David Guez
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David Guez is a French tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player. He has a career high-ranking of 116 (achieved on July 5, 2010).

Career

Guez has played six major singles tournaments at professional level. At the 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
The 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 23rd edition of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour...

 he won with Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...

 and reached to the second round, where he lost with Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour...

. In his best win to date, he beat Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...

 6–3, 6–4 in the 2009 BNP Paribas Masters
2009 BNP Paribas Masters
The 2009 Paris Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2009 ATP Tour...

. In the second round of that tournament, he lost 4–6, 5–7, against his compatriot Gaël Monfils
Gaël Monfils
Gaël Sébastien Monfils is a French professional tennis player. he was the highest-ranked French tennis player, ranked no. 7 in the world ATP rankings. He was the runner-up at the Paris Masters in 2009 and 2010 and a semifinalist at the 2008 French Open.-2002:In 2002, Monfils finished 24th at the...

.

He has reached the final of seventeen Futures tournaments; in twelve of these he was victorious. David won the one of ATP Challenger Tour tournaments (in St. Petersburg, where he defeated Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Édouard Roger-Vasselin is a male tennis player from France, the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.-2007:...

 in the final).

He qualified for his only Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...

 tournament on January 15, 2010 (after winning against Ruben Bemelmans
Ruben Bemelmans
Ruben Bemelmans , is a Belgian male professional tennis player. His career-high rank ATP singles ranking was No. 172 reached on October 26, 2009. His best doubles rank is No. 245....

, Dayne Kelly and Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Édouard Roger-Vasselin is a male tennis player from France, the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.-2007:...

 in the qualifications). However, he lost to Julien Benneteau
Julien Benneteau
Julien Benneteau is a professional male tennis player from France. His career-best singles ranking is ATP world no. 32, which he reached in July 2010. He formerly resided in Boulogne Billancourt and now lives in Geneva...

 in the first round.

Singles Finals

Legend (Singles)
Challengers (5)
Futures (17)

Wins (15)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. May 3, 2004 Morocco F3 Clay  Morocco Mehdi Tahiri 7–6(3), 6–4
2. July 12, 2004 Portugal F2 Hard  Spain Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers i Pujol is a professional tennis player from Spain who turned professional in 2003. He reached his highest singles ranking of World Number 33 on August 1, 2011, and his highest doubles ranking of World Number 5.-2006:Granollers made the first round of the Wimbledon tournament in...

6–2, 6–4
3. September 5, 2005 Romania F2 Clay  Algeria Slimane Saoudi
Slimane Saoudi
Slimane Saoudi is a former professional Algerian tennis player.Saoudi reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on July 21, 2003, when he became World number 212. His only appearance at a Grand Slam came at the 2002 U.S...

6–1, 6–2
4. June 12, 2006 Tunisia F3 Clay  France Xavier Audouy 6–1, 6–2
5. August 7, 2006 St. Petersburg, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Clay  France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Édouard Roger-Vasselin is a male tennis player from France, the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.-2007:...

6–0, 6–2
6. April 13, 2008 Great Britain F17 Hard  Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev is a Kazakhstani professional tennis playercurrently living in Italy. His career high rank is #33, achieved on October 4, 2010. He has participated in all Grand Slam tournaments, the first being the 2008 US Open, as well in the main draw of ATP Masters Series and ATP International...

6–4, 6–2
7. January 21, 2008 China F2 Hard  Monaco Benjamin Balleret
Benjamin Balleret
Benjamin Balleret is a professional tennis player on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour.-Career:...

6–3, 6–4
8. March 9, 2008 France F4 Hard  Monaco Thomas Oger
Thomas Oger
Thomas Oger is a professional Monegasque tennis player.Oger reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on October 29, 2007, when he became World number 249...

6–4, 7–5
9. May 11, 2009 Great Britain F7 Clay  France Sébastien de Chaunac
Sébastien de Chaunac
Sébastien de Chaunac is a now inactive French professional tennis player. He mainly played ATP Challenger Series tournaments, capturing one singles and two doubles titles...

6–3, 3–6, 6–0
10. June 22, 2009 France F9 Clay  Russia Valery Rudnev 6–4, 7–6(4)
11. July 6, 2009 France F11 Clay  Netherlands Michel Meijer 6–1, 6–2
12. September 14, 2009 Spain F31 Hard  France Pierre Metenier 6–2, 6–3
13. October 5, 2008 France F17 Hard  Latvia Andis Juška
Andis Juška
Andis Juška is a tennis player from Latvia. His highest single's ranking to date was 226 reached on October 26, 2009. Already for several years he is the second highest rated Latvian tennis player in the ATP ranking behind Ernests Gulbis. He has won nine events at the ITF Futures level. In August...

7–6(4), 6–4
14. July 4, 2010 Arad Challenger
Arad Challenger
The Arad Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Arad, Romania since 2010. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:...

, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

Clay   Benoît Paire
Benoît Paire
Benoît Paire is a French tennis player. He reached a career high-ranking of 94 . He reached the 1st round of a Grand Slam event for the first time at Roland Garros in 2010...

6–3, 6–1
15. January 13, 2011 Quimper Challenger
Open EuroEnergie de Quimper
The Open EuroEnergie de Quimper is a tennis tournament held in Quimper, France since 2011.-Singles:-Doubles:...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Hard   Kenny de Schepper
Kenny de Schepper
Kenny de Schepper is a French professional tennis player.-2011 Challengers and Futures Tournaments:While not having any wins, he has several runner-up finishes in ITF Futures events and has a runner-up finish at an ATP Challenger event - the 2011 Open EuroEnergie de Quimper, where lost to his...

6–2, 4-6, 7-6

Runner-up (7)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. May 3, 2004 Algieria F2 Clay  France Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour...

2–6, 0–6
2. July 12, 2004 France F11 Clay  France Bertrand Contzler 3–6, 4–6
3. September 8, 2005 Pamplona
Pamplona
Pamplona is the historial capital city of Navarre, in Spain, and of the former kingdom of Navarre.The city is famous worldwide for the San Fermín festival, from July 6 to 14, in which the running of the bulls is one of the main attractions...

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

Hard  France Nicolas Devilder
Nicolas Devilder
Nicolas Devilder is a French male tennis player. He reached a career high singles ranking of 60 in the world on September 8, 2008, after reaching the semifinals of the Montevideo Challenger, where he lost to former top ten player, Guillermo Cañas...

2–6, 1–6
4. June 19, 2006 France F8 Hard  France Alexandre Sidorenko
Alexandre Sidorenko
Alexandre Sidorenko is a French tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 145 .-Career:...

2–6, 7–6(4), 4–6
5. January 1, 2007 Noumea
Nouméa
Nouméa is the capital city of the French territory of New Caledonia. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, and is home to the majority of the island's European, Polynesian , Indonesian, and Vietnamese populations, as well as many Melanesians,...

, New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...

Hard  United States Michael Russell
Michael Russell (tennis)
Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times...

0–6, 1–6
6. September 1, 2008 France F13 Hard  Austria Martin Fischer
Martin Fischer (tennis)
Martin Fischer is an Austrian professional tennis player. His highest career ranking was No. 117 achieved on October 11, 2010.-Singles :-Runner-Up :- References :...

2–6, 3–6
7. February 2, 2009 France F2 Hard  Switzerland Michael Lammer
Michael Lammer
Michael Lammer is a Swiss professional tennis player. He plays right-handed. At the 2009 Allianz Suisse Open in Gstaad, won the doubles tournament with compatriot Marco Chiudinelli...

4–6, 1–6

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