Paul Rémy (17 February 1923 – 14 March 2001) was a French No. 1 tennis player. He was active in the 1950s, playing in
Wimbledon
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, the
US Open,
the French Open
and the
Davis Cup
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.
In 1951, he won the Quebec Open, defeating Canadian clay court specialists
Henri Rochon,
Brendan Macken and
Lorne Main in long matches.
[Quebec Open 1951. https://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=21937]
In 1956, he won the
South of France Championships, defeating
Torben Ulrich,
Gardnar Mulloy
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, and
Pierre Darmon in the last three rounds.
Rémy reached the quarter finals of the 1956 French Championships, beating fourth seed
Art Larsen in the fourth round. He won the five set three-hour match "with a steady stream of angled placements, passing shots and expert volleys. Larsen missed many easy shots."
He lost to
Giuseppe Merlo in the quarter finals 10-8 in the fifth set.
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1923 births
2001 deaths
French male tennis players
Pieds-noirs
Professional tennis players before the Open Era
20th-century French sportsmen