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Gérard Solvès
Country (sports)	France
Born	7 April 1968 (age 56); Lagny-sur-Marne,; Paris, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1993
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$403,190
Singles
Career record	21–36
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 105 (25 April 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1996, 1998)
Wimbledon	1R (1994)
Doubles
Career record	1–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 340 (20 June 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (1994, 1995)

Gérard Solvès (born 7 April 1968) is a French tennis player, coach and director of the Tennis Club de Paris.^[1]^[2]

Career

Solvès arrived on the scene in 1993, making the quarterfinals in Munich and Gstaad.^[3] He defeated some good players in both tournaments, defeating world number 19 Henrik Holm at Munich and managing a win over Wally Masur in Gstaad.^[3] In 1997 he made the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Open and was also a semi-finalist in Chennai that year.^[3] Solvès did well at Chennai again in 1998, making it as far as the quarterfinals.^[3]

He took part in the singles draw of seven Grand Slams.^[3] In both the 1994 and 1995 French Opens, Solvès also played in the men's doubles and mixed doubles.^[3] He partnered Fabrice Santoro in the 1994 French Open. His first win was at the French Open in 1996, when he defeated Marcos Ondruska in a 285-minute marathon, which ended at 9–7 in the fifth set.^[3] He reached the second round again in the French Open two years later, beating American Richey Reneberg, once more in a five-set match, which saw 14 games played in the final set.^[3]