Sébastien Lareau

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**Sébastien Lareau**

Country	Canada
Residence	Canada
Date of birth	April 27, 1973 (1973-04-27) (age 35)
Place of birth	Montreal
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	79 kg (170 lb/12.4 st)
Turned Pro	1991
Plays	Right-handed
Career Prize Money	US$2,879,682
Singles
Career record:	99-137
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 76 (April 17, 1995)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd (1998)
French Open	2nd (1997)
Wimbledon	2nd (1993, '98, '99, '00)
US Open	2nd (1995, '98, '99)
Doubles
Career record:	266-142
Career titles:	17
Highest ranking:	No. 4 (October 11, 1999)
Infobox last updated on: October 23, 2007.

Competitor for Canada
Olympic medal record
Men's tennis
Gold	2000 Sydney	Men's doubles

Sébastien Lareau (born April 27, 1973 in Montreal) is a former touring professional tennis player. He turned touring pro in 1991 and retired in 2001.

1 As a singles player
2 As a doubles player
3 Titles (17)
- 3.1 Runner-ups (15)
4 Present
5 References
6 External links

[edit] As a singles player

The right-handed Lareau achieved a career best singles ranking of World No. 76 in April 1995. In January 1999 he reached a career second best ranking of World No. 78. He had a career ATP tour event win-loss record of 99 and 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 semi-finals of the Philadelphia, the quarterfinals of the Scottsdale, the semi-finals 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 semi-finals of the Memphis International Series event.

[edit] As a doubles player

The 6'0, 175lbs. Lareau reached a career high doubles ranking of world no. 4 in October 1999. He won 17 doubles titles on the ATP tour. His victories included the 1996 and 1998 Stuttgart Masters Series, the 1999 London/Queen's Club International Series, the 1999 U.S. Open, the 1999 Paris Indoor Tennis Masters Series, 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 Series and Sydney Olympics partnering compatriot Daniel Nestor. Lareau was also a finalist in the 1996 Australian Open and ATP Doubles Championship, 1997 Australian Open both partnering O'Brien.

[edit] Titles (17)

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (1)
ATP Masters Series (4)
Olympic Gold (1)
ATP Tour (10)

Titles by Surface
Hard (12)
Clay (0)
Grass (1)
Carpet (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1 May 1995	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Jeff Tarango	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	6–3, 6–2
2.	23 October 1995	Beijing, China	Carpet	Tommy Ho	Dick Norman Fernon Wibier	7–6, 7–6
3.	28 October 1996	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Alex O'Brien	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
4.	3 March 1997	Philadelphia, U.S.	Hard (i)	Alex O'Brien	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 6–3
5.	28 July 1997	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Rick Leach	7–6, 6–4
6.	20 April 1998	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Olivier Delaître Stefano Pescosolido	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
7.	2 November 1998	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
8.	18 January 1999	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Patrick Galbraith Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 6–4
9.	14 June 1999	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Alex O'Brien	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 7–6
10.	23 August 1999	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Justin Gimelstob	David Adams John-Laffnie De Jager	7–5, 6–7, 6–3
11.	13 September 1999	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6⁷, 6–4
12.	11 October 1999	Shanghai, China	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–5, 6–3
13.	8 November 1999	Paris, France	Carpet	Alex O'Brien	Jared Palmer Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 7–5
14.	22 November 1999	Doubles Championships, Hartford	Carpet	Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
15.	21 February 2000	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Justin Gimelstob	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–2, 6–4
16.	7 August 2000	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	6–3, 7-6³
17.	2 October 2000	Sydney Olympics, Australia	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6

[edit] Runner-ups (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	11 April 1994	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Patrick McEnroe	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–1
2.	25 April 1994	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Kent Kinnear	Stephane Simian Kenny Thorne	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
3.	14 November 1994	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet	Hendrik Jan Davids	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
4.	29 January 1996	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Stefan Edberg Petr Korda	7–5, 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
5.	17 June 1996	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Alex O'Brien	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 7–6
6.	20 April 1996	Doubles Championships, Hartford	Carpet	Alex O’Brien	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7-6³
7.	27 January 1997	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
8.	4 August 1997	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Alex O’Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6, 6–3
9.	18 August 1997	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
10.	22 June 1998	Nottingham, England	Grass	Daniel Nestor	Justin Gimelstob Byron Talbot	7–5, 6–7, 6–4
11.	24 August 1998	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Wayne Arthurs Peter Tramacchi	7–6, 1–6, 6–3
12.	22 February 1999	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Alex O’Brien	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–4
13.	6 March 2000	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	Martin Damm David Prinosil	6–1, 5–7, 7–5
14.	8 May 2000	Orlando, U.S.	Clay	Justin Gimelstob	Leander Paes Jan Siemerink	6–3, 6–4
15.	20 August 2001	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie	7–6, 5–7, 6–4