Guy Forget
Guy Forget 
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| Guy Forget 2010 at Wimbledon | |||||||||||||
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 France
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| Birthday: | 4th January 1965 | ||||||||||||
| Size: | 190 cm | ||||||||||||
| 1st professional season: | 1982 | ||||||||||||
| Resignation: | 1997 | ||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | Left | ||||||||||||
| Prize money: | $ 5,669,934 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 380: 291 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 4 (March 25 1991) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 387: 182 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 28 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 3 (August 18 1986) | ||||||||||||
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |||||||||||||
Guy Forget (born January 4, 1965 in Casablanca , Morocco ) is a retired French tennis player .
Career
Forget turned professional tennis in 1982 and had his first career high point in 1986 when he won the tournament in Toulouse . In the same year he won the World Team Cup with the French team . In 1986 he also won six double titles, which earned him third place in the double world rankings.
In 1987, the serve and volley player and his compatriot Yannick Noah reached the final in doubles at the French Open .
He had his most successful year as a professional in 1991 when he won six individual titles, including the Paris Indoors and the Masters tournament in Cincinnati . In March 1991 he was listed at number 4 in the individual world rankings. In 1991 he won the Davis Cup with the French team . Together with Henri Leconte they defeated the USA with Pete Sampras 3-1. In the same year, both players were voted France's Sportsman of the Year (“ Champion des champions ”) by the sports newspaper L'Équipe .
In 1996 the left-hander was able to reach the double finals of the French Open again with Jakob Hlasek . He also won the tournament in Marseille . With the French team he won the Davis Cup a second time, this time against Sweden .
In 1997, Guy Forget retired from professional tennis. He won 11 singles and 28 doubles tournaments in his career.
Tournament victories
| Legend |
| Grand Slam |
| Tennis Masters Cup (1) |
| ATP Masters Series (5) |
| ATP International Series Gold (4) |
| ATP International Series (29) |
singles
| No. | date | competition | Topping | Final opponent | Result |
| 1. | 1986 |
Toulouse
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Carpet (i) |
 Jan Gunnarsson
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4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2 |
| 2. | 1989 |
Nancy
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Carpet (i) |
 Michiel Schapers
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6: 3, 7: 6 |
| 3. | 1990 |
Bordeaux
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sand |
 Goran Ivanišević
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6: 4, 6: 3 |
| 4th | 1991 |
 Sydney
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Hard court |
 Michael Stich
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6: 3, 6: 4 |
| 5. | 1991 |
 Brussels
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Carpet (i) |
 Andrei Cherkassov
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6: 3, 7: 5, 3: 6, 7: 6 |
| 6th | 1991 |
 Cincinnati
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Hard court |
Pete Sampras
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2: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4 |
| 7th | 1991 |
Bordeaux
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Hard court |
Olivier Delaître
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6: 1, 6: 3 |
| 8th. | 1991 |
Toulouse
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Carpet (i) |
 Amos Mansdorf
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6: 2, 7: 6 |
| 9. | 1991 |
Paris
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Carpet (i) |
Pete Sampras
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7: 6, 4: 6, 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4 |
| 10. | 1992 |
Toulouse
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Carpet (i) |
 Petr Korda
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6: 3, 6: 2 |
| 11. | 1996 |
Marseille
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Hard court (i) |
Cédric Pioline
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7: 5, 6: 4 |
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Trainer and functionary
Forget was the captain of the French Davis Cup team from 1998 to 2012 , with which he also won the title in 2001. Forget has been the tournament director of the Paris Masters , an ATP tournament in Paris-Bercy, since 2012 .
Awards
- 1991 and 1996: World Team of the Year with the French Davis Cup team in the election of the Gazzetta dello Sport (1991 with Henri Leconte , 1996 together with Arnaud Boetsch , Cédric Pioline and Guillaume Raoux )
- On November 22nd, 2014, as part of the Davis Cup final between France and Switzerland in Lille , Guy Forget (together with his former doubles partner Henri Leconte ) was awarded the Davis Cup Award of Excellence .
Web links
- ATP profile of Guy Forget (English)
- ITF profile Guy Forget (English)
- Davis Cup Stats Guy Forget (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arnaud Clement ends individual career
- ^ Forget and Leconte receive Award of Excellence (daviscup.com November 2, 2014, accessed November 30, 2014)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Forget, guy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Casablanca , Morocco |