Pilar Barril

Pilar Barril
Country represented	Spain
Birth date	31 October 1931
Birth place	Barcelona, Spain
Death date	30 September 2011 (aged 79)
Plays	Right-handed
Singlestitles	5
Frenchopenresult	QF (1961)
Wimbledonresult	2R
Usopenresult	2R
Frenchopendoublesresult	QF
Wimbledondoublesresult	2R
Frenchopenmixedresult	SF
Wimbledonmixedresult	2R

Pilar Barril (10 October 1931 – 30 September 2011) was a Spanish tennis player who was active during the 1950s and early 1960s. She and María Josefa de Riba were the first Spanish women to play international tennis tournaments after World War II.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career

She was the first Spanish woman to reach the quarterfinals of the French Open since Lilí de Álvarez. She was also a semifinalist in the 1956 mixed doubles. She appeared regularly at the French Open during the 1950s and 1960s. No other Spanish player reached a quarterfinal at a Grand Slam until Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1987.^[4]

Career finals

Singles (5–7)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	29 August 1954	S'Agaró International, Spain	Clay	María Josefa de Riba	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	26 December 1954	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Christiane Mercelis	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	6 June 1960	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Heather Segal	1–6, 1–6
Win	4.	2 January 1961	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Lucia Bassi	6–0, 6–4
Loss	5.	30 July 1961	Evian, France	Clay	Rosie Darmon	2–6, 5–7
Win	6.	10 June 1962	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mary Hawton	6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Loss	7.	1 January 1963	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Carmen Coronado	2–6, 2–6
Loss	8.	9 October 1963	San Sebastián, Spain	Clay	Mary Habicht	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win	9.	10 August 1964	Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Fay Toyne	6–2, 6–2
Win	10.	4 October 1964	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Roberta Beltrame	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	11.	15 November 1964	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Fay Toyne	1–6, 1–6
Win	12.	13 November 1966	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	María José Aubet	6–2, 6–4

Doubles (2–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	October 1953	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Alicia Guri	María Josefa de Riba Isabel Maier	5–7, 1–6
Loss	2.	30 December 1956	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Alicia Guri	Edda Buding Ilse Buding	3–6, 2–6
Win	3.	6 June 1960	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Carmen Coronado	Alicia Guri Mercedes Solsona	6–1, 8–6
Win	4.	11 June 1961	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Carmen Coronado	Ana María Estalella Peggy Templer	8–6, 6–0
Loss	5.	26 April 1964	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Hedie Schildknecht	Ana María Estalella Marta Pombo de Pereda	6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	6.	7 June 1964	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Elena Subirats	Carmen Coronado Ana María Estalella	2–6, 4–6
Loss	7.	15 November 1964	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Alicia Guri	Carmen Coronado Fay Toyne	3–6, 1–6

Mixed doubles (1–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	29 August 1954	S'Agaró International, Spain	Clay	François Garnero	Emilio Martínez María Josefa de Riba	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	2.	1 January 1956	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Antonio Maggi	Edda Buding Cesare Guercilana	8–6, 6–0
Loss	3.	2 January 1961	Valencia, Spain	Clay	José Luis Arilla	Ana María Estalella Antonio Martínez	2–6, 6–2, 6–8

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	Win–loss
Australia	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
France	1R	2R	A	1R	3R	1R	2R	1R	QF	2R	A	1R	1R	3R	8 / 10
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	2R	1R	A	2 / 10
United States	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	1 / 1
Win–loss	0 / 1	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 2	2 / 2	1 / 2	2 / 2	0 / 1	3 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2	1 / 1	10 / 20

References

^ "Wimbledon players archive – Pilar Barril". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC
^ "Pilar Barril" (in Spanish). www.rfet.es. Real Federación Española de Tenis (RFET)
^ "Fallece en Barcelona Pilar Barril, la Campeona de España con más títulos" (in Spanish). www.rfet.es. Real Federación Española de Tenis (RFET). 3 October 2011.
^ David Menayo (6 October 2011). "Homenaje póstumo a Pilar Barril" (in Spanish). MARCA