French tennis player
Olivier Delaître (French:[ɔlivjedəlɛːtʁ]; born 1 June 1967) is a former professionaltennis player from France. He was semifinalist at theWimbledon Championships in 1999 in doubles (partneringFabrice Santoro), and reached the fourth round of the1994 French Open and1995 Australian Open in singles.
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 withFabrice Santoro and together they qualified for the end-of-yearATP 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 championsMahesh Bhupati andLeander Paes. Delaitre's biggest title was theMonte Carlo Masters in 1999, where - unseeded - he andTim Henman won the tournament without dropping a set.
Delaitre was the first person to defeat future World No. 1Roger Federer at a Grand Slam, in the first qualifying round of the1999 Australian Open.
| Legend |
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| 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 |
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| Hard (0–2) | | Clay (0–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–1) |
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Doubles: 26 (15–11)
[edit]| Legend |
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| 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 |
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| Hard (10–9) | | Clay (2–1) | | Grass (1–0) | | Carpet (2–1) |
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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
[edit](W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
