Olivier Delaître Explained

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)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Sep 1991	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Guy Forget	1–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	Oct 1991	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Pete Sampras	1–6, 1–6
Loss	3.	Jan 1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Richey Reneberg	3–6, 1–6
Loss	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)

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

Doubles performance timeline

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Tournament																Career SR	Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	NH	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	A	3R	3R	1R	0 / 8	6–8
French Open	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 14	7–14
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	3R	A	1R	A	SF	3R	0 / 6	11–6
U.S. Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	3R	2R	A	0 / 9	7–8
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 37	N/A
Annual win–loss	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	3–3	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–4	2–4	4–3	2–3	4–3	8–3	2–3	N/A	31–36
Masters Series
Indian Wells	These Were Not ATP Masters Series Before 1990				A	A	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 3	2–3
Miami					A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 5	1–5
Monte Carlo					A	A	A	2R	QF	1R	1R	2R	A	W	2R	1 / 7	10–6
Rome					A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	SF	1R	0 / 3	4–3
Hamburg					A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	1R	0 / 2	2–2
Canada					A	A	A	A	QF	2R	A	2R	2R	QF	A	0 / 5	6–5
Cincinnati					A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	SF	F	2R	A	0 / 5	7–5
Stuttgart (Stockholm)					A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	2R	A	0 / 2	3–2
Paris					A	A	QF	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	A	0 / 7	3–7
Masters Series SR	N/A				0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 5	0 / 5	0 / 2	0 / 5	0 / 4	1 / 8	0 / 5	1 / 39	N/A
Annual win–loss	N/A				0–0	0–0	3–2	1–3	6–5	2–5	0–2	6–5	8–4	11–7	1–5	N/A	38–38
Year-end ranking	436	514	227	127	166	121	154	90	20	52	91	37	12	16	107	N/A