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Marc Rosset  (b. July 11 1970, in Geneva,
Switzerland) is professional tennis player from
Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the
men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic
Games. 

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. His first
doubles title was also won in Geneva in 1991
(partnering Sergi Bruguera). 

1992 was the pinnacle of Rosset's career.
Representing Switzerland in 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.

Rosset was a member of Switzerland's teams which
won the World Team Cup and finished runners-up in
the Hopman Cup in 1996.

At six feet seven inches (2.01 metres) 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.

Rosset had a lucky escape in 1998, when he changed
his flight plans after a first-round defeat at the
US Open (tennis)|US Open. The flight he had
originally planned to take, Swissair Flight 111,
crashed in the Atlantic Ocean killing all on
board. 

Rosset's career-high Association of Tennis
Professionals|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.


== External links ==
*http://www.marcrosset.com/ The official Marc
Rosset website
*http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/playerprofile
s/default2.asp?playernumber=R214 Official ATP
profile
*http://www.daviscup.com/teams/player.asp?player=1
0001197 Davis Cup record
*http://www.rowztennis.com/zinterview_04.html
Interview at rowztennis.com


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