Manuel Guinard

Manuel Guinard (born 15 November 1995) is a French professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 25 on 20 October 2025 and a career-high singles ranking of world No. 134 on 31 October 2022. Guinard won his first ATP Tour title at the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters in doubles, partnering with Romain Arneodo. He also competes on the ATP Challenger Tour, where he has won 15 doubles titles and 2 singles titles.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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. 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.