher=Tennismem SL|access-date=17 November 2017|location=Madrid, Spain}}</ref>
|singlestitles= 7<ref>{{cite web|last1=Garcia|first1=Gabriel|title=Pierre Barthes: Career tournament results|url=https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=playern&player_input_enc=BARTHES%2C+PIERRE&player_input=BARTHES%2C+PIERRE&sub=4&idjugador=54665&year=&surface=&tipo_de_torneo=&tipo_de_cuadro=F&tm_category=&tm_torneo=&rondaplus=#aSubmenu|website=thetennisbase.com|publisher=Tennismem SL|access-date=17 November 2017|location=Madrid, Spain}}</ref>
|highestsinglesranking = No. 9 (1971<small>, World's Top 10</small>)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.liertk.no/Katsipis.docx |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 January 2014 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214234/http://www.liertk.no/Katsipis.docx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|AustralianOpenresult = 3R ([[1965 Australian Championships – Men's singles|1965]])
|FrenchOpenresult = QF ([[1965 French Championships – Men's singles|1965]])
|Wimbledonresult = 4R ([[1964 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1964]], [[1972 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1972]])
|USOpenresult = 4R ([[1965 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|1965]])
|Othertournaments = yes
|MastersCupresult = RR ([[1971 Pepsi-Cola Masters – Singles|1971]])
|Promajors = yes
|USProresult = 1R ([[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships#1966|1966]], [[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships#1967|1967]])
|WembleyProresult = QF ([[Wembley Championship#1966|1966]])
|FrenchProresult = 1R ([[French Pro Championship#1966|1966]], [[French Pro Championship#1967|1967]])
|doublesrecord = 99–82 (Open era)
|doublestitles = 5 (Open era)
|highestdoublesranking =
|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = SF ([[1965 Australian Championships#Men's Doubles|1965]])
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 4R ([[1969 French Open#Men's doubles|1969]], [[1971 French Open#Men's doubles|1971]])
|WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R ([[1970 Wimbledon Championships#Men's doubles|1970]], [[1972 Wimbledon Championships#Men's doubles|1972]])
|USOpenDoublesresult = '''W''' ([[1970 US Open (tennis)#Men's doubles|1970]])
|AustralianOpenMixedresult = QF ([[1965 Australian Championships#Mixed Doubles|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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wind|first=Herbert Warren|title=Game, Set, and Match : The Tennis Boom of the 1960s and 70s|year=1979|publisher=Dutton|location=New York|isbn=0525111409|pages=65–70|edition=1.}}</ref> 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 [[1971 Pepsi-Cola Masters – Singles|Masters]] the same year. He was also a [[US Open (tennis)|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 (tennis)|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)===
{|class="sortable wikitable" 
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:30px"|Year
!style="width:110px"|Championship 
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:110px"|Partner
!style="width:110px"|Opponents
!style="width:130px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-style="background:#ccf;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win || [[1970 US Open (tennis)|1970]] || [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]|| Grass || {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Nikola Pilić|Niki Pilić]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Roy Emerson]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Laver]] || 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ATP}}
* {{ITF}}
* {{Davis Cup player}}

{{US Open men's doubles champions}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barthes, Pierre}}
[[Category:French male tennis players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Béziers]]
[[Category:US Open (tennis) champions]]
[[Category:1941 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles]]
[[Category:Professional tennis players before the Open Era]]
[[Category:20th-century French sportsmen]]


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