Marc Rosset

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Marc Rosset (Script error: No such module "IPA".; 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

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

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 1992 French Open Clay Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon David Adams
Template:Flagicon Andrei Olhovskiy		 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 7–5

Olympic Games

Singles: 1 (1 gold medal)

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

Masters Series finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1994 Paris Masters Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 1992 Rome Masters Clay Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Wayne Ferreira
Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann		 6–4, 3–6, 6–1

Career finals

Singles: 23 (15–8)

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 Template:Flagicon Guillermo Pérez Roldán 6–4, 7–5
Loss 1. Apr 1990 Madrid, Spain Clay Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 2. May 1990 Bologna, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Richard Fromberg 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 2. Oct 1990 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Mats Wilander 6–3, 6–2
Win 3. Aug 1992 Summer Olympics, Spain Clay Template:Flagicon Jordi Arrese 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6
Win 4. Nov 1992 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Carl Uwe Steeb 6–3, 6–2
Win 5. Feb 1993 Marseille, France Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Jan Siemerink 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Win 6. Aug 1993 Long Island, USA Hard Template:Flagicon Michael Chang 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Win 7. Nov 1993 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Patrik Kühnen 6–4, 6–3
Win 8. Feb 1994 Marseille, France Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Arnaud Boetsch 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 3. Aug 1994 New Haven, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Boris Becker 3–6, 5–7
Win 9. Oct 1994 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Jim Courier 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 4. Nov 1994 Paris, France Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win 10. Apr 1995 Nice, France Clay Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–0
Win 11. Jun 1995 Halle, Germany Grass Template:Flagicon Michael Stich 3–6, 7–6(13–11), 7–6(10–8)
Loss 5. Mar 1996 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 12. Feb 1997 Antwerp, Belgium Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Tim Henman 6–2, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 6. Sep 1997 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Template:Flagicon Tim Henman 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss 7. Feb 1998 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Richard Krajicek 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 8. Feb 1998 Antwerp, Belgium Hard Template:Flagicon Greg Rusedski 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 1–6, 4–6,
Win 13. Feb 1999 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon David Prinosil 6–3, 6–4
Win 14. Feb 2000 Marseille, France Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Roger Federer 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 15. Feb 2000 London, UK Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Template:Performance key

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)

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 Template:Flagicon Sergi Bruguera Template:Flagicon Per Henricsson
Template:Flagicon Ola Jonsson 		3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2. Jan 1992 Adelaide, Australia Hard Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann
Template:Flagicon Jason Stoltenberg 		7–6, 7–6
Win 3. May 1992 Rome, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Wayne Ferreira
Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann 		6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Win 4. Jun 1992 French Open, Paris Clay Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon David Adams
Template:Flagicon Andrei Olhovskiy 		7–6, 6–7, 7–5
Loss 1. Jun 1992 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Template:Flagicon Javier Sanchez Template:Flagicon Glenn Layendecker
Template:Flagicon Byron Talbot 		6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 5. Oct 1992 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Neil Broad
Template:Flagicon Stefan Kruger 		6–1, 6–3
Win 6. Jul 1993 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Template:Flagicon Cédric Pioline Template:Flagicon Hendrik Jan Davids
Template:Flagicon Piet Norval 		6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Loss 2. Jul 1995 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Template:Flagicon Arnaud Boetsch Template:Flagicon Luis Lobo
Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez 		7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Win 7. Oct 1997 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Tim Henman Template:Flagicon Karsten Braasch
Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb 		7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Win 8. Sep 1999 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Template:Flagicon Oleg Ogorodov Template:Flagicon Mark Keil
Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Manta 		7–6, 7–6
Loss 3. Jul 2004 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Template:Flagicon Stan Wawrinka Template:Flagicon Leander Paes
Template:Flagicon David Rikl 		4–6, 2–6

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

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

Top 10 wins

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

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=R214&oId=F324Template: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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