Manuel Guinard

Manuel Guinard

Country (sports)	France
Born	(1995-11-15) 15 November 1995 (age 29) Saint-Malo, France
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2016
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Sébastien Villette
Prize money	US $703,123
Singles
Career record	5–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 134 (31 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 261 (6 January 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2022, 2023)
French Open	1R (2022)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2022, 2024)
US Open	Q1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	12–12
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 67 (18 November 2024)
Current ranking	No. 67 (18 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2025)
French Open	3R (2024)
US Open	1R (2024)
Last updated on: 7 January 2025.

Manuel Guinard (born 15 November 1995) is a French tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 67 achieved on 18 November 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 15 doubles and 2 singles titles.

Early life

Born in Saint-Malo, Guinard began playing tennis at the age of 5-6 at the TCJA Saint-Malo under the guidance of his first coach, Olivier Courteau. At 12, he joined a tennis-studies program in Quimperlé, where he trained from 5th to 3rd grade. He later spent four seasons at the French Tennis Academy near Gorron, Mayenne. Driven by his passion for tennis, he aimed to build a career as a professional player, setting long-term goals such as breaking into the Top 100 worldwide. Early international experiences included Futures and Challenger tournaments, where he advanced past qualifiers. Known for his strong serve and forehand, he continued refining his game, particularly in advancing to the net. By 19, Guinard sought to obtain a state diploma (Diplôme d'État en France) to qualify as a tennis coach while simultaneously working on his competitive career. He joined the Tennis Elite Team (TET) project in Saint-Malo, led by Christophe Cazuc, to support his progression on the professional circuit. ^[1]

Professional career

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

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. ^[2]

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 debut

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: Singles Challenger title, Major, ATP & Top 150 debuts in singles & doubles

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. ^{[3] [4]}

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. ^[5] He went on to defeat Michael Mmoh in the next round to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in his career. As a result, he reached the top 150 in the singles rankings. ^{[6] [7]}

2023–25: Doubles success, Major third round, two finals, top 70

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 in the singles rankings. He also won the doubles title at the same tournament. ^[8]

In six months starting in June 2023, Guinard won four doubles Challenger titles, and then another two in January 2024 (five of the titles won were with Grégoire Jacq). ^{[9] [10] [11]} In March 2024, he won one more Challenger in Zadar also with Jacq. ^[12]

The French pair 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. ^[13] They lost to the Tsitsipas brothers. ^{[14] [15]} As a result, Guinard 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 top seeded pair of Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Gonzalo Escobar. ^[16] They lost to Brazilian duo Rafael Matos and Orlando Luz. ^{[17] [18] [19]} 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. ^[20]

In November 2024, Guinard played his first ATP Tour singles tournament in more than two years by entering the main draw of the 2024 Moselle Open as a lucky loser, losing in the first round to Zizou Bergs. ^[21] In doubles at the same tournament, he lost with Gregoire Jacq to French duo, compatriots Herbert/Olivetti in the quarterfinals. ^[22] Ranked No. 261, he also entered as a lucky loser the main draw of the 2025 Adelaide International and defeated Roman Safiullin, having entered the tournament as alternate in the qualifying stage. ^{[6] [23]} He lost to top seed Tommy Paul in three sets. ^[24]

Grand Slam performance timeline

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

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	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

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

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

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)

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]

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21. "Metz Open: Bergs advances to second round". 5 November 2024.
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23. "Adelaide Open: Guinard makes second round".
24. "Paul, Auger-Aliassime each pull through in three to reach Adelaide QFs". ATPTour. 8 January 2025.

External links

• Manuel Guinard at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Manuel Guinard at the International Tennis Federation