Pierre Barthès

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Pierre Barthès’s Grand Slam career. It combines key background information and career-level statistics with a complete, filterable list of his tournament results, showing how far he progressed in each Grand Slam event across his career.

Insights

His peak came before the Open Era

Barthès’ only pre-Open Era result was also his best overall: a quarterfinal at the 1965 French Open at age 23. Every Open Era best listed is lower, topping out at three Round of 16 finishes.

1971-1972 was his strongest Open Era stretch

He reached the Round of 16 three times in four Grand Slam appearances across 1971 and 1972: French Open 1971, Wimbledon 1972, and French Open 1972. That is his highest concentration of deep runs in the data.

French Open was his most productive major

Across seven French Open appearances, Barthès produced his best result, plus two Round of 16s, one Round of 32, two Round of 64s, and one Round of 128. No other Slam shows both his top finish and that many total appearances.

His late-career results trended downward

After age 30, his finishes were R16, R16, R32, R64, R128, R64, R128, and R64 from 1972 through 1976. The sequence shows a clear decline from his 1972 peak into progressively earlier exits.

He was a consistent but limited main-draw presence

Barthès played 20 Grand Slam tournaments and compiled a 32-20 record, winning 62% of his matches. Even so, his Open Era best results were capped at three Round of 16s, six Round of 32s, and seven Round of 64s.

Basics

Born	13 September 1941
Gender	Male
Nation	France
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1965, 1968-1976

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	20
Best results Open Era	3 x R16 6 x R32 7 x R64
Best results Amateur Era	1 x quarterfinalist
Total matches	52
W/L-record	32-20 (62% won)

During the Amateur Era, only top results (quarterfinals or better) from 1945 onwards are listed on this site. Therefore, the list below may not include all Amateur Era results.

Pierre Barthès – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1976	French Open	Open Era	R128	34
1975	French Open	Open Era	R64	33
1974	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	32
1974	French Open	Open Era	R32	32
1973	US Open	Open Era	R64	31
1973	French Open	Open Era	R64	31
1972	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	30
1972	French Open	Open Era	R16	30
1971	US Open	Open Era	R64	29
1971	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	29
1971	French Open	Open Era	R16	29
1970	US Open	Open Era	R32	28
1970	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	28
1969	US Open	Open Era	R32	27
1969	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	27
1969	French Open	Open Era	R64	27
1969	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	27
1968	US Open	Open Era	R32	26
1968	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	26
1965	French Open	Amateur Era	Q	23