Marc Rosset

Marc Rosset

Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Height	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed;
Prize money	$6,812,693
Singles
Career record	433–351
Career titles	15
Highest ranking	No. 9 (11 September 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1999)
French Open	SF (1996)
Wimbledon	4th (2000)
US Open	4th (1995)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	Gold medal (1992)
Doubles
Career record	142–144
Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 8 (2 November 1992)
Last updated on: 1 February 2008.

Olympic medal record
Men's Tennis
	1992 Barcelona	Singles

Marc Rosset (born 7 November 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 Pérez Roldán. 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 Sánchez. 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 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.

Rosset has 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.

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 changed his flight plans after a first-round defeat at the US Open. 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.

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.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1-0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1992	French Open	Clay	Jakob Hlasek	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	7-6(4), 6-7(3), 7-5

Olympic finals

Singles: 1 (1 gold medal)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Gold	1992	Barcelona Olympics	Clay	Jordi Arrese	7–6(2), 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6

Career finals

Singles

Wins (15)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) Olympic Gold Medal (1) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Championship Series (2) ATP Tour (12)

Titles by Surface Hard (4) Clay (3) Grass (1) Carpet (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	17 September 1989	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Guillermo Pérez Roldán	6–4, 7–5
2.	22 October 1990	Lyon, France	Carpet	Mats Wilander	6–3, 6–2
3.	3 August 1992	Summer Olympics, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jordi Arrese	7–6(2), 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	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	2–6, 6–3, 7–6(5)
15.	22 October 2000	London, UK	Hard (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Career SR
Grand Slams
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
U.S. 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

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 Ivanišević	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	Cédric 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

• Marc Rosset at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Marc Rosset at the Davis Cup
• Interview at rowztennis.com