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Lionel Barthez

FRA Age 59 180 cm / 5'11" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1989–1998

Lionel Barthez represented France on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 154. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 4–11 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

154 (Jul 17, 1995)

Elo peak

1533 (12th percentile)

Singles record

4–11 (26.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$196,324

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Lionel Barthez's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Nicolas Kiefer #31	6-4 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 1998*	R16	Toulouse	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard
Christian Vinck #127	7-6(7) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 1, 1998*	R32	Toulouse	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard
Jan Kroslak	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 14, 1996*	R64	New Haven	Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500	Hard
Fabrice Santoro #87	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 1995*	R32	Toulouse	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard
Gianluca Pozzi #89	5-7 6-1 4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1995*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Lionel Barthez's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Olivier Delaitre	1	2	3	Oct 6, 1994	H2H
Nicolas Kiefer	0	1	1	Oct 2, 1998	H2H
Christian Vinck	1	0	1	Oct 1, 1998	H2H
Jan Kroslak	0	1	1	Aug 14, 1996	H2H
Fabrice Santoro	0	1	1	Oct 5, 1995	H2H

Career Results

Lionel Barthez career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1989	22	0	1	1	0.0%	725	613
1993	26	2	1	3	66.7%	566	217
1994	27	0	3	3	0.0%	217	182
1995	28	1	4	5	20.0%	182	261
1996	29	0	1	1	0.0%	261	291
1998	31	1	1	2	50.0%	601	598
Career		4	11	15	26.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Lionel Barthez career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1989	22	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%
1994	27	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1995	28	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
1996	29	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1998	31	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	2	7	9	22.2%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	11	15	26.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Lionel Barthez career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1989	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	1	3	66.7%
1994	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1995	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1998	31	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%	3	1	4	75.0%	4	10	14	28.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 14/15 (93.3%) of Lionel Barthez's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Lionel Barthez performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1993	26	3/3	4.7	11.3	51.1%	72.4%	48.9%	54.3%	73.3%	60.8%	40.1%
1994	27	3/3	2.0	8.0	51.3%	55.9%	40.7%	26.5%	26.0%	48.9%	37.6%
1995	28	3/5	2.0	4.7	57.5%	65.1%	51.1%	47.6%	25.4%	59.3%	37.8%
1998	31	2/2	5.5	2.5	55.2%	74.9%	53.5%	68.8%	25.8%	65.4%	34.3%
Career		11/15	3.4	7.0	53.6%	66.3%	48.1%	47.5%	38.7%	58.0%	37.7%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 11/15 (73.3%) of Lionel Barthez's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Lionel Barthez advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1989	22	1495	100.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.14
1993	26	1525	109.0	-2.02	-1.04	1.023	51.2%	+28	—	—	71.4%	+0.86	0–1	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.30
1994	27	1496	104.1	-4.29	-0.80	0.735	43.0%	—	—	—	22.2%	-1.67	0–1	—	—	-0.08
1995	28	1455	102.6	-1.48	-2.90	0.929	48.1%	+72	—	—	33.3%	-0.73	0–1	1–1	—	+0.44
1996	29	1446	100.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	0.00
1998	31	1458	107.3	+0.79	-1.72	0.992	49.7%	—	—	—	60.0%	-0.20	0–1	1–0	—	+0.22
Career		1533	108.7	-1.98	-1.61	0.898	47.8%	+50	—	—	37.5%	-0.77	0–4 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	98.5	+4.93

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Lionel Barthez Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	W-L Win %
1994	27	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	28	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)

ATP 500

Lionel Barthez ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	TKY	NEW	W-L Win %
1995	28	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1996	29	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)

ATP 250

Lionel Barthez ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	MTP	BOR	TOU	W-L Win %
1989	22	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1993	26	QF	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1994	27	—	R32	R32	0–2 (0%)
1995	28	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1998	31	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	3–6 (33%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

154

Career-high date

Jul 17, 1995

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Lionel Barthez ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1989	22	—	—	—	723	729	719	734	652	645	619	615	613
1990	23	606	593	617	769	755	762	743	840	843	339	335	336
1991	24	335	285	291	273	274	270	285	277	283	300	302	300
1992	25	300	341	353	349	351	350	347	371	368	551	559	566
1993	26	569	573	513	537	416	426	420	405	412	236	218	217
1994	27	202	204	209	195	209	192	200	176	172	180	179	182
1995	28	191	171	171	162	163	170	158	177	186	259	261	261
1996	29	258	336	356	257	278	279	342	304	312	287	291	291
1997	30	287	275	270	379	375	378	380	512	514	597	594	601
1998	31	604	766	766	—	—	—	—	—	—	602	596	598
1999	32	596	598	598	589	606	612	613	615	622	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Lionel Barthez's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Brian Dunn	USA	#153	1,504	16	4	12	25.0%	$107,978	1992–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Mario Visconti	ITA	#154	1,512	8	2	6	25.0%	$151,136	1991–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Philippe Pech	FRA	#155	1,538	16	5	11	31.3%	$101,424	1988–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Wade Mcguire	USA	#163	1,562	27	7	20	25.9%	$201,114	1994–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Albert Chang	CAN	#140	1,553	23	6	17	26.1%	$212,100	1993–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Jose Luis Aparisi	ESP	#142	1,533	12	3	9	25.0%	$84,641	1989–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Peter Nyborg	SWE	#166	1,511	14	3	11	21.4%	$898,987	1989–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Mark Merklein	BAH	#160	1,508	15	3	12	20.0%	$502,870	1994–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Vladimir Gabrichidze	GEO	#140	1,518	8	2	6	25.0%	$108,548	1991–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Joost Winnink	NED	#152	1,570	23	8	15	34.8%	$242,379	1994–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Massimo Valeri	ITA	#137	1,500	12	3	9	25.0%	$164,828	1992–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Frederic Vitoux	FRA	#144	1,500	12	2	10	16.7%	$133,362	1990–1996	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Lionel Barthez?: Lionel Barthez is 59 years old, born on May 18, 1967.
Which country does Lionel Barthez represent?: Lionel Barthez represents France in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Lionel Barthez?: Lionel Barthez is 180 cm / 5'11".
Is Lionel Barthez left-handed or right-handed?: Lionel Barthez plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Lionel Barthez won?: Lionel Barthez has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Lionel Barthez won?: TennisDB does not group any of Lionel Barthez's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Lionel Barthez's highest ATP ranking?: Lionel Barthez's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 154, first achieved on July 17, 1995.
What is Lionel Barthez's career win-loss record?: Lionel Barthez has a career ATP singles record of 4 wins and 11 losses (26.7%).
How much career prize money has Lionel Barthez earned?: Lionel Barthez has earned at least $196,324 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Lionel Barthez's career appear in TennisDB?: Lionel Barthez appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1989 through 1998.
Who has Lionel Barthez faced most often?: Lionel Barthez's most frequent opponent is Olivier Delaitre, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.