Sébastien Lareau
Canadian tennis player
Country (sports) | Canada |
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Residence | Canada |
Born |
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1973-04-27
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April 27, 1973
(age
50)
Montreal , Quebec |
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 1991 |
Retired | 2001 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $2,879,682 |
Singles | |
Career record | 99–137 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 76 (April 17, 1995) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1998) |
French Open | 2R (1997) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1993, 1998, 1999, 2000) |
US Open | 2R (1995, 1998, 1999) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R ( 2000 ) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 266–142 |
Career titles | 16 |
Highest ranking | No. 4 (October 11, 1999) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (1996, 1997) |
French Open | QF (2000) |
Wimbledon | SF (1998) |
US Open | W (1999) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W ( 1999 ) |
Olympic Games | W ( 2000 ) |
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2000 Sydney | Men's doubles |
Sébastien Lareau ( French pronunciation: [sebastjɛ̃ laʁo] ; born April 27, 1973) is a former professional tennis player. He became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam title by winning the 1999 US Open men's doubles with his American partner Alex O'Brien .
As a singles player
The right-handed Lareau achieved a career best singles ranking of world No. 76 in April 1995. He has a career ATP Tour event win–loss record of 99–137. Lareau's best singles tour results were:
- in 1995, the quarterfinals of the Philadelphia and St. Petersburg World Series events;
- in 1996, the fourth round of the Key Biscayne Super 9 event;
- in 1997, the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong World Series event;
- in 1998, the third round of the Australian Open ; the semifinals of the Philadelphia , the quarterfinals of the Scottsdale , the semifinals of the Hong Kong , the quarterfinals of the Washington and Moscow World Series events;
- in 1999, the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Outdoor World Series event; and
- in 2001, the semifinals of the Memphis International Series Gold event.
As a doubles player
Lareau reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in October 1999. He won 16 doubles titles on the ATP Tour. His victories included the 1996 and 1998 Stuttgart Masters , the 1999 London Queen's Club International Series, the 1999 US Open , the 1999 Paris Indoor Tennis Masters, and the 1999 ATP Doubles Championships events, all partnering Alex O'Brien ; the 1999 Washington International Series and 2000 Memphis International Series Gold events, partnering Justin Gimelstob ; and the 2000 Montreal/Toronto Tennis Masters and Sydney Olympics , partnering compatriot Daniel Nestor . Lareau was also a finalist in the 1996 Australian Open and ATP Doubles Championships, 1997 Australian Open, both partnering O'Brien.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1996 | Australian Open | Hard | Alex O'Brien |
Stefan Edberg
Petr Korda |
5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6 |
Loss | 1997 | Australian Open | Hard | Alex O'Brien |
Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde |
6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 1999 | U.S. Open | Hard | Alex O'Brien |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes |
7–6 (9–7) , 6–4 |
Olympic finals
Doubles: 1 (1 gold medal)
Result | Year | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Gold | 2000 | Sydney | Hard | Daniel Nestor |
Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde |
5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 31 (16 titles, 15 runner-ups)
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Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Apr 1994 | Tokyo Outdoor , Japan | Hard | Patrick McEnroe |
Henrik Holm
Anders Järryd |
6–7, 1–6 |
Loss | 2. | Apr 1994 | Seoul , South Korea | Hard | Kent Kinnear |
Stéphane Simian
Kenny Thorne |
4–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Loss | 3. | Nov 1994 | Antwerp , Belgium | Carpet | Hendrik Jan Davids |
Jan Apell
Jonas Björkman |
6–4, 1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1. | May 1995 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Jeff Tarango |
Joshua Eagle
Andrew Florent |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 2. | Oct 1995 | Beijing , China | Carpet (i) | Tommy Ho |
Dick Norman
Fernon Wibier |
7–6, 7–6 |
Loss | 4. | Jan 1996 | Australian Open , Melbourne | Hard | Alex O'Brien |
Stefan Edberg
Petr Korda |
5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6 |
Loss | 5. | Jun 1996 | Queen's Club , England | Grass | Alex O'Brien |
Mark Woodforde
Todd Woodbridge |
3–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 6. | Apr 1996 | Doubles Championships , Hartford | Carpet (i) | Alex O’Brien |
Mark Woodforde
Todd Woodbridge |
4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–7 (3–7) |
Win | 3. | Oct 1996 | Stuttgart Indoor , Germany | Carpet (i) | Alex O'Brien |
Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis |
3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 7. | Jan 1997 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | Alex O'Brien |
Mark Woodforde
Todd Woodbridge |
6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 4. | Mar 1997 | Philadelphia , United States | Hard (i) | Alex O'Brien |
Ellis Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 5. | Jul 1997 | Los Angeles , United States | Hard | Alex O'Brien |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Rick Leach |
7–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 8. | Aug 1997 | Montreal , Canada | Hard | Alex O’Brien |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes |
6–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 9. | Aug 1997 | New Haven , United States | Hard | Alex O'Brien |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes |
4–6, 7–6, 2–6 |
Win | 6. | Apr 1998 | Tokyo , Japan | Hard | Daniel Nestor |
Olivier Delaître
Stefano Pescosolido |
6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 10. | Jun 1998 | Nottingham , England | Grass | Daniel Nestor |
Justin Gimelstob
Byron Talbot |
5–7, 7–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 11. | Aug 1998 | New Haven , United States | Hard | Alex O'Brien |
Wayne Arthurs
Peter Tramacchi |
6–7, 6–1, 3–6 |
Win | 7. | Nov 1998 | Stuttgart Indoor , Germany | Hard (i) | Alex O'Brien |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes |
6–3, 3–6, 7–5 |
Win | 8. | Jan 1999 | Sydney , Australia | Hard | Daniel Nestor |
Patrick Galbraith
Paul Haarhuis |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 12. | Feb 1999 | Memphis , United States | Hard (i) | Alex O’Brien |
Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 9. | Jun 1999 | Queen's Club, England | Grass | Alex O'Brien |
Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde |
6–3, 7–6 |
Win | 10. | Aug 1999 | Washington, D.C. , United States | Hard | Justin Gimelstob |
David Adams
John-Laffnie de Jager |
7–5, 6–7, 6–3 |
Win | 11. | Sep 1999 | US Open , New York | Hard | Alex O'Brien |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes |
7–6 (9–7) , 6–4 |
Win | 12. | Oct 1999 | Shanghai , China | Hard | Daniel Nestor |
Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde |
7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 13. | Nov 1999 | Paris , France | Carpet (i) | Alex O'Brien |
Jared Palmer
Paul Haarhuis |
7–6, 7–5 |
Win | 14. | Nov 1999 | Doubles Championships, Hartford | Carpet (i) | Alex O'Brien |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes |
6–3, 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 15. | Feb 2000 | Memphis , United States | Hard (i) | Justin Gimelstob |
Jim Grabb
Richey Reneberg |
6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 13. | Mar 2000 | Copenhagen , Denmark | Carpet (i) | Jonas Björkman |
Martin Damm
David Prinosil |
1–6, 7–5, 5–7 |
Loss | 14. | May 2000 | Orlando , United States | Clay | Justin Gimelstob |
Leander Paes
Jan Siemerink |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 16. | Aug 2000 | Toronto , Canada | Hard | Daniel Nestor |
Joshua Eagle
Andrew Florent |
6–3, 7–6 (7–3) |
Loss | 15. | Aug 2001 | Indianapolis , United States | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
Mark Knowles
Brian MacPhie |
6–7, 7–5, 4–6 |
Doubles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Career SR | Career win–loss |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | F | F | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | 0 / 8 | 16–8 |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | QF | A | A | 0 / 6 | 10–6 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | SF | QF | QF | 1R | A | 0 / 8 | 15–8 |
U.S. Open | A | A | A | A | SF | 2R | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | W | QF | 2R | A | 1 / 9 | 18–8 |
Grand Slam SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 31 | N/A |
Annual win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 6–3 | 4–4 | 12–4 | 7–4 | 6–4 | 9–3 | 9–4 | 3–3 | 0–0 | N/A | 59–30 |
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Indian Wells | NME | A | A | A | A | QF | A | A | QF | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 5–5 |
Miami | NME | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | QF | 3R | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | A | 0 / 7 | 6–7 |
Monte Carlo | NME | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Rome | NME | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Hamburg | NME | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Canada | NME | A | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | QF | F | QF | 2R | W | 1R | A | 1 / 11 | 17–10 |
Cincinnati | NME | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | SF | QF | 2R | SF | 1R | A | 0 / 9 | 12–9 |
Stuttgart | NME | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | W | SF | W | QF | 2R | A | A | 2 / 6 | 12–4 |
Paris | NME | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | W | A | A | A | 1 / 3 | 5–2 |
Masters Series SR | N/A | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 5 | 1 / 6 | 1 / 6 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 4 / 41 | N/A |
Annual win–loss | N/A | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 9–4 | 10–5 | 11–5 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | N/A | 57–37 |
Year-end ranking | 659 | 861 | 287 | 332 | 67 | 42 | 55 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 118 | 1536 | N/A |
External links
- Sébastien Lareau at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Sébastien Lareau at the International Tennis Federation
- Sébastien Lareau at the Davis Cup
- Sébastian Lareau – Tennis Canada
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