Sébastien Lareau, born on April 27, 1973, is a former professional tennis player from Canada. He became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam title when he won the 1999 US Open men's doubles with his American partner Alex O'Brien, with whom he also won the season ending 1999 ATP Doubles Championships and reached the Australian Open finals in 1996 and 1997. Playing with Daniel Nestor he won the gold medal in men's doubles at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, beating the defending champions Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in the final, which was Canada's first Olympic tennis medal. He won 16 doubles titles on the ATP Tour and reached a career high doubles ranking of world number 4 in October 1999. His best singles ranking was world number 76 in April 1995.
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Born 27 April 1973 in Montréal, Québec CAN
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winning Olympic gold the following year
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