David Guez (born 8 December 1982) is a French former

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player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 116 in July 2010. In 2025, Guez was banned from professional tennis for four years and a $25,000 fine ($17,500 suspended) after admitting to match fixing tennis matches played in 2017 and 2018.

Career

At the 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon he won with

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and reached to the second round, where he lost with

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. In his best win to date, he beat

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6–3, 6–4 in the 2009 BNP Paribas Masters. In the second round of that tournament, he lost 4–6, 5–7, against his compatriot

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. He has reached the final of seventeen Futures tournaments; in twelve of these he was victorious. David won the one of

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, where he defeated

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in the final). He qualified for his only Grand Slam tournament on 15 January 2010 (after winning against

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, Dayne Kelly and

in the qualifications). However, he lost to

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in the first round. In 2014, he again made his way through qualifying, defeating

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, Lorenzo Giustino and 32nd seed

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to make it into the main draw of the

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. He was defeated by countryman

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in the first round.

Singles finals

Wins (16)

Runner-up (7)

Singles performance timeline

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guez, David 1982 births Living people French male tennis players Jewish tennis players 21st-century French sportsmen Match fixing in tennis Match fixers