Guy Forget

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Guy Forget (Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 4 January 1965) is a French tennis administrator and retired professional player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.

Early life and amateur career

Forget first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won the French Open junior title in 1982. He turned professional later that year.

Professional career

Forget's breakthrough year on the professional tour was 1986 when he made it to the fourth round of Roland Garros, his best grand slam at that point, and won his first top-level singles title in Toulouse, where both his father and grandfather had won, respectively in 1966 and 1946, and where he won again in 1991 and 1992.[1] He was also part of the French team which won the World Team Cup. Forget also won six doubles titles in 1986, reaching his career-high doubles ranking of World Number 3 in August that year, finishing in the runner-up spot with partner Yannick Noah at the 1986 ATP Tour World Championships tournament.

In 1987, Forget and Yannick Noah finished runners-up in the men's doubles at the French Open. In 1990, Forget partnered with Jakob Hlasek to win the ATP Tour World Championships doubles title.

1991 was the most memorable year of Forget's career. He won six singles titles that year, the biggest coming at the ATP Masters Series events in Cincinnati and Paris. In both finals, he defeated Pete Sampras. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World Number 4 in March that year.

Forget was a member of the French team which won the 1991 Davis Cup. In the final, France faced the United States. Forget teamed up with Henri Leconte to win the doubles rubber, and then won the decisive singles rubber against Pete Sampras as France shocked the heavily favoured US team to win 3–1.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

1996 was another notable year in Forget's career. Partnering Jakob Hlasek, he again finished runner-up in the men's doubles event at the French Open. He also won what proved to be his last career singles title in Marseille. For a second time, he was on a French team which won the Davis Cup. In the final, he teamed-up with Guillaume Raoux to win a critical doubles rubber, as France defeated Sweden 3–2.

Forget played for France's Davis Cup team for 12 years, compiling a 38–11 record.

Forget retired from the professional tour in 1997. During his career, he won a total of 11 top-level singles titles and 28 doubles titles. His career prize-money earnings totalled US$5,669,934.

After retiring as a player, Forget served as France's Davis Cup team captain. He also served as France's Fed Cup team captain from 1999 to 2004; his best result was France's performance in 2003 (with a squad including Mary Pierce, Amélie Mauresmo, Émilie Loit and Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro) when they defeated USA in the final. However, he resigned in 2004 to focus on his Davis Cup duties,[2] and the French team then lost to Russia in the final (when Marion Bartoli and Émilie Loit lost to Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva in the last, deciding doubles match).

In 2011, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) presented him with its highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award, for his contributions to tennis.[3]

He joined the directing committee of the French Open in 2011, and in 2012 he became director of the Masters of Paris Bercy.

In 2016, he became director of the French Open after the dismissal of Gilbert Ysern.[4]

In popular culture

Forget was the subject of the song "Guy Forget" by the band Phish, with the lyrics "I never met a man I could not forget, except for Guy Forget".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (2 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1987 French Open Clay Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd
Template:Flagicon Robert Seguso		 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 1996 French Open Clay Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek		 2–6, 3–6

ATP World Championships finals

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Location Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1986 New York City Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Stefan Edberg
Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd		 3–6, 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win 1990 Frankfurt Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal
Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez		 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–4

Career finals

Singles (11 titles, 8 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (2–3)
ATP Championship Series (1–0)
Grand Prix (8–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (8)
Grass (0)
Clay (1)
Carpet (2)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1986 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Jan Gunnarsson 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 Mar 1989 Nancy, France Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Michiel Schapers 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2–1 Nov 1989 Wembley, England Carpet Template:Flagicon Michael Chang 2–6, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 2–2 Apr 1990 Nice, France Clay Template:Flagicon Juan Aguilera 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Sep 1990 Bordeaux, France Clay Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–2 Jan 1991 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Hard Template:Flagicon Michael Stich 6–3, 6–4
Win 5–2 Feb 1991 Brussels, Belgium Carpet Template:Flagicon Andrei Cherkasov 6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 5–3 Mar 1991 Indian Wells, US Hard Template:Flagicon Jim Courier 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 6–3 Aug 1991 Cincinnati, US Hard Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 7–3 Sep 1991 Bordeaux, France Hard Template:Flagicon Olivier Delaître 6–1, 6–3
Win 8–3 Oct 1991 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Amos Mansdorf 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win 9–3 Nov 1991 Paris, France Carpet Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras 7–6(11–9), 4–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 9–4 Jan 1992 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Hard Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez 3–6, 4–6
Win 10–4 Oct 1992 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Petr Korda 6–3, 6–2
Loss 10–5 Nov 1992 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss 10–6 Nov 1992 Paris, France Carpet Template:Flagicon Boris Becker 6–7(3–7), 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 10–7 Jul 1994 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Template:Flagicon Sergi Bruguera 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 10–8 Jun 1995 London/Queen's Club, England Grass Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win 11–8 Feb 1996 Marseille, France Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Cédric Pioline 7–5, 6–4

Doubles

Titles (28)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1985 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez Template:Flagicon Mike De Palmer
Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly 		6–3, 6–4
Win 2. 1985 Wembley, England Carpet Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd Template:Flagicon Boris Becker
Template:Flagicon Slobodan Živojinović 		7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Win 3. 1986 La Quinta, US Hard Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah
Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart 		6–4, 6–3
Win 4. 1986 Metz, France Carpet Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak Template:Flagicon Francisco González
Template:Flagicon Michiel Schapers 		2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 5. 1986 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Joakim Nyström
Template:Flagicon Mats Wilander 		6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win 6. 1986 Rome, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson
Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart 		7–6, 6–2
Win 7. 1986 London/Queen's Club, England Grass Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Darren Cahill
Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann 		6–2, 7–6
Win 8. 1986 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Jan Gunnarsson
Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd 		7–6, 6–4
Win 9. 1987 Lyon, France Carpet Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Kelly Jones
Template:Flagicon David Pate 		4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 10. 1987 Indian Wells, US Hard Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Boris Becker
Template:Flagicon Eric Jelen 		6–4, 7–6
Win 11. 1987 Forest Hills, US Clay Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly
Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming 		4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 12. 1987 Rome, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Miloslav Mečíř
Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd 		6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Win 13. 1987 London/Queen's Club, England Grass Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Rick Leach
Template:Flagicon Tim Pawsat 		6–4, 6–4
Win 14. 1988 Indian Wells, US Hard Template:Flagicon Boris Becker Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano
Template:Flagicon Todd Witsken 		6–4, 6–4
Win 15. 1988 Orlando, US Hard Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart
Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick 		6–4, 6–4
Win 16. 1988 Nice, France Clay Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt
Template:Flagicon Diego Nargiso 		4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 17. 1990 Stuttgart Indoor, West Germany Carpet Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Michael Mortensen
Template:Flagicon Tom Nijssen 		6–3, 6–2
Win 18. 1990 Indian Wells, US Hard Template:Flagicon Boris Becker Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb
Template:Flagicon Patrick McEnroe 		4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 19. 1990 Long Island, US Hard Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Udo Riglewski
Template:Flagicon Michael Stich 		2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 20. 1990 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Scott Davis
Template:Flagicon David Pate 		7–6, 7–5
Win 21. 1990 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon John Fitzgerald
Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd 		6–4, 6–2
Win 22. 1990 Sanctuary Cove, Australia Hard Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez
Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal 		6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4
Win 23. 1991 Bordeaux, France Hard Template:Flagicon Arnaud Boetsch Template:Flagicon Patrik Kühnen
Template:Flagicon Alexander Mronz 		6–2, 6–2
Win 24. 1993 Indian Wells, US Hard Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen
Template:Flagicon Scott Melville 		6–4, 7–5
Win 25. 1994 Halle, Germany Grass Template:Flagicon Olivier Delaître Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte
Template:Flagicon Gary Muller 		6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Win 26. 1994 Long Island, US Hard Template:Flagicon Olivier Delaître Template:Flagicon Andrew Florent
Template:Flagicon Mark Petchey 		6–4, 7–6
Win 27. 1994 Bordeaux, France Hard Template:Flagicon Olivier Delaître Template:Flagicon Diego Nargiso
Template:Flagicon Guillaume Raoux 		6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Win 28. 1995 Milan, Italy Carpet Template:Flagicon Boris Becker Template:Flagicon Petr Korda
Template:Flagicon Karel Nováček 		6–2, 6–4

Runners-up (17)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 1984 Bordeaux, France Clay Template:Flagicon Loïc Courteau Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil
Template:Flagicon Blaine Willenborg 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 1985 Nice, France Clay Template:Flagicon Loïc Courteau Template:Flagicon Claudio Panatta
Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil 		6–3, 3–6, 6–8
Loss 3. 1986 Memphis, US Carpet Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd Template:Flagicon Ken Flach
Template:Flagicon Robert Seguso 		4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss 4. 1986 Itaparica, Brazil Hard Template:Flagicon Loic Courteau Template:Flagicon Chip Hooper
Template:Flagicon Mike Leach 		5–7, 3–6
Loss 5. 1986 Masters Doubles, London Carpet Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Stefan Edberg
Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd 		3–6, 6–7, 3–6
Loss 6. 1987 French Open, Paris Clay Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd
Template:Flagicon Robert Seguso 		7–6, 7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 7. 1987 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Template:Flagicon Loic Courteau Template:Flagicon Jan Gunnarsson
Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd 		6–7, 2–6
Loss 8. 1988 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Mansour Bahrami Template:Flagicon Tom Nijssen
Template:Flagicon Ricki Osterthun 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 9. 1991 Indian Wells, US Hard Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte Template:Flagicon Jim Courier
Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez 		6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 10. 1991 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Gary Muller
Template:Flagicon Danie Visser 		6–7, 4–6
Loss 11. 1992 Brussels, Belgium Carpet Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Boris Becker
Template:Flagicon John McEnroe 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 12. 1992 Bordeaux, France Clay Template:Flagicon Arnaud Boetsch Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal
Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 13. 1992 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte Template:Flagicon Brad Pearce
Template:Flagicon Byron Talbot 		1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 14. 1995 Ostrava, Czech Republic Carpet Template:Flagicon Patrick Rafter Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman
Template:Flagicon Javier Frana 		7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Loss 15. 1996 Milan, Italy Carpet Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Andrea Gaudenzi
Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević 		4–6, 5–7
Loss 16. 1996 Hamburg, Germany Clay Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles
Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 17. 1996 French Open, Paris Clay Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek 		2–6, 3–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Template:Performance key

Tournament 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Career SR Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 3R A 4R 1R NH A 2R 1R 2R QF 2R QF A 2R 1R 1R 0 / 12 16–12
French Open 3R 1R 1R 1R 4R 1R 3R A 3R 4R 2R A A 2R 3R A 0 / 12 16–12
Wimbledon A 1R 3R 1R 1R 4R 1R A 4R QF QF A QF 2R 1R A 0 / 12 21–12
U.S. Open A 1R 1R 2R 2R 3R 2R A 1R 2R 4R A 2R 1R 4R A 0 / 12 13–12
Grand Slam SR 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 48 N/A
Annual win–loss 3–2 0–3 5–4 1–4 4–3 5–3 4–4 0–1 6–4 12–4 9–4 4–1 5–2 3–4 5–4 0–1 N/A 66–48
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells These Tournaments Were Not

Masters Series Events

Before 1990 		2R F 2R 1R A 2R 1R 1R 0 / 7 6–7
Miami 3R 4R A 4R A 2R 2R 1R 0 / 6 6–6
Monte Carlo 3R 3R 3R 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 6 5–6
Rome QF A 1R A A A 1R A 0 / 3 3–3
Hamburg SF A A 1R A A 1R A 0 / 3 4–3
Montreal/Toronto A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
Cincinnati 3R W 2R A A 1R A A 1 / 4 7–3
Stuttgart (Stockholm) 3R 3R F A 2R 1R A A 0 / 5 7–5
Paris 3R W F A 3R 3R 1R A 1 / 6 14–5
Masters Series SR N/A 16–8 18–4 9–6 3–4 3–3 3–6 0–6 0–2 N/A 52–39
Masters Series SR N/A 0 / 8 2 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 2 2 / 41 N/A
Year-end ranking 70 188 36 61 25 54 48 36 16 7 11 158 40 71 51 1121 N/A

Doubles

Tournament 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Career SR Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 2R NH A 3R 2R 2R 1R A A A A SF 1R A A A 0 / 7 8–6
French Open 1R A 3R 2R 3R F 1R A 1R 3R 2R A 2R 3R F A 1R 2R 2R 0 / 15 23–15
Wimbledon A A A A 3R QF QF A 3R A SF A A QF QF A A A A 0 / 8 20–8
U.S. Open A A 1R 2R QF 1R 3R A QF A A A 2R A SF A A A A 0 / 8 13–8
Grand Slam SR 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 38 N/A
Annual win–loss 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–3 7–3 8–3 6–4 1–1 6–3 2–2 5–2 0–0 2–2 5–2 16–4 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 N/A 64–37
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells These Tournaments Were Not

Masters Series Events

Before 1990 		W F 2R W A QF 2R 1R A A A 2 / 7 18–5
Miami SF 2R A A A A 2R A A A A 0 / 3 3–3
Monte Carlo QF A QF 1R 1R SF A A A A A 0 / 5 6–5
Rome 1R A 2R A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 3 1–3
Hamburg QF A A A A A F A A A A 0 / 2 4–2
Montreal/Toronto A A A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Cincinnati SF 1R SF A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 4 6–4
Stuttgart (Stockholm) W A A A A 2R 2R A A A A 1 / 3 5–2
Paris QF 1R A A A 2R 2R A A A A 0 / 4 2–3
Masters Series SR N/A 2 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 32 N/A
Annual win–loss N/A 18–6 4–4 7–4 5–1 0–1 7–4 4–7 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 N/A 45–28
Year-end ranking 717 166 217 23 8 6 15 152 4 84 29 114 96 32 14 565 1384 652 463 N/A

Personal life

Forget married Isabelle Chassande-Barrioz-Chabrel in 1989. The couple has two sons, Mathieu and Thibault. Thibault has also played professional tennis.[5]

References

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  2. ↑ Champions Tour – Guy Forget
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Awards and achievements
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check French Sportsperson of the Year
1991
(with Henri Leconte) Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check ATP Comeback Player of the Year
1994 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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