Guy Forget

Guy Forget (French: [ɡi fɔʁʒɛ]; born 4 January 1965) is a French tennis administrator and retired professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.

Guy Forget

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Neuchatel, Switzerland
Born	4 January 1965 Casablanca, Morocco
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1982
Retired	1997
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$5,669,934
Singles
Career record	378–290
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 4 (25 March 1991)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (1991, 1993)
French Open	4R (1986, 1991)
Wimbledon	QF (1991, 1992, 1994)
US Open	4R (1992, 1996)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1990)
Grand Slam Cup	QF (1991)
Olympic Games	QF (1984, demonstration)
Doubles
Career record	387–182
Career titles	28
Highest ranking	No. 3 (18 August 1986)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	F (1987, 1996)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1991, 1996)

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 the World Team Cup. Forget also won six doubles titles in 1986, reaching his career-high doubles ranking of World Number 3 in August that year, finishing in the runner-up spot with partner Yannick Noah at the 1986 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 partnered Jakob Hlasek to win the ATP Tour World Championships doubles title.

1991 was the most memorable 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 defeated Pete Sampras. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World Number 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 with Henri Leconte to win the doubles rubber, and then won the decisive singles rubber against Pete 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. 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 defeated Sweden 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.

After retiring as a player, Forget served as France's Davis Cup team captain. He also served as France's Fed Cup team captain from 1999–2004; his best result was France's performance in 2003 (with a squad including Mary Pierce, Amélie Mauresmo, Émilie Loit & Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro) when they defeated USA in the final. However, he resigned in 2004 to focus on his Davis Cup duties,[1] and the French team then lost to Russia in the final (when Marion Bartoli & Émilie Loit lost to Anastasia Myskina & Vera Zvonareva in the last, deciding doubles match).

In 2011, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) presented him with its highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier award, for his contributions to tennis.[2]

He joined the directing committee of the French Open in 2011, and in 2012 he became director of the Masters of Paris Bercy.

In 2016, he became director of the French Open after the dismissal of Gilbert Ysern.[3]

To ensure he will never be forgotten, Forget has been immortalized in the song "Guy Forget" by the band Phish, with the lyrics "I never met a man I could not forget, except for Guy Forget".[4]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1987	French Open	Clay	Yannick Noah	Anders Järryd Robert Seguso	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	1996	French Open)	Clay	Jakob Hlasek	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	2–6, 3–6

ATP World Championships finals

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Location	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1986	New York City	Yannick Noah	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	3–6, 6–7^(2–7), 3–6
Win	1990	Frankfurt	Jakob Hlasek	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 7–6^(7–5), 5–7, 6–4

Career finals

Singles (11 titles, 8 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (2–3) ATP Championship Series (1–0) Grand Prix (8–5)

Titles by surface Hard (8) Grass (0) Clay (1) Carpet (2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1/0	Oct 1986	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Jan Gunnarsson	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2/0	Mar 1989	Nancy, France	Hard (i)	Michiel Schapers	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	2/1	Nov 1989	Wembley, England	Carpet	Michael Chang	2–6, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	2/2	Apr 1990	Nice, France	Clay	Juan Aguilera	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win	3/2	Sep 1990	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Goran Ivanišević	6–4, 6–3
Win	4/2	Jan 1991	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Michael Stich	6–3, 6–4
Win	5/2	Feb 1991	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Andrei Cherkasov	6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	5/3	Mar 1991	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Jim Courier	6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	6/3	Aug 1991	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Pete Sampras	2–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Win	7/3	Sep 1991	Bordeaux, France	Hard	Olivier Delaître	6–1, 6–3
Win	8/3	Oct 1991	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Amos Mansdorf	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	9/3	Nov 1991	Paris, France	Carpet	Pete Sampras	7–6^(11–9), 4–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	9/4	Jan 1992	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 4–6
Win	10/4	Oct 1992	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Petr Korda	6–3, 6–2
Loss	10/5	Nov 1992	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Goran Ivanišević	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Loss	10/6	Nov 1992	Paris, France	Carpet	Boris Becker	6–7^(3–7), 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	10/7	Jul 1994	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	10/8	Jun 1995	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Pete Sampras	6–7^(3–7), 6–7^(6–8)
Win	11/8	Feb 1996	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Cédric Pioline	7–5, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	3R	A	4R	1R	NH	A	2R	1R	2R	QF	2R	QF	A	2R	1R	1R	0 / 12	16–12
French Open	3R	1R	1R	1R	4R	1R	3R	A	3R	4R	2R	A	A	2R	3R	A	0 / 12	16–12
Wimbledon	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	4R	1R	A	4R	QF	QF	A	QF	2R	1R	A	0 / 12	21–12
U.S. Open	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	A	1R	2R	4R	A	2R	1R	4R	A	0 / 12	13–12
Grand Slam SR	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 48	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	3–2	0–3	5–4	1–4	4–3	5–3	4–4	0–1	6–4	12–4	9–4	4–1	5–2	3–4	5–4	0–1	N/A	66–48
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	These Tournaments Were Not Masters Series Events Before 1990								2R	F	2R	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	0 / 7	6–7
Miami									3R	4R	A	4R	A	2R	2R	1R	0 / 6	6–6
Monte Carlo									3R	3R	3R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 6	5–6
Rome									QF	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	3–3
Hamburg									SF	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	4–3
Montreal/Toronto									A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati									3R	W	2R	A	A	1R	A	A	1 / 4	7–3
Stuttgart (Stockholm)									3R	3R	F	A	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	7–5
Paris									3R	W	F	A	3R	3R	1R	A	1 / 6	14–5
Masters Series SR	N/A								16–8	18–4	9–6	3–4	3–3	3–6	0–6	0–2	N/A	52–39
Masters Series SR	N/A								0 / 8	2 / 6	0 / 6	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 6	0 / 6	0 / 2	2 / 41	N/A
Year-end ranking	70	188	36	61	25	54	48	36	16	7	11	158	40	71	51	1121	N/A

Doubles titles (28)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent	Score
1.	1985	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Andrés Gómez	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–3, 6–4
2.	1985	Wembley, England	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
3.	1986	La Quinta, USA	Hard	Peter Fleming	Yannick Noah Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–3
4.	1986	Metz, France	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	Francisco González Michiel Schapers	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
5.	1986	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Yannick Noah	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
6.	1986	Rome, Italy	Clay	Yannick Noah	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 6–2
7.	1986	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Kevin Curren	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–2, 7–6
8.	1986	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Yannick Noah	Jan Gunnarsson Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 6–4
9.	1987	Lyon, France	Carpet	Yannick Noah	Kelly Jones David Pate	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
10.	1987	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Yannick Noah	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	6–4, 7–6
11.	1987	Forest Hills, USA	Clay	Yannick Noah	Gary Donnelly Peter Fleming	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
12.	1987	Rome, Italy	Clay	Yannick Noah	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
13.	1987	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Yannick Noah	Rick Leach Tim Pawsat	6–4, 6–4
14.	1988	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Boris Becker	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–4, 6–4
15.	1988	Orlando, USA	Hard	Yannick Noah	Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–4
16.	1988	Nice, France	Clay	Henri Leconte	Heinz Günthardt Diego Nargiso	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
17.	1990	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	Michael Mortensen Tom Nijssen	6–3, 6–2
18.	1990	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Boris Becker	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
19.	1990	Long Island, USA	Hard	Jakob Hlasek	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
20.	1990	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	Scott Davis David Pate	7–6, 7–5
21.	1990	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–2
22.	1990	Doubles Championships, Sanctuary Cove	Hard	Jakob Hlasek	Emilio Sánchez Sergio Casal	6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4
23.	1991	Bordeaux, France	Hard	Arnaud Boetsch	Patrik Kühnen Alexander Mronz	6–2, 6–2
24.	1993	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Henri Leconte	Luke Jensen Scott Melville	6–4, 7–5
25.	1994	Halle, Germany	Grass	Olivier Delaître	Henri Leconte Gary Muller	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
26.	1994	Long Island, USA	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Andrew Florent Mark Petchey	6–4, 7–6
27.	1994	Bordeaux, France	Hard	Olivier Delaître	Diego Nargiso Guillaume Raoux	6–2, 2–6, 7–5
28.	1995	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Boris Becker	Petr Korda Karel Nováček	6–2, 6–4

Runners-up (17)

Num	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1984	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Loïc Courteau	Pavel Složil Blaine Willenborg	1–6, 4–6
2.	1985	Nice, France	Clay	Loïc Courteau	Claudio Panatta Pavel Složil	6–3, 3–6, 6–8
3.	1986	Memphis, USA	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
4.	1986	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Loic Courteau	Chip Hooper Mike Leach	5–7, 3–6
5.	1986	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Yannick Noah	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	3–6, 6–7, 3–6
6.	1987	French Open, Paris	Clay	Yannick Noah	Anders Järryd Robert Seguso	7–6, 7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 2–6
7.	1987	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Loic Courteau	Jan Gunnarsson Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 2–6
8.	1988	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Mansour Bahrami	Tom Nijssen Ricki Osterthun	3–6, 4–6
9.	1991	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Henri Leconte	Jim Courier Javier Sánchez	6–7, 6–3, 3–6
10.	1991	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Jakob Hlasek	Gary Muller Danie Visser	6–7, 4–6
11.	1992	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	Boris Becker John McEnroe	3–6, 2–6
12.	1992	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Arnaud Boetsch	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	1–6, 4–6
13.	1992	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Henri Leconte	Brad Pearce Byron Talbot	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
14.	1995	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet	Patrick Rafter	Jonas Björkman Javier Frana	7–6, 4–6, 6–7
15.	1996	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	Andrea Gaudenzi Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 5–7
16.	1996	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jakob Hlasek	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	2–6, 4–6
17.	1996	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jakob Hlasek	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	2–6, 3–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	1R	2R	NH	A	3R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	SF	1R	A	A	A	0 / 7	8–6
French Open	1R	A	3R	2R	3R	F	1R	A	1R	3R	2R	A	2R	3R	F	A	1R	2R	2R	0 / 15	23–15
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	3R	QF	QF	A	3R	A	SF	A	A	QF	QF	A	A	A	A	0 / 8	20–8
U.S. Open	A	A	1R	2R	QF	1R	3R	A	QF	A	A	A	2R	A	SF	A	A	A	A	0 / 8	13–8
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 38	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	0–1	0–0	2–3	2–3	7–3	8–3	6–4	1–1	6–3	2–2	5–2	0–0	2–2	5–2	16–4	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	N/A	64–37
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	These Tournaments Were Not Masters Series Events Before 1990								W	F	2R	W	A	QF	2R	1R	A	A	A	2 / 7	18–5
Miami									SF	2R	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3
Monte Carlo									QF	A	QF	1R	1R	SF	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	6–5
Rome									1R	A	2R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	1–3
Hamburg									QF	A	A	A	A	A	F	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2
Montreal/Toronto									A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati									SF	1R	SF	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	6–4
Stuttgart (Stockholm)									W	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	1 / 3	5–2
Paris									QF	1R	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	2–3
Masters Series SR	N/A								2 / 8	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 5	0 / 7	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	3 / 32	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A								18–6	4–4	7–4	5–1	0–1	7–4	4–7	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	N/A	45–28
Year End Ranking	717	166	217	23	8	6	15	152	4	84	29	114	96	32	14	565	1384	652	463	N/A

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held

References

1. Champions Tour – Guy Forget
2. "A Gorgeous Change of Pace". Inside the Games website. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
3. http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2016/02/guy-forget-named-new-director-of-french-open-tournament/57730/
4. http://phish.net/song/guy-forget/history

External links

• Guy Forget at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Guy Forget at the International Tennis Federation
• Guy Forget at the Davis Cup