Sébastien Lareau
Country (sports) Canada
ResidenceCanada
Born (1973-04-27) April 27, 1973
Montreal, Quebec
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1991
Retired2001
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$2,879,682
Singles
Career record99–137
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 76 (April 17, 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1998)
French Open2R (1997)
Wimbledon2R (1993, 1998, 1999, 2000)
US Open2R (1995, 1998, 1999)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2000)
Doubles
Career record266–142
Career titles16
Highest rankingNo. 4 (October 11, 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1996, 1997)
French OpenQF (2000)
WimbledonSF (1998)
US OpenW (1999)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (1999)
Olympic GamesW (2000)
Olympic medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  Canada
Gold medal – first place 2000 SydneyMen's doubles

Sébastien Lareau (French pronunciation: [sebastjɛ̃ laʁo]; 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.

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:

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. 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

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1996Australian OpenHardUnited States Alex O'BrienSweden Stefan Edberg
Czech Republic Petr Korda		5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Loss1997Australian OpenHardUnited States Alex O'BrienAustralia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde		6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6
Win1999U.S. OpenHardUnited States Alex O'BrienIndia Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes		7–6(9–7), 6–4

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (1 gold medal)

Result Year Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Gold 2000 Sydney Hard Canada Daniel Nestor Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia 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)
Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Apr 1994 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Hard United States Patrick McEnroe Sweden Henrik Holm
Sweden Anders Järryd		 6–7, 1–6
Loss 2. Apr 1994 Seoul, South Korea Hard United States Kent Kinnear France Stéphane Simian
United States Kenny Thorne		 4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 3. Nov 1994 Antwerp, Belgium Carpet Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids Sweden Jan Apell
Sweden Jonas Björkman		 6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Win 1. May 1995 Seoul, South Korea Hard United States Jeff Tarango Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Andrew Florent		 6–3, 6–2
Win 2. Oct 1995 Beijing, China Carpet (i) United States Tommy Ho Belgium Dick Norman
Netherlands Fernon Wibier		 7–6, 7–6
Loss 4. Jan 1996 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard United States Alex O'Brien Sweden Stefan Edberg
Czech Republic Petr Korda		 5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Loss 5. Jun 1996 Queen's Club, England Grass United States Alex O'Brien Australia Mark Woodforde
Australia Todd Woodbridge		 3–6, 6–7
Loss 6. Apr 1996 Doubles Championships, Hartford Carpet (i) United States Alex O’Brien Australia Mark Woodforde
Australia Todd Woodbridge		 4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 3. Oct 1996 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Carpet (i) United States Alex O'Brien Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis		 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 7. Jan 1997 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard United States Alex O'Brien Australia Mark Woodforde
Australia Todd Woodbridge		 6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6
Win 4. Mar 1997 Philadelphia, United States Hard (i) United States Alex O'Brien South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Patrick Galbraith		 6–3, 6–3
Win 5. Jul 1997 Los Angeles, United States Hard United States Alex O'Brien India Mahesh Bhupathi
United States Rick Leach		 7–6, 6–4
Loss 8. Aug 1997 Montreal, Canada Hard United States Alex O’Brien India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes		 6–7, 3–6
Loss 9. Aug 1997 New Haven, United States Hard United States Alex O'Brien India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes		 4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Win 6. Apr 1998 Tokyo, Japan Hard Canada Daniel Nestor France Olivier Delaître
Italy Stefano Pescosolido		 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 10. Jun 1998 Nottingham, England Grass Canada Daniel Nestor United States Justin Gimelstob
South Africa Byron Talbot		 5–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 11. Aug 1998 New Haven, United States Hard United States Alex O'Brien Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Peter Tramacchi		 6–7, 6–1, 3–6
Win 7. Nov 1998 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Hard (i) United States Alex O'Brien India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes		 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win 8. Jan 1999 Sydney, Australia Hard Canada Daniel Nestor United States Patrick Galbraith
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 12. Feb 1999 Memphis, United States Hard (i) United States Alex O’Brien Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde		 3–6, 4–6
Win 9. Jun 1999 Queen's Club, England Grass United States Alex O'Brien Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde		 6–3, 7–6
Win 10. Aug 1999 Washington, D.C., United States Hard United States Justin Gimelstob South Africa David Adams
South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager		 7–5, 6–7, 6–3
Win 11. Sep 1999 US Open, New York Hard United States Alex O'Brien India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes		 7–6(9–7), 6–4
Win 12. Oct 1999 Shanghai, China Hard Canada Daniel Nestor Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde		 7–5, 6–3
Win 13. Nov 1999 Paris, France Carpet (i) United States Alex O'Brien United States Jared Palmer
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis		 7–6, 7–5
Win 14. Nov 1999 Doubles Championships, Hartford Carpet (i) United States Alex O'Brien India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes		 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Win 15. Feb 2000 Memphis, United States Hard (i) United States Justin Gimelstob United States Jim Grabb
United States Richey Reneberg		 6–2, 6–4
Loss 13. Mar 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet (i) Sweden Jonas Björkman Czech Republic Martin Damm
Germany David Prinosil		 1–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss 14. May 2000 Orlando, United States Clay United States Justin Gimelstob India Leander Paes
Netherlands Jan Siemerink		 3–6, 4–6
Win 16. Aug 2000 Toronto, Canada Hard Canada Daniel Nestor Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Andrew Florent		 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 15. Aug 2001 Indianapolis, United States Hard India Mahesh Bhupathi The Bahamas Mark Knowles
United States Brian MacPhie		 6–7, 7–5, 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.
Tournament19891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002Career SRCareer win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A QF 2R F F 1R 1R 1R 3R A 0 / 8 16–8
French Open A A A A A A 3R 3R 2R 3R 1R QF A A 0 / 6 10–6
Wimbledon A A A A A 3R 2R 3R 1R SF QF QF 1R A 0 / 8 15–8
U.S. Open A A A A SF 2R 1R QF 2R 1R W QF 2R A 1 / 9 18–8
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 0 1 / 31 N/A
Annual win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 6–3 4–4 12–4 7–4 6–4 9–3 9–4 3–3 0–0 N/A 59–30
Masters Series
Indian Wells NME A A A A QF A A QF 1R 1R 3R A A 0 / 5 5–5
Miami NME A A A A 1R A QF 3R 2R 2R QF 2R A 0 / 7 6–7
Monte Carlo NME A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Rome NME A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Hamburg NME A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canada NME A QF 1R QF 1R 1R QF F QF 2R W 1R A 1 / 11 17–10
Cincinnati NME A A A 2R 2R 2R 2R SF QF 2R SF 1R A 0 / 9 12–9
Stuttgart NME A A A A 1R A W SF W QF 2R A A 2 / 6 12–4
Paris NME A A A A A A 2R A 2R W A A A 1 / 3 5–2
Masters Series SR N/A 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 2 1 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 6 1 / 6 1 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 0 4 / 41 N/A
Annual win–loss N/A 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–2 3–5 1–2 9–4 10–5 11–5 7–5 10–3 1–4 0–0 N/A 57–37
Year-end ranking 659 861 287 332 67 42 55 17 15 17 4 17 118 1536 N/A
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