Guy Forget
Country (sports) France
ResidenceNeuchâtel, Switzerland
Born (1965-01-04) 4 January 1965
Casablanca, Morocco
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1982
Retired1997
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$5,669,934
Singles
Career record378–290 (56.6%)
Career titles11
Highest rankingNo. 4 (25 March 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1991, 1993)
French Open4R (1986, 1991)
WimbledonQF (1991, 1992, 1994)
US Open4R (1992, 1996)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (1991)
Grand Slam CupQF (1991)
Olympic GamesQF (1984, demonstration)
Doubles
Career record387–182
Career titles28
Highest rankingNo. 3 (18 August 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenF (1987, 1996)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (1990)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1991, 1996)

Guy Forget (French: [ɡi fɔʁʒɛ]; born 4 January 1965) is a French tennis administrator and retired professional 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.

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, where both his father and grandfather had won, respectively in 1966 and 1946, and where he won again in 1991 and 1992.[1] He 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 with 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 to 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,[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

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".[5]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (2 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1987French OpenClayFrance Yannick NoahSweden Anders Järryd
United States Robert Seguso		7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss1996French OpenClaySwitzerland Jakob HlasekRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek		2–6, 3–6

ATP World Championships finals

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Location Partner Opponents Score
Loss1986New York CityFrance Yannick NoahSweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd		3–6, 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win1990FrankfurtSwitzerland Jakob HlasekSpain Sergio Casal
Spain 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) Sweden Jan Gunnarsson 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 Mar 1989 Nancy, France Hard (i) Netherlands Michiel Schapers 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2–1 Nov 1989 Wembley, England Carpet United States Michael Chang 2–6, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 2–2 Apr 1990 Nice, France Clay Spain Juan Aguilera 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Sep 1990 Bordeaux, France Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Ivanišević 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–2 Jan 1991 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Hard Germany Michael Stich 6–3, 6–4
Win 5–2 Feb 1991 Brussels, Belgium Carpet Soviet Union Andrei Cherkasov 6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 5–3 Mar 1991 Indian Wells, US Hard United States Jim Courier 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 6–3 Aug 1991 Cincinnati, US Hard United States Pete Sampras 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 7–3 Sep 1991 Bordeaux, France Hard France Olivier Delaître 6–1, 6–3
Win 8–3 Oct 1991 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Israel Amos Mansdorf 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win 9–3 Nov 1991 Paris, France Carpet United States Pete Sampras 7–6(11–9), 4–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 9–4 Jan 1992 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Hard Spain Emilio Sánchez 3–6, 4–6
Win 10–4 Oct 1992 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Czechoslovakia Petr Korda 6–3, 6–2
Loss 10–5 Nov 1992 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet Croatia Goran Ivanišević 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss 10–6 Nov 1992 Paris, France Carpet Germany Boris Becker 6–7(3–7), 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 10–7 Jul 1994 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Spain Sergi Bruguera 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 10–8 Jun 1995 London/Queen's Club, England Grass United States Pete Sampras 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win 11–8 Feb 1996 Marseille, France Hard (i) France Cédric Pioline 7–5, 6–4

Doubles

Titles (28)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1985 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Ecuador Andrés Gómez United States Mike De Palmer
United States Gary Donnelly		 6–3, 6–4
Win 2. 1985 Wembley, England Carpet Sweden Anders Järryd West Germany Boris Becker
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović		 7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Win 3. 1986 La Quinta, US Hard United States Peter Fleming France Yannick Noah
United States Sherwood Stewart		 6–4, 6–3
Win 4. 1986 Metz, France Carpet Poland Wojtek Fibak Paraguay Francisco González
Netherlands Michiel Schapers		 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 5. 1986 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay France Yannick Noah Sweden Joakim Nyström
Sweden Mats Wilander		 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win 6. 1986 Rome, Italy Clay France Yannick Noah Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Sherwood Stewart		 7–6, 6–2
Win 7. 1986 London/Queen's Club, England Grass United States Kevin Curren Australia Darren Cahill
Australia Mark Kratzmann		 6–2, 7–6
Win 8. 1986 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) France Yannick Noah Sweden Jan Gunnarsson
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd		 7–6, 6–4
Win 9. 1987 Lyon, France Carpet France Yannick Noah United States Kelly Jones
United States David Pate		 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 10. 1987 Indian Wells, US Hard France Yannick Noah West Germany Boris Becker
West Germany Eric Jelen		 6–4, 7–6
Win 11. 1987 Forest Hills, US Clay France Yannick Noah United States Gary Donnelly
United States Peter Fleming		 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 12. 1987 Rome, Italy Clay France Yannick Noah Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd		 6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Win 13. 1987 London/Queen's Club, England Grass France Yannick Noah United States Rick Leach
United States Tim Pawsat		 6–4, 6–4
Win 14. 1988 Indian Wells, US Hard West Germany Boris Becker Mexico Jorge Lozano
United States Todd Witsken		 6–4, 6–4
Win 15. 1988 Orlando, US Hard France Yannick Noah United States Sherwood Stewart
Australia Kim Warwick		 6–4, 6–4
Win 16. 1988 Nice, France Clay France Henri Leconte Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Italy Diego Nargiso		 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 17. 1990 Stuttgart Indoor, West Germany Carpet Switzerland Jakob Hlasek Denmark Michael Mortensen
Netherlands Tom Nijssen		 6–3, 6–2
Win 18. 1990 Indian Wells, US Hard West Germany Boris Becker United States Jim Grabb
United States Patrick McEnroe		 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 19. 1990 Long Island, US Hard Switzerland Jakob Hlasek West Germany Udo Riglewski
West Germany Michael Stich		 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 20. 1990 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet Switzerland Jakob Hlasek United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate		 7–6, 7–5
Win 21. 1990 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet Switzerland Jakob Hlasek Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd		 6–4, 6–2
Win 22. 1990 Sanctuary Cove, Australia Hard Switzerland Jakob Hlasek Spain Emilio Sánchez
Spain Sergio Casal		 6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4
Win 23. 1991 Bordeaux, France Hard France Arnaud Boetsch Germany Patrik Kühnen
Germany Alexander Mronz		 6–2, 6–2
Win 24. 1993 Indian Wells, US Hard France Henri Leconte United States Luke Jensen
United States Scott Melville		 6–4, 7–5
Win 25. 1994 Halle, Germany Grass France Olivier Delaître France Henri Leconte
South Africa Gary Muller		 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Win 26. 1994 Long Island, US Hard France Olivier Delaître Australia Andrew Florent
United Kingdom Mark Petchey		 6–4, 7–6
Win 27. 1994 Bordeaux, France Hard France Olivier Delaître Italy Diego Nargiso
France Guillaume Raoux		 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Win 28. 1995 Milan, Italy Carpet Germany Boris Becker Czech Republic Petr Korda
Czech Republic Karel Nováček		 6–2, 6–4

Runners-up (17)

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

Performance timelines

Singles

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament1982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997Career SRCareer win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
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

Tournament1982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000Career SRCareer win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
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

Personal life

Forget married Isabelle Chassande-Barrioz-Chabrel in 1989. The couple has two sons, Mathieu and Thibault. Thibault has also played professional tennis.[6]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1744951/bio
  2. ↑ Champions Tour – Guy Forget
  3. ↑ "A Gorgeous Change of Pace". Inside the Games website. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Guy Forget named new director of French Open".
  5. ↑ "Guy Forget History – Phish.net".
  6. ↑ "Thibault Forget". ATP. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
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