Olivier Delaître

Olivier Delaître (; born 1 June 1967) is a former professional tennis player from France. He was semifinalist at the Wimbledon Championships in 1999 in doubles (partnering Fabrice Santoro), and reached the fourth round of the 1994 French Open and 1995 Australian Open in singles.

Career

Delaitre turned professional in 1986.

In singles, he reached four ATP-tour finals, and achieved a career-high ranking of 33 in February 1995.

In doubles, he won 15 titles during his career and reached a career-high ranking of 3 in July 1999. In 1998, he won four doubles titles with Fabrice Santoro and together they qualified for the end-of-year ATP Finals, where they reached the semifinals. In 1999, Delaitre and Santoro lost in the semifinals of Wimbledon 7-5 in the final set to eventual champions Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes. Delaitre's biggest title was the Monte Carlo Masters in 1999, where - unseeded - he and Tim Henman won the tournament without dropping a set.

Delaitre was the first person to defeat future World No. 1 Roger Federer at a Grand Slam, in the first qualifying round of the 1999 Australian Open.

Career finals

Singles: 4 (0–4)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP Tour World Championships (0–0) ATP Super 9 (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–1) ATP World Series (0–3) Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. Sep 1991 Bordeaux, France Clay Guy Forget 1–6, 3–6Loss 2. Oct 1991 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Pete Sampras 1–6, 1–6Loss 3. Jan 1993 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Richey Reneberg 3–6, 1–6Loss 4. Aug 1994 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard Wayne Ferreira 2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 26 (15–11)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP Tour World Championships (0–0) ATP Super 9 (1–1) ATP Championship Series (3–2) ATP World Series (11–8) Finals by surface Hard (10–9) Clay (2–1) Grass (1–0) Carpet (2–1)

ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Feb 1991 Guarujá, Brazil Hard Rodolphe Gilbert Shelby Cannon Greg Van Emburgh 6–2, 6–4Win 2. Feb 1993 Marseille, France Carpet (i) Arnaud Boetsch Ivan Lendl Christo van Rensburg 6–3, 7–6Loss 1. Aug 1993 Long Island, U.S. Hard Arnaud Boetsch Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil 7–6, 5–7, 2–6Win 3. Jan 1994 Doha, Qatar Hard Stéphane Simian Shelby Cannon Byron Talbot 6–3, 6–3Win 4. Jun 1994 Halle, Germany Grass Guy Forget Henri Leconte Gary Muller 6–4, 6–7, 6–4Win 5. Aug 1994 Long Island, U.S. Hard Guy Forget Andrew Florent Mark Petchey 6–4, 7–6Win 6. Sep 1994 Bordeaux, France Hard Guy Forget Diego Nargiso Guillaume Raoux 6–2, 2–6, 7–5Win 7. Jul 1995 Washington, D.C., U.S. Hard Jeff Tarango Petr Korda Cyril Suk 1–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss 2. Apr 1996 Munich, Germany Clay Diego Nargiso Lan Bale Stephen Noteboom 6–4, 6–7, 4–6Loss 3. Oct 1996 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Guillaume Raoux Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 3–6, 5–7Loss 4. Feb 1997 Marseille, France Hard (i) Fabrice Santoro Thomas Enqvist Magnus Larsson 3–6, 4–6Win 8. Feb 1997 Antwerp, Belgium Hard (i) David Adams Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk 3–6, 6–2, 6–1Loss 5. Oct 1997 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Fabrice Santoro Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith 6–3, 2–6, 4–6Loss 6. Jan 1998 Doha, Qatar Hard Fabrice Santoro Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 4–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss 7. Apr 1998 Chennai, India Hard Max Mirnyi Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 7–6, 3–6, 2–6Loss 8. Apr 1998 Tokyo, Japan Hard Stefano Pescosolido Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor 3–6, 4–6Win 9. Jul 1998 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Fabrice Santoro Joshua Eagle Jim Grabb 6–1, 3–6, 6–3Loss 9. Aug 1998 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Fabrice Santoro Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor 1–6, 1–2, ret.Win 10. Sep 1998 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Fabrice Santoro Paul Haarhuis Jan Siemerink 6–2, 6–4Win 11. Oct 1998 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Fabrice Santoro Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett 6–3, 7–6Win 12. Oct 1998 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Fabrice Santoro Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig 6–2, 6–2Win 13. Apr 1999 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Tim Henman Jiří Novák David Rikl 6–2, 6–3Loss 10. Aug 1999 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard Leander Paes Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer 3–6, 4–6Win 14. Aug 1999 Long Island, U.S. Hard Fabrice Santoro Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries 7–5, 6–4Win 15. Sep 1999 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Jeff Tarango David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager 3–6, 7–6, 6–4Loss 11. Jan 2000 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Jeff Tarango Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach 5–7, 4–6

Doubles performance timeline