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{{Infobox player
|image = SébastienLareau.png
|birthdate = April 27, 1973
|birthplace = Montréal, Québec, Canada
|dateofdeath =
|placeofdeath =
|from = Montréal, Québec, Canada
|residence =
|height = 6’0” (1,83m)
|styleofplay = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|turnedpro = 1991
|retired = 2001
|bestatpsinglesranking = No. 76 (April 17, 1995)
|bestatpdoublesranking = No. 4 (October 11, 1999)
|bestitfjuniorranking =
|canadiantennishalloffame =
|cdntennisprofile = [http://www.cdntennis.ca/sebastienlareau Profile on CdnTennis.ca]
}}
 
==Biography==
'''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.
'''Sébastien Lareau''' (born April 27, 1973 in Montréal, Québec, Canada) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam title by winning the 1999 US Open men's doubles title with his American partner Alex O'Brien. Lareau reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 on October 11, 1999 and a career-high singles ranking of No. 76 on April 17, 1995. 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 Cup|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 was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005.
 
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 [[Canadian 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==
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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss||1996||Australian Open||Hard||Alex O'Brien (USA)||Stefan Edberg (SWE) <br /> Petr Korda (CZE)||5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss||1997||Australian Open||Hard||Alex O'Brien (USA)||MarkTodd WoodfordeWoodbridge (AUS) <br /> ToddMark WoodbridgeWoodforde (AUS)||6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win||1999||US Open||Hard||Alex O'Brien (USA)||Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) <br /> Leander Paes (IND)||7–6<sup>(9–7)</sup>, 6–4
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!style="width:225px;" class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss||1996||Hartford||Carpet (i)||Alex O’Brien (USA)||MarkTodd WoodfordeWoodbridge (AUS) <br /> ToddMark WoodbridgeWoodforde (AUS)||4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win||1999||Hartford||Carpet (i)||Alex O’Brien (USA)||Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) <br /> Leander Paes (IND)||6–3, 6–2, 6–2
|}
 
===ATP Super 9 / ATP Masters Series finals===
====Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)====
{|class="sortable wikitable"
Line 50 ⟶ 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||[[RogersCanadian CupOpen|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
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
|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||[[RogersCanadian CupOpen|Toronto]]||Hard||[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)||Joshua Eagle (AUS) <br /> Andrew Florent (AUS)||6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>
|}
 
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!style="width:225px;" class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:#ffea5c;"
|style="background:gold;"|Gold||2000||Sydney Olympics||Hard||[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)||Todd Woodbridge (AUS) <br /> Mark Woodforde (AUS)||5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>
|}
 
==ATP career finals==
===Doubles: 32 (17 titles, 15 runners-up)===
{|
|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Legend
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
|Grand Slam tournaments (1–2)
|- style="background:#ffea5c;"
|Olympic Games (1–0)
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|ATP Tour World Championships / <br />Tennis Masters Cup (1–1)
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|ATP Championship Series, Single-Week / <br />ATP Super 9 / <br />ATP Masters Series (4–1)
|- style="background:#d4f1c5;"
|ATP Championship Series / <br />ATP International Series Gold (4–5)
|-
|ATP World Series / <br />ATP International Series (6–6)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (12–9)
|-
|Clay (0–1)
|-
|Grass (1–2)
|-
|Carpet (4–3)
|}
|}
 
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–1</small>
|Apr 1994
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Japan Open, Japan
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Championship Series
|Hard
|Patrick McEnroe (USA)
|Henrik Holm (SWE) <br /> Anders Järryd (SWE)
|6–7, 1–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–2</small>
|Apr 1994
|Seoul Open, South Korea
|World Series
|Hard
|Kent Kinnear (USA)
|Stephane Simian (FRA) <br /> Kenny Thorne (USA)
|4–6, 6–3, 5–7
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–3</small>
|Nov 1994
|ECC Antwerp, Belgium
|World Series
|Carpet (i)
|Hendrik Jan Davids (NED)
|Jan Apell (SWE) <br /> Jonas Björkman (SWE)
|6–4, 1–6, 2–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–3</small>
|Apr 1995
|Seoul Open, South Korea
|World Series
|Hard
|Jeff Tarango (USA)
|Joshua Eagle (AUS) <br /> Andrew Florent (AUS)
|6–3, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>2–3</small>
|Oct 1995
|China Open, China
|World Series
|Carpet (i)
|Tommy Ho (USA)
|Dick Norman (BEL) <br /> Fernon Wibier (NED)
|7–6, 7–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>2–4</small>
|Jan 1996
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Australian Open, Australia
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam
|Hard
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Stefan Edberg (SWE) <br /> Petr Korda (CZE)
|5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>2–5</small>
|Jun 1996
|Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom
|World Series
|Grass
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Todd Woodbridge (AUS) <br /> Mark Woodforde (AUS)
|3–6, 6–7
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>3–5</small>
|Oct 1996
|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Eurocard Open, Germany
|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Super 9
|Carpet (i)
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Jacco Eltingh (NED) <br /> Paul Haarhuis (NED)
|3–6, 6–4, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>3–6</small>
|Nov 1996
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|ATP Tour World Championships, United States
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|World Championships
|Carpet (i)
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Todd Woodbridge (AUS) <br /> Mark Woodforde (AUS)
|4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>3–7</small>
|Jan 1997
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Australian Open, Australia
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam
|Hard
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Todd Woodbridge (AUS) <br /> Mark Woodforde (AUS)
|6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>4–7</small>
|Mar 1997
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|U.S. Pro Indoor, United States
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Championship Series
|Hard (i)
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Ellis Ferreira (RSA) <br /> Patrick Galbraith (USA)
|6–3, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>5–7</small>
|Jul 1997
|Los Angeles Open, United States
|World Series
|Hard
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) <br /> Rick Leach (USA)
|7–6, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>5–8</small>
|Aug 1997
|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|[[Canadian Open]], Canada
|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Super 9
|Hard
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) <br /> Leander Paes (IND)
|6–7, 3–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>5–9</small>
|Aug 1997
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Volvo International, United States
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Championship Series
|Hard
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) <br /> Leander Paes (IND)
|4–6, 7–6, 2–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>6–9</small>
|Apr 1998
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Japan Open, Japan
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Championship Series
|Hard
|[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)
|Olivier Delaître (FRA) <br /> Stefano Pescosolido (ITA)
|6–3, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>6–10</small>
|Jun 1998
|Nottingham Open, United Kingdom
|World Series
|Grass
|[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)
|Justin Gimelstob (USA) <br /> Byron Talbot (RSA)
|5–7, 7–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>6–11</small>
|Aug 1998
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Volvo International, United States
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Championship Series
|Hard
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Wayne Arthurs (AUS) <br /> Peter Tramacchi (AUS)
|6–7, 6–1, 3–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>7–11</small>
|Nov 1998
|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Eurocard Open, Germany <small>(2)</small>
|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Super 9
|Hard (i)
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) <br /> Leander Paes (IND)
|6–3, 3–6, 7–5
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>8–11</small>
|Jan 1999
|Sydney International, Australia
|World Series
|Hard
|[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)
|Patrick Galbraith (USA) <br /> Paul Haarhuis (NED)
|6–3, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>8–12</small>
|Feb 1999
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, United States
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Championship Series
|Hard (i)
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Todd Woodbridge (AUS) <br /> Mark Woodforde (AUS)
|3–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>9–12</small>
|Jun 1999
|Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom
|World Series
|Grass
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Todd Woodbridge (AUS) <br /> Mark Woodforde (AUS)
|6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>10–12</small>
|Aug 1999
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Washington Open, United States
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Championship Series
|Hard
|Justin Gimelstob (USA)
|David Adams (RSA) <br /> John-Laffnie de Jager (RSA)
|7–5, 6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>11–12</small>
|Sep 1999
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|US Open, United States
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam
|Hard
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) <br /> Leander Paes (IND)
|7–6<sup>(9–7)</sup>, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>12–12</small>
|Oct 1999
|Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open, China
|World Series
|Hard
|[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)
|Todd Woodbridge (AUS) <br /> Mark Woodforde (AUS)
|7–5, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>13–12</small>
|Nov 1999
|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Paris Masters, France
|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Super 9
|Carpet (i)
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Jared Palmer (USA) <br /> Paul Haarhuis (NED)
|7–6<sup>(9–7)</sup>, 7–5
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>14–12</small>
|Nov 1999
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|ATP Tour World Championships, United States
|style="background:#ffffcc;"|World Championships
|Carpet (i)
|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) <br /> Leander Paes (IND)
|6–3, 6–2, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>15–12</small>
|Feb 2000
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, United States
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|International Series Gold
|Hard (i)
|Justin Gimelstob (USA)
|Jim Grabb (USA) <br /> Richey Reneberg (USA)
|6–2, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>15–13</small>
|Mar 2000
|Copenhagen Open, Denmark
|International Series
|Carpet (i)
|Jonas Björkman (SWE)
|Martin Damm (CZE) <br /> David Prinosil (GER)
|1–6, 7–5, 5–7
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>15–14</small>
|May 2000
|U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United States
|International Series
|Clay
|Justin Gimelstob (USA)
|Leander Paes (IND) <br /> Jan Siemerink (NED)
|3–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>16–14</small>
|Aug 2000
|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|[[Canadian Open]], Canada
|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Masters Series
|Hard
|[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)
|Joshua Eagle (AUS) <br /> Andrew Florent (AUS)
|6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>17–14</small>
|Oct 2000
|style="background:#ffea5c;"|Olympic Games, Australia
|style="background:#ffea5c;"|Olympic Games
|Hard
|[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)
|Todd Woodbridge (AUS) <br /> Mark Woodforde (AUS)
|5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>17–15</small>
|Aug 2001
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Indianapolis Open, United States
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|International Series Gold
|Hard
|Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)
|Mark Knowles (BAH) <br /> Brian MacPhie (USA)
|6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 7–5, 4–6
|}
 
==ATP Challenger Tour finals==
===Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runners-up)===
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (6–2)
|-
|Clay (0–0)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (1–1)
|}
 
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–0</small>
|Nov 1992
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Halifax Challenger|Halifax]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$25,000
|Hard
|David Kass (USA)
|7–5, 7–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>2–0</small>
|Oct 1993
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Calgary Challenger (1993)|Calgary]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$25,000
|Hard (i)
|[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)
|6–2, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>2–1</small>
|Oct 1993
|style="background:moccasin;"|Munich, Germany
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Carpet (i)
|Martin Damm (CZE)
|3–6, 1–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>3–1</small>
|Nov 1993
|style="background:moccasin;"|Jakarta, Indonesia
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|Mark Petchey (GBR)
|6–2, 3–6, 7–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>4–1</small>
|Jul 1994
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Championnats de Granby|Montebello]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|Patrick Baur (GER)
|7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–1
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>5–1</small>
|Oct 1994
|style="background:moccasin;"|Monterrey, Mexico
|style="background:moccasin;"|$125,000
|Hard
|Wade McGuire (USA)
|7–6, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>5–2</small>
|Nov 1996
|style="background:moccasin;"|Austin, United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|$25,000
|Hard
|Sargis Sargsian (ARM)
|4–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>6–2</small>
|Feb 1999
|style="background:moccasin;"|Laguna Hills, United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|Michael Sell (USA)
|6–4, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>6–3</small>
|Dec 1999
|style="background:moccasin;"|Urbana, United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|[[Frédéric Niemeyer]] (CAN)
|6–7<sup>(7–9)</sup>, 6–3, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>7–3</small>
|Mar 2000
|style="background:moccasin;"|Magdeburg, Germany
|style="background:moccasin;"|$25,000
|Carpet (i)
|Vladimir Voltchkov (BLR)
|7–6<sup>(7–1)</sup>, 6–3
|}
 
===Doubles: 6 (6 titles)===
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (6–0)
|-
|Clay (0–0)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
 
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–0</small>
|Oct 1992
|style="background:moccasin;"|Recife, Brazil
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)
|Luiz Mattar (BRA) <br /> Jaime Oncins (BRA)
|5–7, 6–4, 7–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>2–0</small>
|Oct 1993
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Calgary Challenger (1993)|Calgary]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$25,000
|Hard (i)
|[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)
|David DiLucia (USA) <br /> Richard Schmidt (USA)
|6–1, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>3–0</small>
|Oct 1993
|style="background:moccasin;"|Ponte Vedra, United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)
|Maurice Ruah (VEN) <br /> Laurence Tieleman (ITA)
|2–6, 6–1, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>4–0</small>
|Dec 1993
|style="background:moccasin;"|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|style="background:moccasin;"|$25,000
|Hard
|[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)
|David Nainkin (RSA) <br /> Kevin Ullyett (RSA)
|6–4, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>5–0</small>
|Jul 1994
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Championnats de Granby|Montebello]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|[[Sébastien Leblanc]] (CAN)
|Sergio Gómez Barrio (ESP) <br /> Brian Gyetko (CAN)
|6–2, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>6–0</small>
|Nov 1995
|style="background:moccasin;"|Nantes, France
|style="background:moccasin;"|$100,000
|Hard (i)
|Kent Kinnear (USA)
|Nicola Bruno (ITA) <br /> Chris Woodruff (USA)
|6–2, 3–6, 7–6
|}
 
==Junior Grand Slam finals==
===Doubles: 2 (2 titles)===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!style="width:40px;"|Year
!style="width:150px;"|Tournament
!style="width:50px;"|Surface
!style="width:225px;"|Partner
!style="width:225px;"|Opponents
!style="width:150px;" class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:#ebc2af;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win||1990||French Open||Clay||[[Sébastien Leblanc]] (CAN)||Clinton Marsh (RSA) <br/> Marcos Ondruska (RSA)||7–6, 6–7, 9–7
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win||1990||Wimbledon||Grass||[[Sébastien Leblanc]] (CAN)||Clinton Marsh (RSA) <br/> Marcos Ondruska (RSA)||7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 4–6, 6–3
|}
 
==Singles performance timeline==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Tournament!!1992!!1993!!1994!!1995!!1996!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
|-
|colspan=15 style="text-align:left;"|'''Grand Slam tournaments'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Australian Open
|A
|A
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|A
|0 / 7
|4–7
|36%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|French Open
|A
|A
|A
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|A
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|A
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|A
|A
|0 / 3
|1–3
|25%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Wimbledon
|A
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|A
|0 / 7
|4–7
|36%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|US Open
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q2
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q3
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|A
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|0 / 4
|3–4
|43%
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Win–Loss
|0–0
|1–1
|0–2
|2–4
|1–1
|1–3
|4–4
|2–3
|1–3
|0–0
|0–0
|0 / 21
|12–21
|36%
|}
 
==Doubles performance timeline==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Tournament!!1993!!1994!!1995!!1996!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
|-
|colspan=13 style="text-align:left;"|'''Grand Slam tournaments'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Australian Open
|A
|style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:thistle;"|F
|style="background:thistle;"|F
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|0 / 8
|16–8
|67%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|French Open
|A
|A
|style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|A
|0 / 6
|10–6
|63%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Wimbledon
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q2
|style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:yellow;"|SF
|style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|0 / 8
|15–8
|65%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|US Open
|style="background:yellow;"|SF
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:lime;"|'''W'''
|style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|1 / 9
|19–8
|70%
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Win–Loss
|4–1
|6–3
|4–4
|12–4
|7–4
|6–4
|9–3
|9–4
|3–3
|1 / 31
|60–30
|67%
|}
 
==Wins over top-10 opponents==
Lareau has a 4–14 (22%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Wins over top-10 opponents per season
|-
|Season||1991||1992||1993||1994||1995||1996||1997||1998||1999||2000||2001||'''Total'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
|Wins||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||1||1||0||'''4'''
|}
 
{|class="wikitable"
!No.
!Opponent
!Rank
!Event
!Surface
!Round
!class="unsortable"|Score
!Lareau<br />Rank
|-
|colspan=9 style="text-align:center;"|'''1994'''
|-
|1.
|Michael Stich (GER)
|style="background:#eee8aa;"|6
|European Community Championships, Belgium
|style="background:thistle;"|Carpet (i)
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|6–7<sup>(0–7)</sup>, 6–3, 6–3
|123
|-
|colspan=9 style="text-align:center;"|'''1998'''
|-
|2.
|Àlex Corretja (ESP)
|style="background:#eee8aa;"|6
|Kremlin Cup, Russia
|style="background:thistle;"|Carpet (i)
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|6–3, 6–3
|92
|-
|colspan=9 style="text-align:center;"|'''1999'''
|-
|3.
|Richard Krajicek (NED)
|style="background:#eee8aa;"|7
|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|[[Canadian Open]], Canada
|style="background:#ccccff;"|Hard
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|4–6, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–4
|116
|-
|colspan=9 style="text-align:center;"|'''2000'''
|-
|4.
|Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)
|style="background:#eee8aa;"|4
|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|[[Canadian Open]], Canada
|style="background:#ccccff;"|Hard
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–4
|137
|}
 
==Titles won with partners==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
!style="width:180px; background:#efefef;"|Partner
!style="width:80px; background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand <br /> Slams
!style="width:80px; background:#ffea5c;"|Olympic <br /> Games
!style="width:80px; background:#ffffcc;"|ATP World <br /> Champs
!style="width:80px; background:#e9e9e9;"|ATP <br /> Super 9
!style="width:80px; background:#d4f1c5;"|ATP Champ <br /> Series
!style="width:80px; background:#ffffff;"|ATP World <br /> Series
!style="width:80px; background:#efefef;"|Total
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Alex O'Brien (USA)
|1
|0
|1
|3
|1
|2
|8
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Daniel Nestor]] (CAN)
|0
|1
|0
|1
|1
|2
|5
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Justin Gimelstob (USA)
|0
|0
|0
|0
|2
|0
|2
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Jeff Tarango (USA)
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|1
|1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Tommy Ho (USA)
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|1
|1
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Overall Total
|1
|1
|1
|4
|4
|6
|17
|}
 
==External links==
*[http://www.cdntennis.ca/sebastienlareau Profile on CdnTennis.ca]
 
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