Roy Barth was born on March 30,1947 and is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
12 Facts About Roy Barth
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Roy Barth played varsity tennis while attending UCLA in the late 1960s and had success in doubles with Steve Tidball.
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Roy Barth twice earned All-American honours, in 1968 and 1969.
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Roy Barth, who reached a highest ranking of 8th nationally, competed in all four Grand Slam tournaments, but all of his nine singles matches won were on home soil.
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Roy Barth was runner-up in the doubles at the Pacific Coast Championships in 1970, then in 1974 won the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships in Merion with Humphrey Hose.
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Roy Barth won the first two sets of his match against Bjorn Borg at the 1973 US Open, before the Swede came back to win in five.
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In 1975, Roy Barth played on the World Team Tennis Tour as a member of the Indiana Loves.
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In 2018, after 42 years as director of the tennis program, Roy Barth stepped down, turning the program over to his son, Jonathan.
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Roy Barth is currently the Director of Tennis Emeritus and still works with tennis players at Kiawah.
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Roy Barth has been inducted into six Halls of Fame: Hoover High School Sports Hall of Fame in San Diego, The South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame, The Southern Tennis Hall of Fame, The San Diego Tennis Hall of Fame, The Intercollegiate Tennis Hall of Fame, and the Professional Tennis Registry Hall of Fame.
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In October 2020, Roy Barth published Point of Impact, his personal story woven though the history of tennis and a series of life lessons.
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Roy Barth channeled the lessons he learned on the court into tools for managing the challenges he faced off the court.