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1. Voo de Mar says:

   May 5, 2025 at 10:51 am

   Points won by each set: | 31-25, 39-34 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   39 % Rosset – 25 of 64
   29 % Courier – 19 of 65

   Rosset [16] – as a Francophone – enjoyed playing in France the most outside Switzerland: if he didn’t face a Frenchman, he would always count on crowd’s support. His best Slam & Masters 1K results come from France (Roland Garros ’96 semifinal, Paris ’94 final); among his 15 titles, six he captured in French speaking cities. Even though Courier [14] achieved much more in the first half of the 90s, he had a negative record (3:4) against his Swiss peer after their Lyon final – it was the only instance in those four defeats that he wasn’t a clear favorite because he was struggling with his form in 1994, playing just second main-level final in October (terrible achievement for someone who’d recently dominated the men’s tour for ~two years). He led 3:2* (40/30) in the opener when Rosset risked his second serve and fought off the break point with a one-two punch combination – afterwards the Swiss didn’t have any trouble to hold eight times in a row moving forward behind each 1st serve. In the tie-break he got a crucial mini-break at 2:1 when he passed Courier with two-handed backhand down the line (usually he was performing that shot with one hand on carpet & grass). On his first match point he played a backhand passing-shot cross-court using one hand, and Courier made an error attempting to respond with a half-volley.

   Rosset’s route to his 9th title:
   1 Fabrice Santoro 7-6(1), 6-1
   2 Daniel Vacek 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
   Q Wayne Ferreira 7-6(4), 7-6(4)
   S Andrei Medvedev 6-2, 6-2
   W Jim Courier 6-4, 7-6(2)

   Serve & volley: Rosset 11/16, Courier 1/2

   # Rosset snapped Ferreira’s 17-match winning streak in ATP events (three titles in a row)

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