The Marseille Pro Championships was a mens professional tennis tournament founded in 1965.L'Équipe, mardi 7 décembre 1965. Pierre Barthès signe un contrat chez les professionnels. Source : BPI - Microfilms du quotidien "L'Équipe". Also known as the Marseille Pros it was played intermittently in Marseille, France until 1967.
History The tournament features two subsidiary events, a spring championships played outdoors on clay courts, and an autumn championships,
played on indoor wood courts.
Finals Singles (Spring) YearChampionRunners-upScore1967 Rod Laver Dennis Ralston6–4, 6–3
Singles (Autumn) YearChampionRunners-upScore1965 Ken Rosewall Frank Sedgman6–2, 7–51967L'Équipe, lundi 9 octobre 1967. Pierre Barthès vainqueur du tournoi professionnel de Marseille. Source : BPI - Microfilms du quotidien "L'Équipe". Pierre Barthes Fred Stolle2–6, 9–7, 11–9
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