Olivier Delaître
Country (sports) France
ResidenceSuresnes, France
Born (1967-06-01) 1 June 1967
Metz, France
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro1986
Retired2000
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,788,904
Singles
Career record130–179
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 33 (20 February 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1995)
French Open4R (1994)
Wimbledon3R (1995)
US Open2R (1989)
Doubles
Career record225–179
Career titles15
Highest rankingNo. 3 (12 July 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1998, 1999)
French Open3R (1997)
WimbledonSF (1999)
US Open3R (1996, 1998)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1991)

Olivier Delaître (born 1 June 1967) is a former professional tennis player from France. He was semifinalist at the Wimbledon Championships in 1999 in doubles (partnering Fabrice Santoro), and reached the fourth round of the 1994 French Open and 1995 Australian Open in singles.

Career

Delaitre turned professional in 1986.

In singles, he reached four ATP-tour finals, and achieved a career-high ranking of 33 in February 1995.

In doubles, he won 15 titles during his career and reached a career-high ranking of 3 in July 1999. In 1998, he won four doubles titles with Fabrice Santoro and together they qualified for the end-of-year ATP Finals, where they reached the semifinals. In 1999, Delaitre and Santoro lost in the semifinals of Wimbledon 7-5 in the final set to eventual champions Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes. Delaitre's biggest title was the Monte Carlo Masters in 1999, where - unseeded - he and Tim Henman won the tournament without dropping a set.

Delaitre was the first person to defeat future World No. 1 Roger Federer at a Grand Slam, in the first qualifying round of the 1999 Australian Open.

Career finals

Singles: 4 (0–4)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour World Championships (0–0)
ATP Super 9 (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (0–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Sep 1991 Bordeaux, France Clay France Guy Forget 1–6, 3–6
Loss 2. Oct 1991 Lyon, France Carpet (i) United States Pete Sampras 1–6, 1–6
Loss 3. Jan 1993 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard United States Richey Reneberg 3–6, 1–6
Loss 4. Aug 1994 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard South Africa Wayne Ferreira 2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 26 (15–11)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour World Championships (0–0)
ATP Super 9 (1–1)
ATP Championship Series (3–2)
ATP World Series (11–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–9)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (2–1)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Feb 1991 Guarujá, Brazil Hard France Rodolphe Gilbert United States Shelby Cannon
United States Greg Van Emburgh		 6–2, 6–4
Win 2. Feb 1993 Marseille, France Carpet (i) France Arnaud Boetsch United States Ivan Lendl
South Africa Christo van Rensburg		 6–3, 7–6
Loss 1. Aug 1993 Long Island, U.S. Hard France Arnaud Boetsch Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
Germany David Prinosil		 7–6, 5–7, 2–6
Win 3. Jan 1994 Doha, Qatar Hard France Stéphane Simian United States Shelby Cannon
South Africa Byron Talbot		 6–3, 6–3
Win 4. Jun 1994 Halle, Germany Grass France Guy Forget France Henri Leconte
South Africa Gary Muller		 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Win 5. Aug 1994 Long Island, U.S. Hard France Guy Forget Australia Andrew Florent
United Kingdom Mark Petchey		 6–4, 7–6
Win 6. Sep 1994 Bordeaux, France Hard France Guy Forget Italy Diego Nargiso
France Guillaume Raoux		 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Win 7. Jul 1995 Washington, D.C., U.S. Hard United States Jeff Tarango Czech Republic Petr Korda
Czech Republic Cyril Suk		 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2. Apr 1996 Munich, Germany Clay Italy Diego Nargiso South Africa Lan Bale
Netherlands Stephen Noteboom		 6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Loss 3. Oct 1996 Toulouse, France Hard (i) France Guillaume Raoux Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis		 3–6, 5–7
Loss 4. Feb 1997 Marseille, France Hard (i) France Fabrice Santoro Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Sweden Magnus Larsson		 3–6, 4–6
Win 8. Feb 1997 Antwerp, Belgium Hard (i) South Africa David Adams Australia Sandon Stolle
Czech Republic Cyril Suk		 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 5. Oct 1997 Lyon, France Carpet (i) France Fabrice Santoro South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Patrick Galbraith		 6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 6. Jan 1998 Doha, Qatar Hard France Fabrice Santoro India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes		 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 7. Apr 1998 Chennai, India Hard Belarus Max Mirnyi India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes		 7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 8. Apr 1998 Tokyo, Japan Hard Italy Stefano Pescosolido Canada Sébastien Lareau
Canada Daniel Nestor		 3–6, 4–6
Win 9. Jul 1998 Stuttgart, Germany Clay France Fabrice Santoro Australia Joshua Eagle
United States Jim Grabb		 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 9. Aug 1998 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard France Fabrice Santoro The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor		 1–6, 1–2, ret.
Win 10. Sep 1998 Toulouse, France Hard (i) France Fabrice Santoro Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Netherlands Jan Siemerink		 6–2, 6–4
Win 11. Oct 1998 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) France Fabrice Santoro South Africa Piet Norval
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett		 6–3, 7–6
Win 12. Oct 1998 Lyon, France Carpet (i) France Fabrice Santoro Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Francisco Roig		 6–2, 6–2
Win 13. Apr 1999 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay United Kingdom Tim Henman Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl		 6–2, 6–3
Loss 10. Aug 1999 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard India Leander Paes Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
United States Jared Palmer		 3–6, 4–6
Win 14. Aug 1999 Long Island, U.S. Hard France Fabrice Santoro United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Scott Humphries		 7–5, 6–4
Win 15. Sep 1999 Toulouse, France Hard (i) United States Jeff Tarango South Africa David Adams
South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager		 3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 11. Jan 2000 Auckland, New Zealand Hard United States Jeff Tarango South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach		 5–7, 4–6

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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.
Tournament198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000Career SRCareer win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open NH A A 1R 2R A A A 1R 1R 2R A 3R 3R 1R 0 / 8 6–8
French Open A 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 14 7–14
Wimbledon A A A A A A A 3R 2R 3R A 1R A SF 3R 0 / 6 11–6
U.S. Open A A A 1R 2R A A 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R 3R 2R A 0 / 9 7–8
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 37 N/A
Annual win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–4 2–4 4–3 2–3 4–3 8–3 2–3 N/A 31–36
Masters Series
Indian Wells These Were Not

ATP Masters Series

Before 1990		 A A 2R A A 2R A A A A 1R 0 / 3 2–3
Miami A A A 1R 2R 1R A A A 2R 2R 0 / 5 1–5
Monte Carlo A A A 2R QF 1R 1R 2R A W 2R 1 / 7 10–6
Rome A A A A A A A 2R A SF 1R 0 / 3 4–3
Hamburg A A A A A A A A A SF 1R 0 / 2 2–2
Canada A A A A QF 2R A 2R 2R QF A 0 / 5 6–5
Cincinnati A A A A 1R 1R A SF F 2R A 0 / 5 7–5
Stuttgart (Stockholm) A A A A A A A A SF 2R A 0 / 2 3–2
Paris A A QF 1R 2R A 1R 1R 2R 2R A 0 / 7 3–7
Masters Series SR N/A 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 8 0 / 5 1 / 39 N/A
Annual win–loss N/A 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–3 6–5 2–5 0–2 6–5 8–4 11–7 1–5 N/A 38–38
Year-end ranking 436 514 227 127 166 121 154 90 20 52 91 37 12 16 107 N/A
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