H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Arthur Ashe vs Pierre Barthes H2H: 3-1

Arthur Ashe holds a 3–1 lead over Pierre Barthes in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Arthur Ashe leads 2–0 on hard courts and 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Arthur Ashe won the 1973 Cleveland Wct round of 32 7-6 4-6 6-2.

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Arthur Ashe

USA Age 83 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H

3 – 1

4 main draw meetings

Pierre Barthes

FRA Age 84 Right-Handed

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Arthur Ashe	7-6 4-6 6-2	Pierre Barthes	Match data	Apr 12, 1973*	R32	Cleveland Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Pierre Barthes	7-6 1-6 6-1	Arthur Ashe	Match data	Jul 20, 1971*	R32	Washington Open	ATP 250	Clay
Arthur Ashe	6-4 6-2	Pierre Barthes	Match data	Aug 12, 1970*	R32	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships	ATP 250	Hard
Arthur Ashe	6-4 3-6 8-6	Pierre Barthes	Match data	Sep 17, 1968*	R32	Los Angeles Open	ATP 250	Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player	Current	Peak	Pts	Elo	W	L	Win %	GS	1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	Finals	500 including documented historical predecessor categories	250 including documented historical predecessor categories	Titles
Arthur Ashe	#99	#2	0	2,259	792	256	75.6%	3	0	0	0	41	44
Pierre Barthes	#265	#57	0	1,894	185	190	49.3%	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age	Arthur Ashe							Pierre Barthes
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
24	1968	73–12	85.9%	—	1,949	1	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	1969	77–24	76.2%	—	1,959	1	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	1970	94–25	79.0%	—	2,087	2	16	1968	29–46	38.7%	—	1,575	0	0
27	1971	70–28	71.4%	—	2,096	2	19	1969	22–29	43.1%	—	1,672	0	0
28	1972	65–26	71.4%	—	2,139	2	23	1970	22–22	50.0%	—	1,771	0	0
29	1973	69–30	69.7%	#10	1,964	2	25	1971	47–25	65.3%	—	1,813	0	0
30	1974	79–26	75.2%	#7	2,042	2	28	1972	40–25	61.5%	—	1,764	0	0
31	1975	99–22	81.8%	#4	2,138	3	36	1973	13–20	39.4%	#63	1,720	0	0
32	1976	64–23	73.6%	#12	1,960	3	41	1974	8–13	38.1%	#79	1,651	0	0
33	1977	6–4	60.0%	#77	1,890	3	41	1975	2–5	28.6%	#222	1,627	0	0
34	1978	66–25	72.5%	#13	1,980	3	44	1976	0–2	0.0%	#288	1,599	0	0
35	1979	30–11	73.2%	#7	1,947	3	44	1977	2–3	40.0%	—	1,611	0	0

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age	Arthur Ashe																	Pierre Barthes
	Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet
	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
24	1968	21	6	27	77.8%	8	3	11	72.7%	34	2	36	94.4%	10	1	11	90.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	1969	21	5	26	80.8%	29	10	39	74.4%	22	6	28	78.6%	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	1970	42	9	51	82.4%	17	4	21	81.0%	15	4	19	78.9%	20	8	28	71.4%	1968	5	9	14	35.7%	5	5	10	50.0%	4	9	13	30.8%	15	23	38	39.5%
27	1971	19	5	24	79.2%	17	8	25	68.0%	14	3	17	82.4%	20	12	32	62.5%	1969	1	8	9	11.1%	8	10	18	44.4%	8	6	14	57.1%	5	5	10	50.0%
28	1972	14	7	21	66.7%	9	4	13	69.2%	6	1	7	85.7%	36	14	50	72.0%	1970	3	6	9	33.3%	7	6	13	53.8%	7	5	12	58.3%	5	5	10	50.0%
29	1973	17	6	23	73.9%	24	9	33	72.7%	3	2	5	60.0%	25	13	38	65.8%	1971	12	8	20	60.0%	26	11	37	70.3%	6	3	9	66.7%	3	3	6	50.0%
30	1974	25	8	33	75.8%	15	8	23	65.2%	7	3	10	70.0%	32	7	39	82.1%	1972	4	6	10	40.0%	15	9	24	62.5%	7	3	10	70.0%	14	7	21	66.7%
31	1975	20	6	26	76.9%	23	8	31	74.2%	10	1	11	90.9%	46	7	53	86.8%	1973	2	2	4	50.0%	6	8	14	42.9%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	8	12	33.3%
32	1976	14	5	19	73.7%	17	10	27	63.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	30	5	35	85.7%	1974	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	7	12	41.7%
33	1977	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	1975	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
34	1978	10	5	15	66.7%	18	5	23	78.3%	12	6	18	66.7%	26	9	35	74.3%	1976	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
35	1979	0	1	1	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	4	2	6	66.7%	21	5	26	80.8%	1977	2	1	3	66.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	203	63	266	76.3%	185	74	259	71.4%	133	35	168	79.2%	271	84	355	76.3%	—	30	41	71	42.3%	71	58	129	55.0%	33	30	63	52.4%	51	61	112	45.5%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age	Arthur Ashe																Pierre Barthes
Age	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
24	1968	1950	130.8	—	—	—	—	-71	-329	+219	76.8%	+1.63	15–3 (83%)	—	—	+0.94	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	1969	1959	138.0	—	—	—	—	+71	-129	+145	67.3%	+1.17	15–13 (54%)	—	—	+2.48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	1970	2088	149.9	—	—	—	—	+108	-157	+45	73.4%	+1.50	16–7 (70%)	9–6 (60%)	—	+2.44	1968	1575	100.8	—	—	—	—	-127	-9	-104	38.5%	-2.01	13–6 (68%)	—	—	-1.57
27	1971	2097	160.4	—	—	—	—	+69	-109	+41	66.5%	+1.07	14–11 (56%)	21–15 (58%)	—	-6.37	1969	1672	116.9	—	—	—	—	-151	-96	-38	43.3%	-0.64	7–5 (58%)	—	—	-2.54
28	1972	2140	159.8	—	—	—	—	+30	-127	+45	65.4%	+0.93	19–12 (61%)	23–16 (59%)	—	-6.37	1970	1771	141.0	—	—	—	—	-107	-113	-44	49.6%	-0.10	6–3 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	—	-3.48
29	1973	1965	150.0	—	—	—	—	+80	+1	+154	64.3%	+0.72	22–16 (58%)	23–9 (72%)	—	-3.02	1971	1814	132.4	—	—	—	—	-50	0	-74	59.8%	+0.53	18–9 (67%)	12–10 (55%)	—	+3.32
30	1974	2042	153.2	—	—	—	—	+95	-122	+32	69.2%	+1.18	17–10 (63%)	23–12 (66%)	—	-2.59	1972	1765	130.5	—	—	—	—	+17	+29	+20	61.4%	+0.41	8–8 (50%)	12–5 (71%)	—	+3.86
31	1975	2138	164.1	—	—	—	—	+44	-104	+56	73.5%	+1.53	22–9 (71%)	17–10 (63%)	—	-6.11	1973	1720	133.3	—	—	—	—	+13	+45	+6	41.6%	-0.45	7–6 (54%)	1–4 (20%)	—	-3.33
32	1976	1960	161.5	—	—	—	—	+205	-5	+137	66.7%	+0.98	19–8 (70%)	13–6 (68%)	—	-1.81	1974	1652	119.0	—	—	—	—	+67	+79	—	41.2%	-0.65	2–6 (25%)	2–5 (29%)	—	-0.21
33	1977	1891	120.8	—	—	—	—	—	+15	+149	62.1%	+0.72	1–2 (33%)	4–2 (67%)	—	+0.42	1975	1627	102.2	—	—	—	—	—	+57	—	38.5%	-1.00	—	—	—	+0.20
34	1978	1980	156.5	—	—	—	—	+115	+16	-17	65.7%	+1.06	24–10 (71%)	18–9 (67%)	—	+0.43	1976	1600	106.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37.5%	-1.00	0–2	—	—	-0.01
35	1979	1947	156.2	—	—	—	—	+219	-19	-12	63.6%	+0.75	12–4 (75%)	10–4 (71%)	—	-0.71	1977	1611	114.0	—	—	—	—	+84	—	—	41.7%	-0.50	1–1	0–1	—	+0.11
Career	—	2260	157.1	—	—	—	—	+84	-86	+99	68.7%	+1.16	196–105 (65%)	161–89 (64%)	107.2	-1.95	—	1895	128.9	—	—	—	—	-60	-10	-47	49.9%	-0.31	62–46 (57%)	29–27 (52%)	105.3	-0.99

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.

Arthur Ashe's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Marty Riessen	20	6	26	Jan 25, 1979	H2H
Tom Okker	16	10	26	Nov 2, 1975	H2H
Bob Lutz	19	6	25	Mar 15, 1979	H2H
Stan Smith	14	11	25	Feb 23, 1979	H2H
Rod Laver	2	19	21	Feb 28, 1976	H2H

Pierre Barthes's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
John Newcombe	5	12	17	Jun 13, 1970	H2H
Cliff Drysdale	4	10	14	Nov 4, 1971	H2H
Nikola Pilic	4	9	13	Mar 13, 1975	H2H
Roger Taylor	6	4	10	Apr 24, 1971	H2H
Earl Butch Buchholz	4	6	10	Nov 12, 1969	H2H