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Marc Rosset
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1970-11-07) 7 November 1970 (age 54)
Geneva, Switzerland
Height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1988
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand) *occasionally used one-handed backhand
Prize money$6,812,693
Singles
Career record433–351
Career titles15
Highest rankingNo. 9 (11 September 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1999)
French OpenSF (1996)
Wimbledon4R (2000)
US Open4R (1995)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup1R (1996)
Olympic GamesW (1992)
Doubles
Career record142–144
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 8 (2 November 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1991, 1992, 1994)
French OpenW (1992)
Wimbledon3R (1993, 2001)
US Open2R (1990, 1992, 1993, 2000)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (1992)
Hopman CupF (1996)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Singles

Marc Rosset (born 7 November 1970) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He is best known for winning the men's singles gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also won a major doubles title, at the French Open in 1992 partnering compatriot Jakob Hlasek.

Career

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Rosset turned professional in 1988 and won his first tour singles title in 1989 in Geneva as a wildcard, defeating Guillermo Pérez Roldán. His first doubles title was won in Geneva as well in 1991 with partner Sergi Bruguera.

1992 was the pinnacle of Rosset's career. Representing Switzerland at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, he defeated several top players en route to qualifying for the men's singles final, including Jim Courier, Goran Ivanišević, Wayne Ferreira, and Emilio Sánchez. In the final, he faced Spain's Jordi Arrese and won an exciting five-set match to claim the gold medal. Rosset also won the 1992 French Open men's doubles title with partner Jakob Hlasek. Rosset also was a member of the Swiss team which reached the final of the 1992 Davis Cup. Switzerland lost in the final to the United States despite Rosset's winning a five-set singles rubber against Jim Courier (who was ranked world No. 1 at the time).

Rosset's most memorable Davis Cup match came in defeat in a singles rubber against Arnaud Clément of France in 2001, which he lost 15–13 in the fifth set after 5 hours and 46 minutes. During the later years of his playing career, Rosset also served as the Swiss Davis Cup team captain.

Rosset also enjoyed success playing in other international team competitions for Switzerland. In 1996, he was a member of the teams which won the World Team Cup and finished runners-up in the Hopman Cup. That year he also achieved his best performance at a Grand Slam, the 1996 French Open when he defeated Carl-Uwe Steeb, Jiří Novák, Jakob Hlasek, Stefan Edberg and Bernd Karbacher before losing to Michael Stich in the semifinals.

Rosset had a 2–2 record against his successor as Switzerland's top male tennis player, Roger Federer. Rosset won their first two meetings in 2000 (including the final of the Open 13 at Marseille), but Federer won their meetings in 2001 and 2003.[1]

At 2.01 meters (6 ft. 7 in.), Rosset was one of the game's tallest players throughout his career. He was one of the game's fastest servers and most prolific servers of aces for most of his career.

Rosset changed his flight plans after a first-round defeat at the US Open in September 1998. After he changed his plans, the flight he had originally planned to take, Swissair Flight 111, crashed in the Atlantic Ocean, killing all on board.[2]

Rosset's career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 9, and his career-high doubles ranking was world No. 8. He won a total of 15 top-level singles titles and eight doubles titles. He won at least one singles title on all surfaces: clay, grass, carpet, and hard court.

Career statistics

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Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 1992 French Open Clay Switzerland Jakob Hlasek South Africa David Adams
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy		 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 7–5

Olympic Games

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Singles: 1 (1 gold medal)

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Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 1992 Barcelona Olympics Clay Spain Jordi Arrese 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6

Career finals

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Singles: 23 (15–8)

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Winner – Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
Olympic Gold Medal (1–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–1)
ATP Championship Series (2–3)
ATP Tour (12–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (7–3)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. Sep 1989 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán 6–4, 7–5
Loss 1. Apr 1990 Madrid, Spain Clay Ecuador Andrés Gómez 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 2. May 1990 Bologna, Italy Clay Australia Richard Fromberg 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 2. Oct 1990 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Sweden Mats Wilander 6–3, 6–2
Win 3. Aug 1992 Summer Olympics, Spain Clay Spain Jordi Arrese 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6
Win 4. Nov 1992 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Germany Carl Uwe Steeb 6–3, 6–2
Win 5. Feb 1993 Marseille, France Carpet (i) Netherlands Jan Siemerink 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Win 6. Aug 1993 Long Island, USA Hard United States Michael Chang 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Win 7. Nov 1993 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Germany Patrik Kühnen 6–4, 6–3
Win 8. Feb 1994 Marseille, France Carpet (i) France Arnaud Boetsch 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 3. Aug 1994 New Haven, United States Hard Germany Boris Becker 3–6, 5–7
Win 9. Oct 1994 Lyon, France Carpet (i) United States Jim Courier 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 4. Nov 1994 Paris, France Carpet (i) United States Andre Agassi 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win 10. Apr 1995 Nice, France Clay Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–0
Win 11. Jun 1995 Halle, Germany Grass Germany Michael Stich 3–6, 7–6(13–11), 7–6(10–8)
Loss 5. Mar 1996 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Croatia Goran Ivanišević 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 12. Feb 1997 Antwerp, Belgium Hard (i) United Kingdom Tim Henman 6–2, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 6. Sep 1997 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard United Kingdom Tim Henman 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss 7. Feb 1998 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Netherlands Richard Krajicek 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 8. Feb 1998 Antwerp, Belgium Hard United Kingdom Greg Rusedski 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 1–6, 4–6,
Win 13. Feb 1999 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Germany David Prinosil 6–3, 6–4
Win 14. Feb 2000 Marseille, France Hard (i) Switzerland Roger Federer 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 15. Feb 2000 London, UK Hard (i) Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Career SR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 4R A 3R 1R A 2R 2R QF 2R 2R A 1R A A 0 / 11
French Open A A 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R SF 4R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 1R A A 0 / 13
Wimbledon A A 3R 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R 3R 2R 2R 2R 4R 1R 2R 1R A A 0 / 14
US Open A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 4R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R A A A 0 / 13
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 51
Masters Series
Indian Wells NME A 2R 1R QF 3R A 1R 3R 1R A A 1R A A A A 0 / 7
Miami NME 1R QF 3R 4R 3R A 4R 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R A A A 0 / 12
Monte-Carlo NME QF 1R 3R 3R 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 12
Rome NME A 1R 3R 3R 1R 1R 3R 3R A 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 9
Hamburg NME A 1R A 2R 1R QF 3R 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R A A A A 0 / 10
Canada NME A A A A 3R 2R 2R A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 4
Cincinnati NME A A 1R A A A 1R A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 3
Stuttgart (Stockholm) NME 3R 1R A SF 3R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R A A A A A 0 / 10
Paris NME 3R 1R 1R 3R F 3R QF 1R 3R 3R 3R A A A A A 0 / 11
Masters Series SR N/A 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 78
Year-end ranking 474 45 22 60 35 16 14 15 22 31 31 46 28 119 101 122 214 1306 N/A

Doubles: 12 (8–3)

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Winner – Legend
Grand Slam (1–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
Olympic Gold Medal (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (1–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP Tour (6–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Sep 1991 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Spain Sergi Bruguera Sweden Per Henricsson
Sweden Ola Jonsson 		3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2. Jan 1992 Adelaide, Australia Hard Croatia Goran Ivanišević Australia Mark Kratzmann
Australia Jason Stoltenberg 		7–6, 7–6
Win 3. May 1992 Rome, Italy Clay Switzerland Jakob Hlasek South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Australia Mark Kratzmann 		6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Win 4. Jun 1992 French Open, Paris Clay Switzerland Jakob Hlasek South Africa David Adams
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy 		7–6, 6–7, 7–5
Loss 1. Jun 1992 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Spain Javier Sanchez United States Glenn Layendecker
South Africa Byron Talbot 		6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 5. Oct 1992 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Switzerland Jakob Hlasek United Kingdom Neil Broad
South Africa Stefan Kruger 		6–1, 6–3
Win 6. Jul 1993 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay France Cédric Pioline Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
South Africa Piet Norval 		6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Loss 2. Jul 1995 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay France Arnaud Boetsch Argentina Luis Lobo
Spain Javier Sánchez 		7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Win 7. Oct 1997 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) United Kingdom Tim Henman Germany Karsten Braasch
United States Jim Grabb 		7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Win 8. Sep 1999 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov United States Mark Keil
Switzerland Lorenzo Manta 		7–6, 7–6
Loss 3. Jul 2004 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Switzerland Stan Wawrinka India Leander Paes
Czech Republic David Rikl 		4–6, 2–6

Team competition: 1 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partners/Team Opponents Score
Loss 1. December 1992 Davis Cup, Fort Worth, US Carpet (i) Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Switzerland Thierry Grin
Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri 		United States Andre Agassi
United States Jim Courier
United States John McEnroe
United States Pete Sampras 		1–3
Loss 2. Jan 1996 Hopman Cup, Australia Hard Switzerland Martina Hingis Croatia Iva Majoli
Croatia Goran Ivanišević 		1–2
Win 1. May 1996 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf Clay Switzerland Jakob Hlasek Czech Republic Petr Korda
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek 		6–3, 6–4

Top 10 wins

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Season 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
Wins 0 2 1 4 4 4 2 5 3 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 33
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score RR
1990
1. Spain Emilio Sánchez 7 Madrid, Spain Clay 2R 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 47
2. Spain Emilio Sánchez 9 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay QF 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 28
1991
3. Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 4 New Haven, United States Hard 3R 6–4, 6–4 41
1992
4. Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 10 Rome, Italy Clay 2R 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–3) 45
5. United States Jim Courier 1 Summer Olympics, Barcelona Clay 3R 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 44
6. Croatia Goran Ivanišević 4 Summer Olympics, Barcelona Clay SF 6–3, 7–5, 6–2 44
7. United States Jim Courier 1 Davis Cup, Fort Worth, United States Hard (i) RR 6–3, 6–7(9–11), 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 35
1993
8. United States Andre Agassi 8 Indian Wells, United States Hard 2R 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 33
9. Germany Boris Becker 4 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay 2R 7–6(7–3), 6–3 26
10. United States Michael Chang 7 Long Island, United States Hard F 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 30
11. United States Jim Courier 2 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i) 3R 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–3) 21
1994
12. Germany Michael Stich 2 Marseille, France Hard (i) SF 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 17
13. Ukraine Andriy Medvedev 7 New Haven, United States Hard QF 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(8–6) 20
14. Germany Boris Becker 3 Paris Masters, France Carpet (i) 3R 7–6(7–3), 7–6(9–7) 16
15. United States Michael Chang 9 Paris Masters, France Carpet (i) QF 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4 16
1995
16. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 Nice, France Clay F 6–4, 6–0 18
17. Germany Michael Stich 10 Halle, Germany Grass F 3–6, 7–6(13–11), 7–6(10–8) 13
1996
18. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 8 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) SF 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 14
19. Germany Boris Becker 5 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf Clay RR 7–6(7–4), 6–4 15
20. Sweden Thomas Enqvist 9 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf Clay RR 6–1, 2–6, 6–3 15
21. South Africa Wayne Ferreira 6 Vienna, Austria Carpet (i) 1R 6–2, 7–6(7–4) 25
22. United States Pete Sampras 1 Paris Masters, France Carpet (i) 2R 6–4, 6–4 23
1997
23. Spain Carlos Moyà 7 Munich, Germany Clay QF 7–5, 7–6(7–5) 20
24. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay 1R 6–4, 6–3 28
25. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard SF 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2 28
1998
26. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 Antwerp, Belgium Hard (i) 2R 6–3, 6–3 26
27. Australia Pat Rafter 3 Antwerp, Belgium Hard (i) SF 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2) 26
28. France Cédric Pioline 10 Wimbledon, London Grass 1R 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 13–11 39
29. Netherlands Richard Krajicek 9 Paris Masters, France Carpet (i) 2R 6–4, 5–7, 2–5 ret. 41
1999
30. United Kingdom Tim Henman 7 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard 3R 7–6(7–5), 6–3, 7–5 31
2000
31. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 London, United Kingdom Hard (i) F 6–4, 6–4 72
32. Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti 9 Hamburg, Germany Clay 1R 7–6(7–4), 6–3 41
2004
33. Argentina Guillermo Coria 4 Marseille, France Hard (i) 2R 7–6(7–2), 6–1 122

References

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  1. ^ http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=R214&oId=F324[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Frey, Jennifer. Rosset Had Reservation for Swissair Flight 111." The Washington Post. Friday 4 September 1998. Retrieved on 20 May 2009.
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