Manuel Guinard (born 15 November 1995) is a French tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 70 achieved on 9 September 2024 and a singles ranking of No. 134 achieved on 31 October 2022. Guinard competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour where he has won 2 singles and 15 doubles titles.

Manuel Guinard
Country (sports) France
Born (1995-11-15) 15 November 1995 (age 28)
Saint-Malo, France
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachSébastien Villette
Prize moneyUS $681,351
Singles
Career record4–5
Career titles2 Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 134 (31 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 293 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2022, 2023)
French Open1R (2022)
WimbledonQ1 (2022, 2024)
US OpenQ1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record11–10
Career titles15 Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 70 (9 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 70 (9 September 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open3R (2024)
US Open1R (2024)
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

Professional career

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2019–2020: Grand Slam doubles debut and first win in doubles

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Guinard made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2019 French Open after receiving a wildcard for the doubles main draw, partnering Arthur Rinderknech.[1]

At the 2020 French Open he reached the second round for his first Grand Slam win in doubles also as a wildcard partnering Rinderknech.

2021: First Challenger final, Top 250 singles debut

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He made his first Challenger final at the 2021 Open du Pays d'Aix where he lost to Carlos Taberner. He reached the top 250 on 8 November 2021 at World No. 247.

2022: Maiden challenger title, Major, ATP & Top 150 debut in singles & doubles

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He reached a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 155 on 17 January 2022, after winning the 2022 Traralgon International with Zdeněk Kolář.

In March, he won his maiden singles 2022 Challenger di Roseto degli Abruzzi II title as an Alternate.

In April, he made his ATP debut as a lucky loser at the 2022 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell where he lost to Hugo Dellien. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 151 on 25 April 2022.

In May, Guinard was awarded wildcards into the main draw of the 2022 French Open in singles and doubles partnering Enzo Couacaud.[2][3]

He qualified for the 2022 ATP Lyon Open main draw and defeated compatriot World No. 68 and wildcard Hugo Gaston in the first round for his first tour-level win.[4] He went on to defeat Michael Mmoh in the next round to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in his career.[5] As a result, he reached the top 150 in the rankings.

2023–2024: Major third round, first two ATP finals and top 70 in doubles

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In July 2023, Guinard won the 2023 Internationaux de Tennis de Troyes as a qualifier, defeating fellow countryman Calvin Hemery in the final. This was Guinard's first final on the ATP Challenger Tour in more than a year, allowing him to return into the Top 300. He also won the doubles title at the same tournament.[6]

In six months, he won four doubles Challenger titles starting in June 2023 and another two in January 2024 (five of the total with Grégoire Jacq).[7][8][9] In March 2024, he won one more Challenger in Zadar also with Jacq.[10] As a result, he reached a career high doubles ranking of No. 107 on 20 May 2024. Next, the French duo Guinard/Jacq entered their home Slam, the 2024 French Open as alternates, and on their Major debut as a team, defeated 14th seeded American pair of Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow in the first round. They reached the third round with a win over Guido Andreozzi and Rinky Hijikata.[11] They lost to the Tsitsipas brothers.[12] As a result he reached the top 100 at world No. 92 in doubles on 10 June 2024.

Guinard reached his first ATP final with Jacq at the 2024 Swedish Open defeating defending champions and to seeded pair of Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Gonzalo Escobar. The following week the pair reached their second ATP final at the 2024 Croatia Open Umag. Following one more Challenger final in Cassis, France, Guinard reached the top 70 in the doubles rankings on 9 September 2024.

Grand Slam performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Australian Open A A A Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q3 Q1 Q2 1R A Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A A Q1 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

Doubles

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ATP Tour career finals

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Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2024 Swedish Open,
Sweden
250 Series Clay   Grégoire Jacq   Orlando Luz
  Rafael Matos
5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2024 Croatia Open,
Croatia
250 Series Clay   Grégoire Jacq   Guido Andreozzi
  Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

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Singles: 15 (11 titles, 4 runners-up)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–2)
ITF Futures Tour (9–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (9–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2018 Bosnia & Herzegovina F1, Doboj Futures Clay   Nerman Fatić 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 May 2018 Sweden F3, Lund Futures Clay   Alexander Ritschard 3–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Sep 2018 Netherlands F5, Rotterdam Futures Clay   Nik Razboršek 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 3–1 Dec 2018 Tunisia F44, Monastir Futures Hard   Aziz Dougaz 7–5, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Mar 2019 M15 Quinta Do Lago, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Evan Hoyt 4–6, 3–6
Win 4–2 Jun 2019 M25 Pardubice, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay   Lukas Klein 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)
Win 5–2 Nov 2019 M15 Prague, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Hard (i)   Michael Vrbenský 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 6–2 Dec 2019 M15 Cairo II, Egypt World Tennis Tour Clay   Laurynas Grigelis 6–3, 6–2
Win 7–2 Aug 2020 M25 Vogau, Austria World Tennis Tour Clay   Dimitar Kuzmanov 6–3, 6–3
Win 8–2 Apr 2021 M25 Angers, France World Tennis Tour Clay   Lucas Catarina 7–5, 6–4
Win 9–2 May 2021 M25 Prague, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay   Jack Draper 6–4, 6–3
Loss 9–3 Jun 2021 Aix-en-Provence, France Challenger Clay   Carlos Taberner 2–6, 2–6
Win 10–3 Mar 2022 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy Challenger Clay   Tseng Chun-hsin 6–1, 6–2
Win 11–3 Jul 2023 Troyes, France Challenger Clay   Calvin Hemery 6–3, 6–3
Loss 11–4 Jan 2024 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard   Valentin Vacherot 5–7, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 28 (22 titles, 6 runners-up)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (15–4)
ITF Futures Tour (7–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (17–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2017 Tunisia F40, Hammamet Futures Clay   Clément Tabur   Samuel Bensoussan
  François-Arthur Vibert
6–7(6–8), 6–2, [13–11]
Loss 1–1 May 2018 Bosnia & Herzegovina F1, Doboj Futures Clay   Luka Pavlovic   Christian Hirschmüller
  Dane Propoggia
5–7, 5–7
Win 2–1 Jul 2018 Germany F9, Wetzlar Futures Clay   François Musitelli   Marco Neubau
  Kai Wehnelt
6–1, 6–3
Win 3–1 Jan 2019 M25 Tucson, USA World Tennis Tour Hard   Aziz Dougaz   Lloyd Glasspool
  Evan Hoyt
6–4, 5–7, [10–3]
Loss 3–2 May 2019 Savannah, USA Challenger Clay   Arthur Rinderknech   Roberto Maytín
  Fernando Romboli
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [9–11]
Win 4–2 May 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay   Mariano Kestelboim   Anis Ghorbel
  Aziz Dougaz
6–4, 6–1
Loss 4–3 Jun 2019 M25 Pardubice, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay   Aziz Dougaz   Vít Kopřiva
  Jaroslav Pospíšil
4–6, 2–6
Win 5–3 Dec 2019 M15 Cairo II, Egypt World Tennis Tour Clay   Laurynas Grigelis   Facundo Juarez
  Octavio Volpi
7–6(9–7), 6–3
Win 6–3 Feb 2020 Drummondville, Canada Challenger Hard   Arthur Rinderknech   Roberto Cid Subervi
  Gonçalo Oliveira
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
Win 7–3 Aug 2020 M25 Vogau, Austria World Tennis Tour Clay   Johannes Härteis   Gijs Brouwer
  Jelle Sels
6–4, 4–6, 11–9
Win 8–3 Mar 2021 Las Palmas, Spain Challenger Clay   Enzo Couacaud   Javier Barranco Cosano
  Eduard Esteve Lobato
6-1, 6-4
Win 9–3 Apr 2021 M25 Angers, France World Tennis Tour Clay   Corentin Denolly   Arthur Cazaux
  Titouan Droguet
Walkover
Win 10–3 Jul 2021 Amersfoort, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Luca Castelnuovo   Sergio Galdós
  Gonçalo Oliveira
0–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Loss 10–4 Sep 2021 Saint-Tropez, France Challenger Hard   Romain Arneodo  Antonio Šančić
  Artem Sitak
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 11–4 Jan 2022 Traralgon, Australia Challenger Hard   Zdeněk Kolář   Marc-Andrea Hüsler
  Dominic Stricker
6-3, 6-4
Win 12–4 Mar 2022 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy Challenger Clay   Franco Agamenone   Ivan Sabanov
  Matej Sabanov
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 12–5 Mar 2022 Zadar, Croatia Challenger Clay   Franco Agamenone   Zdeněk Kolář
  Andrea Vavassori
6–3, 6–7(7–9), [6–10]
Win 13–5 Mar 2023 Zadar, Croatia Challenger Clay   Nino Serdarušić   Ivan Sabanov
  Matej Sabanov
6–4, 6–0
Loss 13–6 Jun 2023 Troisdorf, Germany Challenger Clay   Grégoire Jacq   Íñigo Cervantes
  Oriol Roca Batalla
2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win 14–6 Jun 2023 Lyon, France Challenger Clay   Grégoire Jacq   Constantin Frantzen
  Hendrik Jebens
6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Win 15–6 Jul 2023 Troyes, France Challenger Clay   Grégoire Jacq   Álvaro López San Martín
  Daniel Rincón
Walkover
Win 16–6 Jul 2023 Amersfoort, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Grégoire Jacq   Mats Hermans
  Sander Jong
6–4, 6–4
Win 17–6 Aug 2023 Meerbusch, Germany Challenger Clay   Grégoire Jacq   Fernando Romboli
  Marcelo Zormann
7–5, 7–6
Win 18–6 Jan 2024 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard   Grégoire Jacq   Francis Casey Alcantara
  Sun Fajing
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win 19–6 Jan 2024 Quimper, France Challenger Hard   Arthur Rinderknech   Anirudh Chandrasekar
  Vijay Sundar Prashanth
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 20–6 Mar 2024 Zadar, Croatia Challenger Clay   Grégoire Jacq   Roman Jebavý
  Zdeněk Kolář
6–4, 6–4
Win 21–6 Jun 2024 Lyon, France Challenger Clay   Grégoire Jacq   Markos Kalovelonis
  Vladyslav Orlov
4–7, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 22–6 Jul 2024 Salzburg, Austria Challenger Clay   Grégoire Jacq   Petr Nouza
  Patrik Rikl
2–6, 6–3, [14–12]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Roland-Garros. Manuel Guinard jouera le double". Le Telegramme. 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Roland-Garros 2022: Wildcards Announced". rolandgarros.com. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Tsonga, Simon & Pouille Headline Roland Garros Wild Cards".
  4. ^ "Cameron Norrie Makes Winning Start in Lyon".
  5. ^ "Cameron Norrie Passes Sebastian Baez Test to Reach Lyon SFS | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  6. ^ "Retour sur la victoire de Manuel Guinard aux Internationaux de Troyes de tennis" (in French).
  7. ^ "Manuel Guinard remporte le challenger de Lyon… en double" (in French). 17 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Manuel Guinard remporte un nouveau challenger en double" (in French). 22 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Open de Quimper 2024. Manuel Guinard construit sa carrière en double" (in French). 28 January 2024.
  10. ^ "À Zadar, Manuel Guinard remporte son troisième titre de la saison en double" (in French).
  11. ^ "Tennis. Roland-Garros (D) - Guinard et Jacq en 8es, le conte de fées continue" (in French). 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Tsitsipas brothers continue Roland Garros journey, reach QFs". 5 June 2024.
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