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Sébastien Lareau

Canadian tennis player

Sébastien Lareau (French pronunciation::​; born April 27, 1973) is a former professional tennis player. He became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam *le by winning the 1999 US Open men's doubles with his American partner Alex O'Brien.

Contents

  • 1 As a singles player
  • 2 As a doubles player
  • 3 Grand Slam finals
    • 3.1 Men's doubles: 3 (1 *le, 2 runner-ups)
  • 4 Olympic finals
    • 4.1 Men's doubles: 1 (1 gold medal)
  • 5 ATP career finals
    • 5.1 Men's doubles: 31 (16 *les, 15 runner-ups)
  • 6 Doubles performance timeline
  • 7 External links

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 *les 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

Men's doubles: 3 (1 *le, 2 runner-ups)

Olympic finals

Men's doubles: 1 (1 gold medal)

ATP career finals

Men's doubles: 31 (16 *les, 15 runner-ups)

Doubles performance timeline

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

External links

  • Sébastien Lareau at the *ociation of Tennis Professionals
  • Sébastien Lareau at the International Tennis Federation
  • Sébastien Lareau at the Davis Cup
  • Sébastian Lareau – Tennis Canada