Marc Rosset

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Marc Rosset

Country	Switzerland
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Date of birth	November 7, 1970 (1970-11-07) (age 37)
Place of birth	Geneva, Switzerland
Height	6'7" (200 cm)
Weight	194 lb (88 kg)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	September 3, 2006
Plays	Right
Career prize money	$6,812,693
Singles
Career record:	433-351
Career titles:	15
Highest ranking:	No. 9 (September 11, 1995)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (1999)
French Open	SF (1996)
Wimbledon	4th (1992)
US Open	4th (1995)
Doubles
Career record:	142-144
Career titles:	8
Highest ranking:	No. 8 (November 2, 1992)
Infobox last updated on: February 1, 2008.

Olympic medal record
Men's Tennis
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Singles

Marc Rosset (born November 7, 1970, in Geneva, Switzerland) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.

Rosset first came to prominence as a junior tennis player who was ranked No. 4 in the world junior rankings in 1988.

Rosset turned professional in 1988 and won his first tour singles title in 1989 Geneva as a wildcard defeating Guillermo Perez-Roldan. His first doubles title was also won in Geneva in 1991 (partnering Sergi Bruguera).

1992 was the pinnacle of Rosset's career. Representing Switzerland at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, he defeated several big-name players on route to qualifying for the men's singles final, including Jim Courier, Goran Ivanišević, Wayne Ferreira and Emilio Sanchez. In the final, he faced Spain's Jordi Arrese and won an exciting five-set match 7–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6 to claim the Gold Medal. Rosset also won the 1992 French Open men's doubles title (partnering Jakob Hlasek). And Rosset 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 winning a five-set singles rubber against Jim Courier (who was ranked the World No. 1 at the time).

Rosset's most memorable Davis Cup match came in defeat in a singles rubber against Arnaud Clement 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.

At 2.01 metres (6 ft 7 in) Rosset was one of the game's tallest players throughout his career. He held a reputatation for being one of the most powerful servers in tennis. He was one of the game's fastest servers and most prolific servers of aces for most of his career.

Rosset had a lucky escape in 1998, when he changed his flight plans after a first-round defeat at the US Open. The flight he had originally planned to take, Swissair Flight 111, crashed in the Atlantic Ocean killing all on board. [1]

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 8 doubles titles. He won at least one singles title on all surfaces – clay, grass, carpet and hardcourt. His career prize-money totalled US$6,812,693. He announced his retirement as a player in October 2005.

Contents 1 Career statistics 1.1 Career finals 1.1.1 Singles 1.1.1.1 Wins (15) 1.1.2 Doubles 1.1.2.1 Wins (8) 2 External links

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Career finals

[edit] Singles

[edit] Wins (15)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) Olympic Gold Medal (1) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (14)

Titles by Surface Hard (3) Clay (3) Grass (1) Carpet (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	17 September 1989	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Guillermo Perez-Roldan	6–4, 7–5
2.	22 October 1990	Lyon, France	Carpet	Mats Wilander	6–3, 6–2
3.	3 August 1992	Barcelona Olympics, Spain	Clay	Jordi Arrese	7–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6
4.	16 November 1992	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Carl Uwe Steeb	6–3, 6–2
5.	8 February 1993	Marseille, France	Carpet	Jan Siemerink	6–2, 7–6(1)
6.	30 August 1993	Long Island, USA	Hard	Michael Chang	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
7.	15 November 1993	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Patrik Kühnen	6–4, 6–3
8.	7 February 1994	Marseille, France	Carpet	Arnaud Boetsch	7–6(6), 7–6(4)
9.	24 October 1994	Lyon, France	Carpet	Jim Courier	6–4, 7–6(2)
10.	24 April 1995	Nice, France	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–0
11.	26 June 1995	Halle, Germany	Grass	Michael Stich	3–6, 7–6(11), 7–6(8)
12.	24 February 1997	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard (i)	Tim Henman	6–2, 7–5, 6–4
13.	15 February 1999	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	David Prinosil	6–3, 6–4
14.	14 February 2000	Marseille, France	Carpet	Roger Federer	2–6, 6–3, 7–6(5)
15.	22 October 2000	London, England	Hard (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–4

[edit] Doubles

[edit] Wins (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	16 September 1991	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	Per Henricsson Ola Jonsson	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2.	6 January 1992	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Goran Ivanisevic	Mark Kratzmann Jason Stoltenberg	7–6, 7–6
3.	18 May 1992	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jakob Hlasek	Wayne Ferreira Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
4.	8 June 1992	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Jakob Hlasek	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
5.	26 October 1992	Lyon, France	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	Neil Broad Stefan Kruger	6–1, 6–3
6.	12 July 1993	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Cedric Pioline	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
7.	6 October 1997	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Tim Henman	Karsten Braasch Jim Grabb	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
8.	20 September 1999	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Oleg Ogorodov	Mark Keil Lorenzo Manta	7–6, 7–6

[edit] External links

• ATP Tour profile for Marc Rosset
• ITF profile for Marc Rosset
• Davis Cup profile for Marc Rosset
• Interview at rowztennis.com

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