Guy Forget

Guy Forget (French pronunciation: ​[ɡi fɔʁʒɛ], born 4 January 1965) is a French former 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.

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 Jakob 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 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.

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 (when Marion Bartoli & Émilie Loit lost to Anastasia Myskina & Vera Zvonareva in last one deciding double match).

In 2011 in joins the directing committee of the French Open and in 2012 he becomes director of the Masters of Paris Bercy.

In 2016 he becomes director of the French Open after the dismissal of Gilbert Ysern.

Doubles (2 runners-up)

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

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Location	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1986	New York City	Yannick Noah	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	3–6, 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Winner	1990	Frankfurt	Jakob Hlasek	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–4

Singles (11 titles, 8 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	13 October 1986	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Jan Gunnarsson	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	6 March 1989	Nancy, France	Hard (i)	Michiel Schapers	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	1.	13 November 1989	Wembley, England	Carpet	Michael Chang	2–6, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	23 April 1990	Nice, France	Clay	Juan Aguilera	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	17 September 1990	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Goran Ivanišević	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	14 January 1991	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Michael Stich	6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	18 February 1991	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Andrei Cherkasov	6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	3.	11 March 1991	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Jim Courier	6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	6.	12 August 1991	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Pete Sampras	2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Winner	7.	16 September 1991	Bordeaux, France	Hard	Olivier Delaître	6–1, 6–3
Winner	8.	7 October 1991	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Amos Mansdorf	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	9.	4 November 1991	Paris, France	Carpet	Pete Sampras	7–6(11–9), 4–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	13 January 1992	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	12 October 1992	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Petr Korda	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	2 November 1992	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Goran Ivanišević	6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Runner-up	6.	9 November 1992	Paris, France	Carpet	Boris Becker	6–7(3–7), 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	11 July 1994	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	8.	19 June 1995	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Pete Sampras	6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)
Winner	11.	19 February 1996	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Cédric Pioline	7–5, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held

Num	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	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

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held