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SEBASTIEN
LAREAU
ATP Tour site bio
(pronounced: la-ROW)
(Source: 1998 ATP
Tour Player Directory) |
Birthdate: April 27, 1973
Turned pro: 1991
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Residence: Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
Height: 6' 0" (1.83m)
Weight: 175 (79kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Career prize money: $1,312,729
Highest singles ranking: 76 (April 17, 1995)
Highest doubles ranking: 7 (August 18, 1997)
1997 HIGHLIGHTS
Prize money: $355,980
Matches won-lost: Tour: 11-18 (singles), 34-19 (doubles) Challenger:
3-4 (singles), 0-0 (doubles)
Singles Ouarterfinalist: Hong Kong.
Doubles Winner: Philadelphia, Los Angeles (w/ O'BRIEN). Finalist:
Australian Open, Montreal,
New Haven (w/ O'BRIEN). Semifinalist: Queen's, Cincinnati,
Stuttgart-indoor, ATP Tour World
Chp.-Hartford (w/ O'BRIEN).
1997 IN REVIEW
Had another excellent season in doubles with O'Brien, reaching SF at The
Phoenix/ATP Tour World Doubles Championship in Hartford after runner-up
finish in 1996 In Hartford, went 2-2 with victory over No. 1 Wood
bri dge-Wood fo rde in round-robin play The duo reached Australian
Open final for the second consecutive season, defeating Eitingh-Haarhuis
in the SF before losing to WoodbridgeWoodforde in the final One month
later, won Philadelphia title (d. E. Ferreira-Galbraith) The duo
went 12-4 during North American summer hardcourt season, winning the
title in Los Angeles, reaching the finals in Montreal and New Haven and
the SF in Cincinnati Went 31-16 (w/ O'Brien), finishing No. 7 in Team
Rankings and No. 15 individually Best singles results were QF in
Hong Kong and 3rd RD in Key Biscayne Earned a career-high $355,980.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
1991
In doubles, advanced to QF of Canadian Open (w/ LeBlanc) 1992
Won first career Challenger title in Halifax Won first doubles title
(w/ Nestor) at Recife Challenger 1993
In Challengers, reached
Munich final, won Calgary singles and doubles and Ponte Vedra doubles
(both w/Nestor) Reached SF at U.S. Open (w/ Paes) 1994
Ended
year with win over Stich (first Top 10 victory) in Antwerp Reached
Tour doubles finals at Tokyo-outdoor (w/ P. McEnroe), Seoul (w/ Kinnear)
and Antwerp (w/ Davids) 1995
In doubles, won first ATP Tour title
in Seoul (w/ Tarango) and title in Beijing (w/ Ho) 1996
Reached final
of The Phoenix/ATP Tour World Doubles Championship with O'Brien (l. to
Wood bridge-Woodforde) Duo reached Australian Open final and won
Mercedes Super 9 in Stuttgart (d. Elting-Haarhuis) Best singles
results came in Key Biscayne, where he reached 4th RD 0. to Agassi)
In doubles, went 32-13 with O'Brien and finished No. 4 in Team Rankings.
CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (5). FINALIST (9).
PERSONAL
Teamed with countryman Sebastien LeBlanc in 1990 to win the French Open
and Wimbledon Junior doubles titles, becoming the first Canadians to win
a Grand Slam title Finished that year as the No. 2 team in the
world Has a career 21-13 record in Davis Cup play (14-11 in singles)
in 14 ties Played in Atlanta Olympics and lost in the first round.
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