Alex O'Brien

Alex O'Brien

O'Brien in 2018
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Amarillo, Texas, United States
Born	(1970-07-13) July 13, 1970 (age 51) Amarillo, Texas, United States
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Stanford University
Prize money	$3,527,390
Singles
Career record	93–136
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 30 (July 21, 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1995, 1998)
French Open	2R (1993, 1994)
Wimbledon	3R (1997)
US Open	3R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	277–185
Career titles	13
Highest ranking	No. 1 (May 8, 2000)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1996, 1997)
French Open	3R (1996)
Wimbledon	QF (1999, 2000)
US Open	W (1999)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1999)
Olympic Games	2R (2000)

Alex O'Brien (born (1970-07-13)July 13, 1970) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He gained the top ranking in May 2000 and was ranked as high as world No. 30 in singles in June 1997.

He won his only singles title at New Haven, Connecticut, in 1996 and reached the quarterfinals of the 1994 Cincinnati Masters and the 1996 Canada Masters. He won 13 doubles titles, the biggest coming at the 1999 US Open, the Cincinnati Masters in 1994 (his first doubles title), the Indian Wells Masters in 2000, and the Paris Masters in 1999.

Tennis career[]

Alongside his 13 titles, O'Brien also reached 20 doubles finals, including the Australian Open in 1996 & 1997, the U.S. Open in 1995, the Miami Masters in 1998, and the Canada Masters and the Rome Masters in 1997.

He also played on the United States Davis Cup team, competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and was a four-time All-American at Stanford University, where he won NCAA singles, doubles, and team titles in 1992. He earned a bachelor's degree in American Studies at Stanford in 1992.^{[citation needed]}

On leaving his tennis career O'Brien founded an online business which markets, and distributes steaks. The O'Brien family has been in the beef business for 60 years basing their production out of the LIT Ranch. O'Brien is currently President and part owner of the Bank of Commerce, a small community online bank with branches in Amarillo and McLean Texas.^{[citation needed]}

Grand Slam finals[]

Doubles (1 title, 3 runners-ups)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Lossp	1995	U.S. Open	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1996	Australian Open	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Stefan Edberg Petr Korda	5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	1997	Australian Open	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6
Win	1999	U.S. Open	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6(9–7), 6–4

ATP career finals[]

Men's doubles: 33 (13 titles, 20 runner-ups)[]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jan 1994	Oahu, U.S.	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Feb 1994	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Jan Apell Ken Flach	0–6, 4–6
Win	1.	Aug 1994	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Wayne Ferreira Mark Kratzmann	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	3.	Feb 1995	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Sandon Stolle	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–3, 5–7, 0–6
Loss	4.	May 1995	Pinehurst, U.S.	Clay	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	Sep 1995	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 3–6
Loss	6.	Jan 1996	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Stefan Edberg Petr Korda	5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	7.	Jun 1996	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	2.	Oct 1996	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Sébastien Lareau	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	8.	Nov 1996	Doubles Championships, Hartford	Carpet	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	9.	Jan 1997	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6
Win	3.	Mar 1997	Philadelphia, U.S.	Hard (i)	Sébastien Lareau	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 6–3
Loss	10.	Apr 1997	Orlando, U.S.	Clay	Jeff Salzenstein	Mark Merklein Vince Spadea	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	11.	May 1997	Rome, Italy	Clay	Byron Black	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	4.	Jul 1997	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Rick Leach	7–6, 6–4
Loss	12.	Aug 1997	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–7, 3–6
Loss	13.	Aug 1997	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Loss	14.	Oct 1997	Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Jim Courier	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	5–7, 6–7
Loss	15.	Mar 1998	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	2–6, 4–6
Win	5.	Apr 1998	Hong Kong	Hard	Byron Black	Neville Godwin Tuomas Ketola	7–5, 6–1
Loss	16.	May 1998	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Richey Reneberg	Ellis Ferreira Brent Haygarth	3–6, 6–0, 2–6
Loss	17.	Aug 1998	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Wayne Arthurs Peter Tramacchi	6–7, 6–1, 3–6
Win	6.	Nov 1998	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win	7.	Jan 1999	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Jared Palmer	Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–4
Loss	18.	Feb 1999	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Sebastiean Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 4–6
Win	8.	Jun 1999	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 7–6
Win	9.	Sep 1999	U.S. Open, New York City	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6(9–7), 6–4
Win	10.	Nov 1999	Paris, France	Carpet	Sébastien Lareau	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	7–6(9–7), 7–5
Win	11.	Nov 1999	Doubles Championships, Hartford	Carpet	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	19.	Jan 2000	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Jared Palmer	Mark Knowles Max Mirnyi	3–6, 4–6
Win	12.	Mar 2000	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Jared Palmer	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	13.	Aug 2000	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Jared Palmer	Andre Agassi Sargis Sargsian	7–5, 6–1
Loss	20.	Feb 2001	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles performance timeline[]

External links[]

• Alex O'Brien at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alex O'Brien at the International Tennis Federation
• Alex O'Brien at the Davis Cup