Sébastien Lareau

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Canada
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.

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.

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.

Titles (17)

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	Indianapolis, U.S.	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	6-4, 6-4
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 Delaitre Stefano Pescosolido	6-4, 4-6, 6-4
7.	2 November, 1998	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4-6, 6-3, 7-5
8.	18 January, 1999	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Patrick Galbraith Paul Haarhuis	6-3, 6-4
9.	14 June, 1999	London, 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	6-4, 6-4
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	6-1, 6-3
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	6-4, 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	4-6, 6-2, 14-12

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 Jarryd	6-4, 6-2
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 Bjorkman	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, England	Grass	Alex O'Brien	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	6-2, 6-7, 6-3
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	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
9.	18 August, 1997	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6-3, 7-5
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, 6-3
12.	22 February, 1999	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Alex O’Brien	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6-4, 7-5
13.	6 March, 2000	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Jonas Bjorkman	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	7-6³, 6-3

Present

Lareau currently works as a tennis professional.[1]

References

[1]http://www.carrefourmultisports.com/pages/ActivitesSportives/Tennis/texte_descriptif.aspx?lang=Fr-Ca

External links

• ATPtennis.com Lareau player profile page

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