Marc Rosset

Marc Rosset

Country	Switzerland
Residence	Monte Carlo
Date of birth	November 7 1970 (1970--) (age 36)
Place of birth	Geneva
Height	6'7" (200 cm)
Weight	194 lb (88 kg)
Turned Pro	1988
Retired	September 3, 2006
Plays	Right
Career Prize Money	US$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)
U.S. Open	4th (1995)
Doubles
Career record:	142-144
Career titles:	8
Highest ranking:	No. 8 (November 2, 1992)
Infobox last updated on: March 26, 2007.

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.^{[citation needed]} 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. He also managed to win titles at least once on all surfaces clay, grass, carpet and hardcourt.

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. His career prize-money totalled US$6,812,693. He announced his retirement as a player in October 2005.

Singles wins (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	17-09-1989	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Guillermo Perez-Roldan	6-4, 7-5
2.	22-10-1990	Lyon, France	Carpet	Mats Wilander	6-3, 6-2
3.	03-08-1992	Barcelona Olympics	Clay	Jordi Arrese	6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
4.	16-11-1992	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Carl Uwe Steeb	6-3, 6-2
5.	08-02-1993	Marseille, France	Carpet	Jan Siemerink	6-2, 7-6(1)
6.	30-08-1993	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Michael Chang	6-4, 3-6, 6-1
7.	15-11-1993	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Patrik Kühnen	6-4, 6-3
8.	07-02-1994	Marseille, France	Carpet	Arnaud Boetsch	7-6(6), 7-6(4)
9.	24-10-1994	Lyon, France	Carpet	Jim Courier	6-4, 7-6(2)
10.	24-04-1995	Nice, France	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4, 6-0
11.	26-06-1995	Halle, Germany	Grass	Michael Stich	3-6, 7-6(11), 7-6(8)
12.	24-02-1997	Antwerp, Belgium	Indoor Hard	Tim Henman	6-2, 7-5, 6-4
13.	15-02-1999	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	David Prinosil	6-3, 6-4
14.	14-02-2000	Marseille, France	Carpet	Roger Federer	2-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
15.	22-10-2000	London, England	Indoor Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4, 6-4

Doubles titles (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	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

External links

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

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