Sébastien Lareau


Sébastien Lareau 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:
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

ATP career finals

Doubles: 31 (16 titles, 15 runner-ups)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.11 April 1994Tokyo Outdoor, JapanHard Patrick McEnroe Henrik Holm
Anders Järryd
6–7, 1–6
Runner-up2.25 April 1994Seoul, South KoreaHard Kent Kinnear Stéphane Simian
Kenny Thorne
4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up3.14 November 1994Antwerp, BelgiumCarpet Hendrik Jan Davids Jan Apell
Jonas Björkman
6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Winner1.1 May 1995Seoul, South KoreaHard Jeff Tarango Joshua Eagle
Andrew Florent
6–3, 6–2
Winner2.23 October 1995Beijing, ChinaCarpet Tommy Ho Dick Norman
Fernon Wibier
7–6, 7–6
Runner-up4.29 January 1996Australian Open, MelbourneHard Alex O'Brien Stefan Edberg
Petr Korda
5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up5.17 June 1996Queen's Club, EnglandGrass Alex O'Brien Mark Woodforde
Todd Woodbridge
3–6, 6–7
Runner-up6.20 April 1996Doubles Championships, HartfordCarpet Alex O’Brien Mark Woodforde
Todd Woodbridge
4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–7
Winner3.28 October 1996Stuttgart Indoor, GermanyCarpet Alex O'Brien Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up7.27 January 1997Australian Open, MelbourneHard Alex O'Brien Mark Woodforde
Todd Woodbridge
6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6
Winner4.3 March 1997Philadelphia, United StatesHard Alex O'Brien Ellis Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith
6–3, 6–3
Winner5.28 July 1997Los Angeles, United StatesHard Alex O'Brien Mahesh Bhupathi
Rick Leach
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up8.4 August 1997Montreal, CanadaHard Alex O’Brien Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
6–7, 3–6
Runner-up9.18 August 1997New Haven, United StatesHard Alex O'Brien Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Winner6.20 April 1998Tokyo, JapanHard Daniel Nestor Olivier Delaître
Stefano Pescosolido
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up10.22 June 1998Nottingham, EnglandGrass Daniel Nestor Justin Gimelstob
Byron Talbot
5–7, 7–6, 4–6
Runner-up11.24 August 1998New Haven, United StatesHard Alex O'Brien Wayne Arthurs
Peter Tramacchi
6–7, 6–1, 3–6
Winner7.2 November 1998Stuttgart Indoor, GermanyHard Alex O'Brien Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Winner8.18 January 1999Sydney, AustraliaHard Daniel Nestor Patrick Galbraith
Paul Haarhuis
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up12.22 February 1999Memphis, United StatesHard Alex O’Brien Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
3–6, 4–6
Winner9.14 June 1999Queen's Club, EnglandGrass Alex O'Brien Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
6–3, 7–6
Winner10.23 August 1999Washington, D.C., United StatesHard Justin Gimelstob David Adams
John-Laffnie de Jager
7–5, 6–7, 6–3
Winner11.13 September 1999US Open, New YorkHard Alex O'Brien Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
7–6, 6–4
Winner12.11 October 1999Shanghai, ChinaHard Daniel Nestor Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
7–5, 6–3
Winner13.8 November 1999Paris, FranceCarpet Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer
Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 7–5
Winner14.22 November 1999Doubles Championships, HartfordCarpet Alex O'Brien Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Winner15.21 February 2000Memphis, United StatesHard Justin Gimelstob Jim Grabb
Richey Reneberg
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up13.6 March 2000Copenhagen, DenmarkCarpet Jonas Björkman Martin Damm
David Prinosil
1–6, 7–5, 5–7
Runner-up14.8 May 2000Orlando, United StatesClay Justin Gimelstob Leander Paes
Jan Siemerink
3–6, 4–6
Winner16.7 August 2000Toronto, CanadaHard Daniel Nestor Joshua Eagle
Andrew Florent
6–3, 7–6
Runner-up15.20 August 2001Indianapolis, United StatesHard Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles
Brian MacPhie
6–7, 7–5, 4–6

Doubles performance timeline

A = did not attend tournament