Manuel Guinard (born 15 November 1995) is a French tennis player.
Guinard competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour.
He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 92 achieved on 10 June 2024 and a singles ranking of No. 134 achieved on 31 October 2022.
Professional career
2019–2020: Grand Slam doubles 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.[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
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
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.
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, top 100 in doubles
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.
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.