Background
Rosset, Marc was born on November 7, 1970 in Geneva.
Rosset, Marc was born on November 7, 1970 in Geneva.
Juniors
As a junior, Rosset reached as high as Number. 4 in the world junior rankings in 1988. Junior Grand Slam results:
Australian Open: -
French Open: 1R (1988)
Wimbledon: 2R (1988)
United States Open: –
Pro tour
1992 was the pinnacle of Rosset"s career.
Representing Switzerland at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, he defeated several big-name players en route to qualifying for the men"s singles final, including Jim Courier, Goran Ivanišević, Wayne Ferreira, and Emilio Sánchez.
Switzerland lost in the final to the United States, despite Rosset"s winning a five-set singles rubber against Jim Courier (who was ranked the World Number 1 at the time). Rosset also enjoyed success playing in other international team competitions for Switzerland.
Rosset had a 2–2 record against his successor as Switzerland"s top male tennis player, Roger Federer. At 2.01 metres (6 ft 7 in) Rosset was one of the game"s tallest players throughout his career.
He had a reputation 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 changed his flight plans after a first-round defeat at the United States 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 Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking was World Number.
9, and his career-high doubles ranking was World Number. 8. His career prize money totaled $6,812,693.
