Marc Rosset (; 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. Rosset's career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 9, and his career-high doubles ranking was 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 hardcourt.
Career 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 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, at old 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 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).
In 2001, Rosset's most memorable Davis Cup match came in defeat in a singles rubber against Arnaud Clément of France, 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.roger-federer-vs-marc-rosset
Personal life 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.Frey, Jennifer. Rosset Had Reservation for Swissair Flight 111." The Washington Post. Friday 4 September 1998. Retrieved on 20 May 2009.
Career statistics Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreWin 1992 French Open Clay Jakob Hlasek David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 7–5
Olympic Games Singles: 1 (1 gold medal) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1992Barcelona OlympicsClay Jordi Arrese7–6(7–2), 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6
Masters Series finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1994 Paris Masters Carpet (i) Andre Agassi 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreWin 1992 Rome Masters Clay Jakob Hlasek Wayne Ferreira 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 Games (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)
ResultW-L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Sep 1989 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Guillermo Pérez Roldán 6–4, 7–5Loss 1–1 Apr 1990 Madrid, Spain Clay Andrés Gómez 3–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss 1–2 May 1990 Bologna, Italy Clay Richard Fromberg 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)Win 2–2 Oct 1990 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Mats Wilander 6–3, 6–2Win 3–2 Aug 1992Summer Olympics, Spain Clay Jordi Arrese 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6Win 4–2 Nov 1992 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Carl Uwe Steeb 6–2, 6–2Win 5–2 Feb 1993 Marseille, France Carpet (i) Jan Siemerink 6–2, 7–6(7–1)Win 6–2 Aug 1993 Long Island, USA Hard Michael Chang 6–4, 3–6, 6–1Win 7–2 Nov 1993 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Patrik Kühnen 6–4, 6–3Win 8–2 Feb 1994 Marseille, France (2) Carpet (i) Arnaud Boetsch 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)Loss 8–3 Aug 1994New Haven, United States Hard Boris Becker 3–6, 5–7Win 9–3 Oct 1994 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Jim Courier 6–4, 7–6(7–2)Loss 9–4 Nov 1994Paris, France Carpet (i) Andre Agassi 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 5–7Win 10–4 Apr 1995 Nice, France Clay Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–0Win 11–4 Jun 1995 Halle, Germany Grass Michael Stich 3–6, 7–6(13–11), 7–6(10–8)Loss 11–5 Mar 1996Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Goran Ivanišević 3–6, 6–7(3–7)Win 12–5. Feb 1997Antwerp, Belgium Hard (i) Tim Henman 6–2, 7–5, 6–4Loss 12–6 Sep 1997 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Tim Henman 6–7(2–7), 4–6Loss 12–7 Feb 1998 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Richard Krajicek 4–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss 12–8 Feb 1998Antwerp, Belgium Hard Greg Rusedski 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 1–6, 4–6,Win 13–8 Feb 1999 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) David Prinosil 6–3, 6–4Win 14–8 Feb 2000 Marseille, France (3) Hard (i) Roger Federer 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)Win 15–8 Feb 2000London, UK Hard (i) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–4
Singles performance timeline
Tournament198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005 Career SR Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAA1R1R4RA3R1RA2R2RQF2R2RA1RAA0 / 11 French OpenAA2R1R1R2R1R2RSF4R1R1R2R1RA1RAA0 / 13 WimbledonAA3R1R3R1R2R1R3R2R2R2R4R1R2R1RAA0 / 14 US OpenAA1R1R1R1R3R4R1R1R1R1R2R1R1RAAA0 / 13Grand Slam SR0 / 00 / 00 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 20 / 30 / 00 / 00 / 51 Masters SeriesIndian WellsNMEA2R1RQF3RA1R3R1RAA1RAAAA0 / 7MiamiNME1RQF3R4R3RA4R2R3R2R1R1R1RAAA0 / 12Monte-CarloNMEQF1R3R3R1R3R1R2R1R1R1R1RAAAA0 / 12RomeNMEA1R3R3R1R1R3R3RA1R1RAAAAA0 / 9HamburgNMEA1RA2R1RQF3R1R1R2R3R1RAAAA0 / 10CanadaNMEAAAA3R2R2RAAA1RAAAAA0 / 4CincinnatiNMEAA1RAAA1RAAA1RAAAAA0 / 3Stuttgart (Stockholm)NME3R1RASF3R3R2R1R1R1R2RAAAAA0 / 10ParisNME3R1R1R3RF3RQF1R3R3R3RAAAAA0 / 11Masters Series SRN/A0 / 40 / 70 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 60 / 90 / 70 / 60 / 60 / 80 / 40 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 78 Year-end ranking4744522603516141522313146281191011222141306N/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)
ResultW-L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Sep 1991 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Sergi Bruguera Per Henricsson Ola Jonsson 3–6, 6–3, 6–3Win 2–0 Jan 1992 Adelaide, Australia Hard Goran Ivanišević Mark Kratzmann Jason Stoltenberg 7–6, 7–6Win 3–0 May 1992Rome, Italy Clay Jakob Hlasek Wayne Ferreira Mark Kratzmann 6–4, 3–6, 6–1Win 4–0 Jun 1992French Open, Paris Clay Jakob Hlasek David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy 7–6, 6–7, 7–5Loss 4–1 Jun 1992 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Javier Sanchez Glenn Layendecker Byron Talbot 6–4, 3–6, 4–6Win 5–1 Oct 1992 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Jakob Hlasek Neil Broad Stefan Kruger 6–1, 6–3Win 6–1 Jul 1993 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Cédric Pioline Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval 6–3, 3–6, 7–6Loss 6–2 Jul 1995 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Arnaud Boetsch Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez 7–6, 6–7, 6–7Win 7–2 Oct 1997 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) Tim Henman Karsten Braasch Jim Grabb 7–6, 6–7, 7–6Win 8–2 Sep 1999 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Oleg Ogorodov Mark Keil Lorenzo Manta 7–6, 7–6Loss 8–3 Jul 2004 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Stan Wawrinka Leander Paes David Rikl 4–6, 2–6
Team competition: 1 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartners/TeamOpponentsScoreLoss1.Dec 1992Davis Cup, Fort Worth, USCarpet (i) Jakob Hlasek Thierry Grin Claudio Mezzadri Andre Agassi Jim Courier John McEnroe Pete Sampras1–3Loss2.Jan 1996Hopman Cup, AustraliaHard Martina Hingis Iva Majoli Goran Ivanišević1–2Win1. May 1996 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf Clay Jakob Hlasek Petr Korda Daniel Vacek 6–3, 6–4
Top 10 wins Season1989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004TotalWins021444253412000133
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore19901. Emilio Sánchez7Madrid, SpainClay2R4–6, 6–4, 6–4472. Emilio Sánchez9Gstaad, SwitzerlandClayQF6–4, 3–6, 6–32819913. Ivan Lendl4New Haven, United StatesHard3R6–4, 6–44119924. Ivan Lendl10Rome, ItalyClay2R6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)455. Jim Courier1Summer Olympics, BarcelonaClay3R6–4, 6–2, 6–1446. Goran Ivanišević4Summer Olympics, BarcelonaClaySF6–3, 7–5, 6–2447. Jim Courier1Davis Cup, Fort Worth, United StatesHard (i)RR6–3, 6–7(9–11), 3–6, 6–4, 6–43519938. Andre Agassi8Indian Wells, United StatesHard2R3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4339. Boris Becker4Monte Carlo, MonacoClay2R7–6(7–3), 6–32610. Michael Chang7Long Island, United StatesHardF6–4, 3–6, 6–13011. Jim Courier2Stockholm, SwedenCarpet (i)3R6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–3)21199412. Michael Stich2Marseille, FranceHard (i)SF6–2, 2–6, 6–41713. Andriy Medvedev7New Haven, United StatesHardQF6–3, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)2014. Boris Becker3Paris Masters, FranceCarpet (i)3R7–6(7–3), 7–6(9–7)1615. Michael Chang9Paris Masters, FranceCarpet (i)QF6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–416199516. Yevgeny Kafelnikov4Nice, FranceClayF6–4, 6–01817. Michael Stich10Halle, GermanyGrassF3–6, 7–6(13–11), 7–6(10–8)13199618. Yevgeny Kafelnikov8Milan, ItalyCarpet (i)SF4–6, 6–2, 6–41419. Boris Becker5World Team Cup, DüsseldorfClayRR7–6(7–4), 6–41520. Thomas Enqvist9World Team Cup, DüsseldorfClayRR6–1, 2–6, 6–31521. Wayne Ferreira6Vienna, AustriaCarpet (i)1R6–2, 7–6(7–4)2522. Pete Sampras1Paris Masters, FranceCarpet (i)2R6–4, 6–423199723. Carlos Moyà7Munich, GermanyClayQF7–5, 7–6(7–5)2024. Yevgeny Kafelnikov5Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay1R6–4, 6–32825. Yevgeny Kafelnikov4Tashkent, UzbekistanHardSF3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–228199826. Yevgeny Kafelnikov6Antwerp, BelgiumHard (i)2R6–3, 6–32627. Pat Rafter3Antwerp, BelgiumHard (i)SF7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)2628. Cédric Pioline10Wimbledon, LondonGrass1R6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 13–113929. Richard Krajicek9Paris Masters, FranceCarpet (i)2R6–4, 5–7, 2–5 ret.41199930. Tim Henman7Australian Open, MelbourneHard3R7–6(7–5), 6–3, 7–531200031. Yevgeny Kafelnikov3London, United KingdomHard (i)F6–4, 6–47232. Nicolás Lapentti9Hamburg, GermanyClay1R7–6(7–4), 6–341200433. Guillermo Coria4Marseille, FranceHard (i)2R7–6(7–2), 6–1122
References
External links
Interview at rowztennis.com (archived)