Marc Rosset

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.

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.

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)

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 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)

Singles performance timeline

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)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Sep 1991 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Sergi Bruguera Per Henricsson Ola Jonsson 3–6, 6–3, 6–3Win 2. Jan 1992 Adelaide, Australia Hard Goran Ivanišević Mark Kratzmann Jason Stoltenberg 7–6, 7–6Win 3. May 1992 Rome, Italy Clay Jakob Hlasek Wayne Ferreira Mark Kratzmann 6–4, 3–6, 6–1Win 4. Jun 1992 French Open, Paris Clay Jakob Hlasek David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy 7–6, 6–7, 7–5Loss 1. Jun 1992 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Javier Sanchez Glenn Layendecker Byron Talbot 6–4, 3–6, 4–6Win 5. Oct 1992 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Jakob Hlasek Neil Broad Stefan Kruger 6–1, 6–3Win 6. Jul 1993 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Cédric Pioline Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval 6–3, 3–6, 7–6Loss 2. Jul 1995 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Arnaud Boetsch Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez 7–6, 6–7, 6–7Win 7. Oct 1997 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) Tim Henman Karsten Braasch Jim Grabb 7–6, 6–7, 7–6Win 8. Sep 1999 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Oleg Ogorodov Mark Keil Lorenzo Manta 7–6, 7–6Loss 3. Jul 2004 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Stan Wawrinka Leander Paes David Rikl 4–6, 2–6

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

Top 10 wins