Marc Rosset
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Singles | |
Marc Rosset (born November 7, 1970) 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.
Born in Geneva, western Switzerland, Rosset first came to prominence as an outstanding 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 Ivanisevic, 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.
[edit] Singles titles (15)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 17-09-1989 | Geneva, Switzerland | Clay | Guillermo Perez-Roldan (Argentina) | 6-4 7-5 |
| 2. | 22-10-1990 | Lyon, France | Carpet | Mats Wilander (Sweden) | 6-3 6-2 |
| 3. | 03-08-1992 | Barcelona Olympic Games | Clay | Jordi Arrese (Spain) | 6-3 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 4. | 16-11-1992 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet | Carl Uwe Steeb (Germany) | 6-3 6-2 |
| 5. | 08-02-1993 | Marseille, France | Carpet | Jan Siemerink (Netherlands) | 6-2 7-6 (1) |
| 6. | 30-08-1993 | Long Island, United States | Hard | Michael Chang (USA) | 6-4 3-6 6-1 |
| 7. | 15-11-1993 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet | Patrik Kuhnen (Germany) | 6-4 6-3 |
| 8. | 07-02-1994 | Marseille, France | Carpet | Arnaud Boetsch (France) | 7-6(6) 7-6 (4) |
| 9. | 24-10-1994 | Lyon, France | Carpet | Jim Courier (USA) | 6-4 7-6(2) |
| 10. | 24-04-1995 | Nice, France | Clay | Jim Courier (USA) | 6-4 6-0 |
| 11. | 26-06-1995 | Halle, Germany | Grass | Michael Stich (Germany) | 3-6 7-6(11)7-6(8) |
| 12. | 24-02-1997 | Antwerp, Belgium | Indoor Hard | Tim Henman (Great Britain) | 6-2 7-5 6-4 |
| 13. | 15-02-1999 | St Petersburg, Russia | Carpet | David Prinosil (Germany) | 6-3 6-4 |
| 14. | 14-02-2000 | Marseille, France | Carpet | Roger Federer (Switzerland) | 2-6 6-3 7-6(5) |
| 15. | 22-10-2000 | London, England | Indoor Hard | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) | 6-4 6-4 |
[edit] Doubles Titles (8)
- 1991 Geneva with Sergi Bruguera
- 1992 Adelaide with Goran Ivanisevic
- 1992 Rome with Jakob Hlasek
- 1992 French Open with Jakob Hlasek
- 1992 Lyon with Jakob Hlasek
- 1993 Gstaad with Cedric Pioline
- 1997 Basel with Tim Henman
- 1999 Tashkent with Oleg Ogorodov
[edit] External links
| Tennis at the Summer Olympics | Olympic champions in men's tennis | |
| 1896: John Pius Boland | 1900: Lawrence Doherty | 1904: Beals Wright | 1908 (outdoor): Josiah Ritchie | 1908 (indoor): Arthur Gore | 1912 (oudoor): Charles Winslow | 1912 (indoor): André Gobert | 1920: Louis Raymond | 1924: Vincent Richards | 1988: Miloslav Mečíř | 1992: Marc Rosset | 1996: Andre Agassi | 2000: Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 2004: Nicolás Massú | |
