Paul Rémy (17 February 1923 – 14 March 2001) was a French No. 1 tennis player. He was active in the 1950s, playing in Wimbledon, the US Open, the French Open and the Davis Cup.The New Yorker 7 August 1954 "European-zone tennis finals for the Davis Cup, held over the weekend at Auteuil's Stade Roland Garros. ...most of the spectators gratefully wore giveaway paper hats that advertised French apéritifs. In any case, it was an unsmart... Frenchman – the short, stocky Paul Rémy, who comes from Algiers and at least could stand the sun-started spectacularly enough with machine-gun volleys, ..."Livre d'Or 2005 – page 3 "Nous citions tous ces grands du tennis français et algérois: Robert Abdesselam, Poulaillon, et mon bon camarade d'enfance Paul Rémy qui fut un grand parmi les grands né comme moi à Douera/St Amélie, lui aussi Rat des champs devenu Rat des villes..."
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, 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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