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Line 1: {{Infobox player \|image = SébastienLareau.png \|birthdate = April 27, 1973 \|birthplace = Montréal, Québec, Canada Line 21: '''Sébastien Lareau''' (born April 27, 1973 in Montréal, Québec, Canada) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 76 on April 17, 1995 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 4 on October 11, 1999. Lareau became the first Canadian to win a senior Grand Slam title by winning the 1999 US Open men's doubles title with his American partner Alex O'Brien. He won 17 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 [[~~Rogers~~Canadian ~~Cup~~Open\|Canada]] Masters and Sydney Olympics partnering compatriot [[Daniel Nestor]]. Lareau was also a finalist at the 1996 Australian Open and ATP Doubles Championship, and 1997 Australian Open, both partnering O'Brien. 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 semifinals of the Philadelphia, the quarterfinals of the Scottsdale, the semifinals 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 semifinals of the Memphis International Series event. He retired in 2001. Lareau was named Tennis Canada male player of the year three times (1994, 1996, 2000) and received the Davis Cup Commitment Award in 2012. He was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005. ==Grand Slam finals== Line 58: \|} ===ATP Super 9 &/ ATP Masters Series finals=== ====Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)==== {\|class="sortable wikitable" Line 71: \|style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win\|\|1996\|\|Stuttgart\|\|Carpet (i)\|\|Alex O'Brien (USA)\|\|Jacco Eltingh (NED) <br /> Paul Haarhuis (NED)\|\|3–6, 6–4, 6–3 \|- style="background:#ccccff;" \|style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Loss\|\|1997\|\|[[~~Rogers~~Canadian ~~Cup~~Open\|Montréal]]\|\|Hard\|\|Alex O'Brien (USA)\|\|Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) <br /> Leander Paes (IND)\|\|6–7, 3–6 \|- style="background:#ccccff;" \|style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win\|\|1998\|\|Stuttgart <small>(2)</small>\|\|Hard (i)\|\|Alex O'Brien (USA)\|\|Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) <br /> Leander Paes (IND)\|\|6–3, 3–6, 7–5 Line 77: \|style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win\|\|1999\|\|Paris\|\|Carpet (i)\|\|Alex O'Brien (USA)\|\|Jared Palmer (USA) <br /> Paul Haarhuis (NED)\|\|7–6<sup>(9–7)</sup>, 7–5 \|- style="background:#ccccff;" \|style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win\|\|2000\|\|[[~~Rogers~~Canadian ~~Cup~~Open\|Toronto]]\|\|Hard\|\|[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)\|\|Joshua Eagle (AUS) <br /> Andrew Florent (AUS)\|\|6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup> \|} Line 262: \|<small>5–8</small> \|Aug 1997 \|style="background:#e9e9e9;"\|[[~~Rogers Cup\|~~Canadian Open]], Canada \|style="background:#e9e9e9;"\|Super 9 \|Hard Line 432: \|<small>16–14</small> \|Aug 2000 \|style="background:#e9e9e9;"\|[[~~Rogers Cup\|~~Canadian Open]], Canada \|style="background:#e9e9e9;"\|Masters Series \|Hard Line 496: \|<small>2–0</small> \|Oct 1993 \|style="background:moccasin;"\|[[Calgary Challenger (1993)\|Calgary]], Canada \|style="background:moccasin;"\|$25,000 \|Hard (i) Line 523: \|<small>4–1</small> \|Jul 1994 \|style="background:moccasin;"\|[[~~Challenger Banque Nationale~~Championnats de Granby\|Montebello]], Canada \|style="background:moccasin;"\|$50,000 \|Hard Line 612: \|<small>2–0</small> \|Oct 1993 \|style="background:moccasin;"\|[[Calgary Challenger (1993)\|Calgary]], Canada \|style="background:moccasin;"\|$25,000 \|Hard (i) Line 642: \|<small>5–0</small> \|Jul 1994 \|style="background:moccasin;"\|[[~~Challenger Banque Nationale~~Championnats de Granby\|Montebello]], Canada \|style="background:moccasin;"\|$50,000 \|Hard Line 887: \|Richard Krajicek (NED) \|style="background:#eee8aa;"\|7 \|style="background:#e9e9e9;"\|[[~~Rogers Cup\|~~Canadian Open]], Canada \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Hard \|style="background:#afeeee;"\|2R Line 898: \|Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) \|style="background:#eee8aa;"\|4 \|style="background:#e9e9e9;"\|[[~~Rogers Cup\|~~Canadian Open]], Canada \|style="background:#ccccff;"\|Hard \|style="background:#afeeee;"\|2R Line 973: ==External links== *[http://www.cdntennis.ca/sebastienlareau Profile on CdnTennis.ca] {{DEFAULTSORT:Lareau, Sébastien}} [[Category:Canadian male tennis players]] [[Category:Canadian retired tennis players]]