Marc
Rosset
Male
Switzerland
1970-11-07
Geneve, Switzerland
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, 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 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 when he beat Carl-Uwe Steeb, Jiří Novák, Jakob Hlasek, Stefan Edberg and Bernd Karbacher before losing to Michael Stich in the semi-finals.
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'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. His career prize money totaled $6,812,693.
1990 - 2001
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1992 - Olympics, Olympic Games (Olympic Games)
Round 1
Marc Rosset 1 *
Ivan Ljubicic
4-6
7-6(12)
6-4
Round 2
Greg Rusedski 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-3
1-0
ret.
Round 1
Marc Rosset 1 *
Franco Squillari
7-5
6-3
7-6(4)
Round 2
Marc Rosset 1 *
Arvind Parmar
7-6(4)
7-5
6-3
Round 3
Marc Rosset 1 *
Thomas Mario (Tommy) Haas
6-4
3-6
6-3
3-6
9-7
Round 4
Alexander Popp 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-1
6-4
3-6
4-6
6-1
Round 1
Marc Rosset 1 *
Christian Vinck
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Alex Corretja 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-3
7-6(4)
6-3
Round 4
Marc Rosset 1 *
Bohdan Ulihrach
6-3
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Karl Johan Thomas Enqvist 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Marc Rosset 1 *
Markus Hipfl
6-4
5-7
3-6
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Jens Knippschild 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Marc Rosset 1 *
Cedric Adrien Pioline
6-4
3-6
4-6
7-6(5)
13-11
Round 2
Chris Wilkinson 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-4
6-4
7-6(3)
Round 1
Marc Rosset 1 *
Karol Kucera
7-5
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Petr Korda 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-3
6-0
7-6(8)
Round 4
Leif Magnus Norman 1 *
Marc Rosset
4-6
6-3
7-6(3)
6-3
Round 1
Marc Rosset 1 *
Scott Draper
4-6
6-4
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Marc Rosset 1 *
Andrei Stanislavovny Olhovsky
6-3
7-6(4)
6-4
Round 3
Patrick Michael Rafter 1 *
Marc Rosset
4-6
6-3
4-6
6-1
6-3
Round 4
Marc Rosset 1 *
Stefan Edberg
7-6(4)
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Marc Rosset 1 *
Bernd Karbacher
4-6
4-6
6-3
7-5
6-0
Semifinals
Michael Detlef Stich 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-3
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Michael Joyce 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-0
6-7(8)
7-5
6-2
Round 4
Boris Becker 1 *
Marc Rosset
7-6(4)
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Marc Rosset 1 *
David Witt
6-2
6-4
7-6
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-7
6-3
6-4
6-4
Final
Andre Kirk Agassi 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-3
6-3
4-6
7-5
Round 1
Jacco Folkert Eltingh 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-2
6-3
3-6
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Marc Rosset 1 *
Chuck Adams
3-6
3-6
7-5
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Richard Krajicek 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-2
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Todd Andrew Woodbridge 1 *
Marc Rosset
5-7
6-0
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Marc Rosset 1 *
Horacio de la Pena
6-1
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Marc Rosset 1 *
Magnus Gustafsson
6-3
7-5
4-6
3-6
6-3
Round 3
Marc Rosset 1 *
Carl Uwe Steeb
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 4
James Spencer (Jim) Courier 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-3
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Marc Rosset 1 *
Andrew Richardson
6-2
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Marc Rosset 1 *
Mark R.J. Petchey
7-6(5)
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Goran Simun Ivanisevic 1 *
Marc Rosset
7-6(4)
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Pete Sampras 1 *
Marc Rosset
7-6
4-6
6-4
3-6
6-3
Round 1
Goran Simun Ivanisevic 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-4
6-4
6-4
Final
Marc Rosset 1 *
Jordi Arrese
7-6(2)
6-4
3-6
4-6
8-6
Round 1
Lars Anders Wahlgren 1 *
Marc Rosset
4-6
2-6
7-6(4)
6-3
9-7
Round 1
Stefan Edberg 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Andre Kirk Agassi 1 *
Marc Rosset
3-6
7-5
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Guillaume Raoux 1 *
Marc Rosset
5-7
6-3
6-3
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Magnus Larsson 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-4
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Marc Rosset 1 *
Scott Davis
7-6
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Marc Rosset 1 *
Kelly Lee Jones
3-6
6-7
6-3
7-5
6-3
Round 3
Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-3
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Marc Rosset 1 *
Francisco Roig
3-6
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Michael Chang 1 *
Marc Rosset
7-5
4-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Pat Cash 1 *
Marc Rosset
2-6
2-6
6-3
6-3
8-6