# Marc Rosset

Marc Rosset (French:; 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.
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.
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 | Jakob Hlasek | David Adams 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 | 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) | 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 | 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)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | Sep 1989 | Geneva, Switzerland | Clay | Guillermo Pérez Roldán | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1. | Apr 1990 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Andrés Gómez | 3–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 2. | May 1990 | Bologna, Italy | Clay | Richard Fromberg | 6–4, 4–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Win | 2. | Oct 1990 | Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | Mats Wilander | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 3. | Aug 1992 | Summer Olympics, Spain | Clay | Jordi Arrese | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6 |
| Win | 4. | Nov 1992 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | Carl Uwe Steeb | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 5. | Feb 1993 | Marseille, France | Carpet (i) | Jan Siemerink | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| Win | 6. | Aug 1993 | Long Island, USA | Hard | Michael Chang | 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 7. | Nov 1993 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | Patrik Kühnen | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 8. | Feb 1994 | Marseille, France | Carpet (i) | Arnaud Boetsch | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 3. | Aug 1994 | New Haven, United States | Hard | Boris Becker | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 9. | Oct 1994 | Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | Jim Courier | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| Loss | 4. | Nov 1994 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | Andre Agassi | 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
| Win | 10. | Apr 1995 | Nice, France | Clay | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 11. | Jun 1995 | Halle, Germany | Grass | Michael Stich | 3–6, 7–6$^{(13–11)}$, 7–6$^{(10–8)}$ |
| Loss | 5. | Mar 1996 | Milan, Italy | Carpet (i) | Goran Ivanišević | 3–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Win | 12. | Feb 1997 | Antwerp, Belgium | Hard (i) | Tim Henman | 6–2, 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6. | Sep 1997 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Tim Henman | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7. | Feb 1998 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Carpet (i) | Richard Krajicek | 4–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 8. | Feb 1998 | Antwerp, Belgium | Hard | Greg Rusedski | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–3, 1–6, 4–6, |
| Win | 13. | Feb 1999 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Carpet (i) | David Prinosil | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 14. | Feb 2000 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | Roger Federer | 2–6, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 15. | Feb 2000 | London, UK | Hard (i) | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6–4, 6–4 |

### Singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| 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 | NME | A | 2R | 1R | QF | 3R | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 7 |
| Miami | NME | NME | 1R | QF | 3R | 4R | 3R | A | 4R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 12 |
| Monte-Carlo | NME | NME | QF | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 12 |
| Rome | NME | NME | A | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 9 |
| Hamburg | NME | NME | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | QF | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 10 |
| Canada | NME | NME | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 |
| Cincinnati | NME | NME | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 |
| Stuttgart (Stockholm) | NME | NME | 3R | 1R | A | SF | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 10 |
| Paris | NME | NME | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | F | 3R | QF | 1R | 3R | 3R | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 11 |
| Masters Series SR | N/A | 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 | Sergi Bruguera | Per Henricsson Ola Jonsson | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 2. | Jan 1992 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | Goran Ivanišević | Mark Kratzmann Jason Stoltenberg | 7–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 3. | May 1992 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Jakob Hlasek | Wayne Ferreira Mark Kratzmann | 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 4. | Jun 1992 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Jakob Hlasek | David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy | 7–6, 6–7, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1. | Jun 1992 | Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Javier Sanchez | Glenn Layendecker Byron Talbot | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | Oct 1992 | Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | Jakob Hlasek | Neil Broad Stefan Kruger | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 6. | Jul 1993 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Cédric Pioline | Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2. | Jul 1995 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Arnaud Boetsch | Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez | 7–6, 6–7, 6–7 |
| Win | 7. | Oct 1997 | Basel, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | Tim Henman | Karsten Braasch Jim Grabb | 7–6, 6–7, 7–6 |
| Win | 8. | Sep 1999 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Oleg Ogorodov | Mark Keil Lorenzo Manta | 7–6, 7–6 |
| Loss | 3. | Jul 2004 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Stan Wawrinka | Leander Paes 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) | Jakob Hlasek Thierry Grin Claudio Mezzadri | Andre Agassi Jim Courier John McEnroe Pete Sampras | 1–3 |
| Loss | 2. | Jan 1996 | Hopman Cup, Australia | Hard | Martina Hingis | Iva Majoli Goran Ivanišević | 1–2 |
| Win | 1. | May 1996 | World Team Cup, Düsseldorf | Clay | Jakob Hlasek | Petr Korda 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 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | RR |
| 1990 ||||||||
| 1. | Emilio Sánchez | 7 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | 2R | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | 47 |
| 2. | Emilio Sánchez | 9 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | QF | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | 28 |
| 1991 ||||||||
| 3. | Ivan Lendl | 4 | New Haven, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 6–4 | 41 |
| 1992 ||||||||
| 4. | Ivan Lendl | 10 | Rome, Italy | Clay | 2R | 6–4, 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ | 45 |
| 5. | Jim Courier | 1 | Summer Olympics, Barcelona | Clay | 3R | 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 | 44 |
| 6. | Goran Ivanišević | 4 | Summer Olympics, Barcelona | Clay | SF | 6–3, 7–5, 6–2 | 44 |
| 7. | 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. | Andre Agassi | 8 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | 2R | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 | 33 |
| 9. | Boris Becker | 4 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | 2R | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–3 | 26 |
| 10. | Michael Chang | 7 | Long Island, United States | Hard | F | 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 | 30 |
| 11. | Jim Courier | 2 | Stockholm, Sweden | Carpet (i) | 3R | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ | 21 |
| 1994 ||||||||
| 12. | Michael Stich | 2 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | SF | 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 | 17 |
| 13. | Andriy Medvedev | 7 | New Haven, United States | Hard | QF | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ | 20 |
| 14. | Boris Becker | 3 | Paris Masters, France | Carpet (i) | 3R | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ | 16 |
| 15. | Michael Chang | 9 | Paris Masters, France | Carpet (i) | QF | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–3, 6–4 | 16 |
| 1995 ||||||||
| 16. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 | Nice, France | Clay | F | 6–4, 6–0 | 18 |
| 17. | Michael Stich | 10 | Halle, Germany | Grass | F | 3–6, 7–6$^{(13–11)}$, 7–6$^{(10–8)}$ | 13 |
| 1996 ||||||||
| 18. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 8 | Milan, Italy | Carpet (i) | SF | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 | 14 |
| 19. | Boris Becker | 5 | World Team Cup, Düsseldorf | Clay | RR | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–4 | 15 |
| 20. | Thomas Enqvist | 9 | World Team Cup, Düsseldorf | Clay | RR | 6–1, 2–6, 6–3 | 15 |
| 21. | Wayne Ferreira | 6 | Vienna, Austria | Carpet (i) | 1R | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ | 25 |
| 22. | Pete Sampras | 1 | Paris Masters, France | Carpet (i) | 2R | 6–4, 6–4 | 23 |
| 1997 ||||||||
| 23. | Carlos Moyà | 7 | Munich, Germany | Clay | QF | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ | 20 |
| 24. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 5 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | 1R | 6–4, 6–3 | 28 |
| 25. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | SF | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–2 | 28 |
| 1998 ||||||||
| 26. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | Antwerp, Belgium | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–3, 6–3 | 26 |
| 27. | Pat Rafter | 3 | Antwerp, Belgium | Hard (i) | SF | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ | 26 |
| 28. | Cédric Pioline | 10 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | 1R | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 13–11 | 39 |
| 29. | Richard Krajicek | 9 | Paris Masters, France | Carpet (i) | 2R | 6–4, 5–7, 2–5 ret. | 41 |
| 1999 ||||||||
| 30. | Tim Henman | 7 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | 3R | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3, 7–5 | 31 |
| 2000 ||||||||
| 31. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 3 | London, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | F | 6–4, 6–4 | 72 |
| 32. | Nicolás Lapentti | 9 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | 1R | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–3 | 41 |
| 2004 ||||||||
| 33. | Guillermo Coria | 4 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | 2R | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–1 | 122 |