- Guy Forget
Infobox Tennis player
playername = Guy Forget
nickname =
country = FRA
residence =Boca Raton ,Florida
datebirth = birth date and age|1965|01|4
placebirth =Casablanca ,Morocco
height = height|m=1.92
weight = convert|80|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro = 1982
retired = 1997
plays = Left-handed
careerprizemoney = US$5,669,934
singlesrecord = 380–291
singlestitles = 11
highestsinglesranking = 4 (onMarch 25 ,1991 )
AustralianOpenresult = QF (1991, 1993)
FrenchOpenresult = 4R (1986, 1991)
Wimbledonresult = QF (1991, 1992, 1994)
USOpenresult = 4R (1992, 1996)
doublesrecord = 387–182
doublestitles = 28
highestdoublesranking = 3 (onAugust 18 ,1986 )
updated =April 14 ,2007 Guy Forget (born
January 4 ,1965 inCasablanca ,Morocco ) is a former French professionaltennis player. During his career, he helped France win theDavis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.Career
Forget first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won the
French Open junior title in 1982. He turned professional later that year.His breakthrough year on the professional tour was 1986 when he made it to the fourth round of Roland Garros, his best grand slam at that point, and won his first top-level singles title in
Toulouse , and was also part of the French team which won theWorld Team Cup . Forget also won six doubles titles in 1986, reaching his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 3 in August that year, finishing in the runner-up spot with partnerJakob Hlasek at the 1990 ATP Tour World Championships tournament.In 1987 Forget and
Yannick Noah finished runners-up in the men's doubles at the French Open. In 1990, Forget partneredJakob Hlasek to win the ATP Tour World Championships doubles title.1991 was the most successful year of Forget's career. He won six singles titles that year, the biggest coming at the
ATP Masters Series events in Cincinnati and Paris. In both finals, he defeatedPete Sampras . He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 4 in March that year.Forget was a member of the French team which won the 1991 Davis Cup. In the final, France faced the
United States . Forget teamed-up withHenri Leconte to win the doubles rubber, and then won the decisive singles rubber againstPete Sampras as France shocked the heavily-favoured US team to win 3–1.1996 was another notable year in Forget's career. Partnering Jakob Hlasek, he again finished runner-up in the men's doubles event at the French Open. He also won what proved to be his last career singles title in Marseille. And for a second time, he was on a French team which won the Davis Cup. In the final, he teamed-up with
Guillaume Raoux to win a critical doubles rubber, as France defeatedSweden 3–2.Forget played for France's Davis Cup team for 12 years, compiling a 38-11 record.
Forget retired from the professional tour in 1997. During his career, he won a total of 11 top-level singles titles and 28 doubles titles. His career prize-money earnings totalled US$5,669,934.
Since retiring as a player, Forget has served as France's Davis Cup team captain. Also he has served as France's FED Cup team since 1999, his best result was France's performance in 2003 (This squad included
Mary Pierce ,Amélie Mauresmo ,Émilie Loit &Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro ) when they defeated USA in the final. However, he resigned the year after (2004) to focus on his Davis Cup duties and the French team then lost to Russia's in final (whenMarion Bartoli &Émilie Loit lost toAnastasia Myskina &Vera Zvonareva in last one deciding double match).The
rock band Phish wrote a song called "Guy Forget", although they only played it live once.Grand Slam Men's Doubles Finals
Wins (0)
Runner-ups (2)
ingles titles (11)
Runner-ups (17)
External links
*ATP|id=F035|name=Guy Forget
*ITF male profile|number=10000470
*DavisCupplayerlink|id=10000470
* [http://www.tenniscorner.net/index.php?corner=M&action=players&playerid=FOG001 tenniscorner.net profile]
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