Guy Forget

French left-handed tennis player in the 1980s and 1990s. As a junior he won the famous Orange Bowl in Miami in 1982, which led him to start his professional career, finishing his first year at 70th place in the world ATP rankings. In 1986, he won his first single ATP tournament in Toulouse, where both his father and grandfather had won, respectively in 1946 and 1966, and where he won again in 1991 and 1992. In 1987, he reached the French Open final in doubles with Yannick Noah, showing that he was going to be one of the best players in doubles. In 1989, he won another single title in Nancy and became World Doubles Champion with Swiss player Jakob Hlasek. His best year was clearly 1991 when he won 6 single titles (including a Master Series in Paris-Bercy), reached the ATP 4th rank (the second best rank for a French player after Noah), reached the quarter-finals in both Australian Open and Wimbledon, and beat Pete Sampras in the 4th match of the Davis Cup final in Lyon, allowing his cou