Gérard Solvès (born 7 April 1968) is a French

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player, coach and director of the Tennis Club de Paris.ITF Tennis Profile
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Career

Solvès arrived on the scene in 1993, making the quarterfinals in

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and

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.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> He defeated some good players in both tournaments, defeating world number 19 Henrik Holm at Munich and managing a win over

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in Gstaad. In 1997 he made the quarterfinals of the

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and was also a semi-finalist in Chennai that year. Solvès did well at Chennai again in 1998, making it as far as the quarterfinals. He took part in the singles draw of seven Grand Slams. In both the

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and

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s, Solvès also played in the men's doubles and mixed doubles. He partnered

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in the 1994 French Open. His first win was at the French Open in 1996, when he defeated

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in a 285-minute marathon, which ended at 9–7 in the fifth set. He reached the second round again in the French Open two years later, beating American

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, once more in a five-set match, which saw 14 games played in the final set.

References

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