Sébastien Lareau

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.

Sébastien Lareau

Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Canada
Born	(1973-04-27) April 27, 1973 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)

Olympic medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  Canada
	2000 Sydney	Men's doubles

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 Grand Prix events;
• in 1996, the fourth round of the Key Biscayne Grand Prix event;
• in 1997, the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Grand Prix 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 International Series events;
• in 1999, the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Outdoor International Series event; and
• in 2001, the semifinals of the Memphis International Series 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.

Significant finals

Olympics: 1 gold medal

Result	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	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)

Legend Grand Slam (1–2) Tennis Masters Cup (1–1) ATP Masters Series (4–1) ATP Championship Series (4–5) ATP Tour (6–6)

Finals by surface Hard (11–9) Clay (0–1) Grass (1–2) Carpet (4–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 April 1994	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Patrick McEnroe	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	6–7, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	25 April 1994	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Kent Kinnear	Stéphane Simian Kenny Thorne	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	14 November 1994	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet	Hendrik Jan Davids	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	1 May 1995	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Jeff Tarango	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	23 October 1995	Beijing, China	Carpet (i)	Tommy Ho	Dick Norman Fernon Wibier	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	4.	29 January 1996	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Stefan Edberg Petr Korda	5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	17 June 1996	Queen's Club, England	Grass	Alex O'Brien	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	6.	20 April 1996	Doubles Championships, Hartford	Carpet (i)	Alex O’Brien	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Winner	3.	28 October 1996	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet (i)	Alex O'Brien	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	27 January 1997	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6
Winner	4.	3 March 1997	Philadelphia, United States	Hard (i)	Alex O'Brien	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 6–3
Winner	5.	28 July 1997	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Rick Leach	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	4 August 1997	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Alex O’Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	18 August 1997	New Haven, United States	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	20 April 1998	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Olivier Delaître Stefano Pescosolido	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	22 June 1998	Nottingham, England	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Justin Gimelstob Byron Talbot	5–7, 7–6, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	24 August 1998	New Haven, United States	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Wayne Arthurs Peter Tramacchi	6–7, 6–1, 3–6
Winner	7.	2 November 1998	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	8.	18 January 1999	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Patrick Galbraith Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	22 February 1999	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Alex O’Brien	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	14 June 1999	Queen's Club, England	Grass	Alex O'Brien	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 7–6
Winner	10.	23 August 1999	Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Justin Gimelstob	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	7–5, 6–7, 6–3
Winner	11.	13 September 1999	US Open, New York	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6^(9–7), 6–4
Winner	12.	11 October 1999	Shanghai, China	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–5, 6–3
Winner	13.	8 November 1999	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Alex O'Brien	Jared Palmer Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 7–5
Winner	14.	22 November 1999	Doubles Championships, Hartford	Carpet (i)	Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	15.	21 February 2000	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Justin Gimelstob	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	13.	6 March 2000	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet (i)	Jonas Björkman	Martin Damm David Prinosil	1–6, 7–5, 5–7
Runner-up	14.	8 May 2000	Orlando, United States	Clay	Justin Gimelstob	Leander Paes Jan Siemerink	3–6, 4–6
Winner	16.	7 August 2000	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
Runner-up	15.	20 August 2001	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie	6–7, 7–5, 4–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
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
Masters Series
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

A = did not attend tournament

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