He and his long-time regular partner Pierre Jaïs were the first two of ten players who have won the Triple Crown of Bridge.
[2][3] Trézel and Jaïs also won the Sunday Times Invitational pairs tournament in 1963.
They used a canapé system, generally bidding the second-longest suit first, and their becoming one of the world's strongest pairs "demonstrated the effectiveness" of the style.
Alan Truscott then called it "one of the greatest partnerships in the history of the game"[3] and two years later asserted that many European cognoscenti of 30 years earlier would have called them the "world's greatest partnership".
Born in Orléans, France to Pierre Trézel and Marie Prunier,[1] he died in Paris at the age of 68.