Sébastien Lareau (; 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. He also won his nation's first Olympic tennis medal by claiming gold in men's doubles at the 2000 Sydney Games with Daniel Nestor.

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. Lareau won one major title, the 1999 US Open, and the season-ending 1999 ATP Doubles Championships, both partnering Alex O'Brien. The pair were also finalists at the 1996 Australian Open and 1997 Australian Open.

Representing Canada, playing alongside Daniel Nestor, Lareau won the gold medal in men's doubles at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, defeating Australia's defending champions Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in the final.

Grand Slam finals Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1996 Australian Open Hard Alex O'Brien Stefan Edberg Petr Korda 5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6Loss 1997 Australian Open Hard Alex O'Brien Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6Win 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) ResultYearLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreGold 2000Sydney 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) ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Apr 1994 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Hard Patrick McEnroe Henrik Holm Anders Järryd 6–7, 1–6Loss 0–2 Apr 1994 Seoul, South Korea Hard Kent Kinnear Stéphane Simian Kenny Thorne 4–6, 6–3, 5–7Loss 0–3 Nov 1994 Antwerp, Belgium Carpet Hendrik Jan Davids Jan Apell Jonas Björkman 6–4, 1–6, 2–6Win 1–3 May 1995 Seoul, South Korea Hard Jeff Tarango Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent 6–3, 6–2Win 2–3 Oct 1995 Beijing, China Carpet (i) Tommy Ho Dick Norman Fernon Wibier 7–6, 7–6Loss 2–4 Jan 1996 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Alex O'Brien Stefan Edberg Petr Korda 5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6Loss 2–5 Jun 1996 Queen's Club, England Grass Alex O'Brien Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge 3–6, 6–7Loss 2–6 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 3–6 Oct 1996 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Carpet (i) Alex O'Brien Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 3–6, 6–4, 6–3Loss 3–7 Jan 1997 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Alex O'Brien Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6Win 4–7 Mar 1997 Philadelphia, United States Hard (i) Alex O'Brien Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith 6–3, 6–3Win 5–7 Jul 1997 Los Angeles, United States Hard Alex O'Brien Mahesh Bhupathi Rick Leach 7–6, 6–4Loss 5–8 Aug 1997 Montreal, Canada Hard Alex O’Brien Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 6–7, 3–6Loss 5–9 Aug 1997 New Haven, United States Hard Alex O'Brien Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 4–6, 7–6, 2–6Win 6–9 Apr 1998 Tokyo, Japan Hard Daniel Nestor Olivier Delaître Stefano Pescosolido 6–4, 4–6, 6–4Loss 6–10 Jun 1998 Nottingham, England Grass Daniel Nestor Justin Gimelstob Byron Talbot 5–7, 7–6, 4–6Loss 6–11 Aug 1998 New Haven, United States Hard Alex O'Brien Wayne Arthurs Peter Tramacchi 6–7, 6–1, 3–6Win 7–11 Nov 1998 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Hard (i) Alex O'Brien Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 6–3, 3–6, 7–5Win 8–11 Jan 1999 Sydney, Australia Hard Daniel Nestor Patrick Galbraith Paul Haarhuis 6–3, 6–4Loss 8–12 Feb 1999 Memphis, United States Hard (i) Alex O’Brien Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 3–6, 4–6Win 9–12 Jun 1999 Queen's Club, England Grass Alex O'Brien Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 6–3, 7–6Win 10–12 Aug 1999 Washington, D.C., United States Hard Justin Gimelstob David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager 7–5, 6–7, 6–3Win 11–12 Sep 1999 US Open, New York Hard Alex O'Brien Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 7–6(9–7), 6–4Win 12–12 Oct 1999 Shanghai, China Hard Daniel Nestor Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 7–5, 6–3Win 13–12 Nov 1999 Paris, France Carpet (i) Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 7–5Win 14–12 Nov 1999 Doubles Championships, Hartford Carpet (i) Alex O'Brien Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 6–3, 6–2, 6–2Win 15–12 Feb 2000 Memphis, United States Hard (i) Justin Gimelstob Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg 6–2, 6–4Loss 15–13 Mar 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet (i) Jonas Björkman Martin Damm David Prinosil 1–6, 7–5, 5–7Loss 15–14 May 2000 Orlando, United States Clay Justin Gimelstob Leander Paes Jan Siemerink 3–6, 4–6Win 16–14 Aug 2000 Toronto, Canada Hard Daniel Nestor Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent 6–3, 7–6(7–3)Loss 16–15 Aug 2001 Indianapolis, United States Hard Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie 6–7, 7–5, 4–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 19891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002 Career SR Career win–loss Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAQF2RFF1R1R1R3RA0 / 816–8French OpenAAAAAA3R3R2R3R1RQFAA0 / 610–6WimbledonAAAAQ23R2R3R1RSFQFQF1RA0 / 815–8U.S. OpenAAAASF2R1RQF2R1RWQF2RA1 / 918–8Grand Slam SR0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 41 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 01 / 31N/AAnnual win–loss0–00–00–00–04–16–34–412–47–46–49–39–43–30–0N/A59–30 Masters SeriesIndian WellsNMEAAAAQFAAQF1R1R3RAA0 / 55–5MiamiNMEAAAA1RAQF3R2R2RQF2RA0 / 76–7Monte CarloNMEAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0RomeNMEAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0HamburgNMEAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0CanadaNMEAQF1RQF1R1RQFFQF2RW1RA1 / 1117–10CincinnatiNMEAAA2R2R2R2RSFQF2RSF1RA0 / 912–9StuttgartNMEAAAA1RAWSFWQF2RAA2 / 612–4ParisNMEAAAAAA2RA2RWAAA1 / 35–2Masters Series SRN/A0 / 00 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 50 / 21 / 50 / 51 / 61 / 61 / 50 / 30 / 04 / 41N/AAnnual win–lossN/A0–02–10–13–23–51–29–410–511–57–510–31–40–0N/A57–37 Year-end ranking6598612873326742551715174171181536N/A

References

External links

Sébastian Lareau – Tennis Canada