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Switzerland · born Geneva, 1970 · right-handed · Olympic champion in 1992 and Halle champion in 1995
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13-11, 10-8
The two tie-breaks that won him the 1995 Halle final against Michael Stich
2.01m
Height, as listed by the ATP
1992
Olympic singles gold in Barcelona, ranked 43rd
No. 9
Career-high singles ranking, 11 September 1995
15
ATP singles titles, Halle the only one on grass
Marc Rosset was born in Geneva in 1970, turned professional in 1988 and won his first ATP title at home in Geneva in 1989. His best year was 1992: ranked 43rd, he won the Olympic singles title in Barcelona, beating the world No. 1 Jim Courier and Goran Ivanišević on the way; he won the French Open doubles with Jakob Hlasek; and he beat Courier again in the Davis Cup final, which Switzerland lost to the United States.
He reached a career-high No. 9 in September 1995, the year he won Halle, and made the French Open semi-finals in 1996, losing to Michael Stich. He won 15 singles and 8 doubles titles, stayed in the top 50 until 2001 and retired in 2005, having also served as Switzerland's Davis Cup captain late in his career.
| Halle 1995 | Beat Michael Stich 3-6, 7-6 (13-11), 7-6 (10-8) in the final, the only grass final of his career |
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| Wimbledon | Played the singles 14 times from 1990 to 2003; his best was the fourth round in 2000. Third round in 1990, 1992 and 1996 |
| Halle | ||
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| 1995 | Men's singles | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"It was a strange feeling when you realize that for just changing your mind, you are still alive"
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Barcelona 1992
Ranked 43rd, Rosset did not expect much from the Olympic draw: "I'm not stupid. I saw the draw," he said later. He beat Jim Courier, the world No. 1, and won the final against Jordi Arrese 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 8-6 in more than five hours, suffering from the heat in the third and fourth sets. It was Switzerland's only medal of the Games.
Source: Tennis MajorsUS Open 1998
After losing in the first round of the 1998 US Open, Rosset changed his plans to stay in New York and practise. He had been booked on Swissair Flight 111, which crashed off Nova Scotia with the loss of all 229 people aboard. He watched the coverage in his hotel room until nearly 5 a.m.
Source: The Washington Post, September 1998Davis Cup 1992
Four months after the Olympics, Rosset beat Jim Courier again, this time in the Davis Cup final in Fort Worth. The United States still won the tie.
Source: OlympediaDavis Cup 2001
In April 2001 Rosset lost a Davis Cup marathon to Arnaud Clément of France, 15-13 in the fifth set after five hours and 46 minutes.
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