Alex O'Brien

Alex O'Brien (born (1970-03-07)March 7, 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.

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.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title, 3 runners-ups)

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

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (1–0) ATP World Series (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–0) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	[[1996 Pilot Pen International – Singles|Template:Dts]]	New Haven, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jan Siemerink	7–6(8–6), 6–4

Doubles: 33 (13 titles, 20 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (1–3) ATP World Tour Finals (1–1) ATP Masters Series (4–3) ATP Championship Series (2–4) ATP World Series (5–9)

Finals by surface Hard (10–14) Clay (0–4) Grass (1–1) Carpet (2–1)

Finals by setting Outdoors (8–16) Indoors (5–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1994 Oahu Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Oahu, United States	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark	Template:Flagicon Tom Nijssen Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	[[1994 Nuveen Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Scottsdale, United States	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle	Template:Flagicon Jan Apell Template:Flagicon Ken Flach	0–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	[[1994 Thriftway ATP Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Cincinnati, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle	Template:Flagicon Wayne Ferreira Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–3	[[1995 Sybase Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	San Jose, United States	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle	Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb Template:Flagicon Patrick McEnroe	6–3, 5–7, 0–6
Loss	1–4	[[1995 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Pinehurst, United States	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–5	[[1995 US Open – Men's Doubles|Template:Dts]]	New York, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–6	[[1996 Australian Open – Men's Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Stefan Edberg Template:Flagicon Petr Korda	5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	1–7	[[1996 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Queen's, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	2–7	[[1996 Eurocard Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Stuttgart, Germany	Masters Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Jacco Eltingh Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–8	[[1996 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Hartford, United States	ATP Finals	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	2–9	[[1997 Australian Open – Men's Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6
Win	3–9	[[1997 Advanta Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Ellis Ferreira Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–10	[[1997 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Orlando, United States	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jeff Salzenstein	Template:Flagicon Mark Merklein Template:Flagicon Vince Spadea	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	3–11	[[1997 Italian Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Rome, Italy	Masters Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Byron Black	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor	3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	4–11	[[1997 Infiniti Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	7–6, 6–4
Loss	4–12	[[1997 du Maurier Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Montreal, Canada	Masters Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	6–7, 3–6
Loss	4–13	[[1997 Pilot Pen International – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	New Haven, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Loss	4–14	[[1997 Nokia Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Beijing, China	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jim Courier	Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	5–7, 6–7
Loss	4–15	[[1998 Lipton Championships – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Miami, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark	Template:Flagicon Ellis Ferreira Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	2–6, 4–6
Win	5–15	[[1998 Salem Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	International Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Byron Black	Template:Flagicon Neville Godwin Template:Flagicon Tuomas Ketola	7–5, 6–1
Loss	5–16	[[1998 AT&T Challenge – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Atlanta, United States	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Richey Reneberg	Template:Flagicon Ellis Ferreira Template:Flagicon Brent Haygarth	3–6, 6–0, 2–6
Loss	5–17	[[1998 Pilot Pen International – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	New Haven, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Wayne Arthurs Template:Flagicon Peter Tramacchi	6–7, 6–1, 3–6
Win	6–17	[[1998 Eurocard Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Stuttgart, Germany	Masters Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win	7–17	[[1999 Qatar Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Doha, Qatar	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	Template:Flagicon Piet Norval Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–18	[[1999 Kroger St. Jude International – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Memphis, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	3–6, 4–6
Win	8–18	[[1999 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Queen's, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	9–18	[[1999 US Open – Men's Doubles|Template:Dts]]	New York, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	7–6(9–7), 6–4
Win	10–18	[[1999 Paris Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Paris, France	Masters Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	7–6(9–7), 7–5
Win	11–18	[[1999 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Hartford, United States	ATP Finals	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau	Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	11–19	[[2000 Qatar Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Doha, Qatar	International Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi	3–6, 4–6
Win	12–19	[[2000 Indian Wells Masters – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Indian Wells, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	13–19	[[2000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Washington, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi Template:Flagicon Sargis Sargsian	7–5, 6–1
Loss	13–20	[[2001 Kroger St. Jude International – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Memphis, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark	Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan Template:Flagicon Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7(3–7)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (5–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–4) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (5–4) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	New Haven, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stephane Simian	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Byron Black	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Template:Dts	Fairfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	6–7, 2–6
Win	3–1	Template:Dts	Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	6–2, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Template:Dts	Caracas, Venezuela	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mauricio Hadad	5–7, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Template:Dts	Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett	3–6, 6–7
Win	4–3	Template:Dts	West Bloomfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Grant Doyle	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	5–3	Template:Dts	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi	6–2, 6–2
Loss	5–4	Template:Dts	Burbank, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cecil Mamiit	5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 7 (5–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–2) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (5–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Paul Annacone	Template:Flagicon Miguel Nido Template:Flagicon Peter Nyborg	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles	Template:Flagicon Richard Matuszewski Template:Flagicon John Sullivan	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	2–1	Template:Dts	Naples, United States	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles	Template:Flagicon Todd Nelson Template:Flagicon Tobias Svantesson	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Template:Dts	Fairfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	Template:Flagicon Matt Lucena Template:Flagicon Brian Macphie	6–3, 7–5
Loss	3–2	Template:Dts	Caracas, Venezuela	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles	Template:Flagicon Maurice Ruah Template:Flagicon Laurence Tieleman	7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Win	4–2	Template:Dts	Annenheim, Austria	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb	Template:Flagicon Diego Nargiso Template:Flagicon Gianluca Pozzi	walkover
Win	5–2	Template:Dts	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Macphie	Template:Flagicon Donny Isaak Template:Flagicon Michael Roberts	6–2, 7–6

Performance Timelines

Singles

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	2R	A	1R	2R	Q2	1R	1R	0 / 7	2–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	2R	2R	Q1	Q2	1R	1R	Q1	A	Q2	0 / 4	2–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	1R	Q3	3R	2R	Q3	2R	Q3	0 / 6	4–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	1R	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	Q1	Q3	A	0 / 7	4–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	1–4	2–4	1–3	2–1	2–4	3–4	0–0	1–2	0–1	0 / 24	12–24	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	1R	A	Q1	1R	2R	Q2	A	Q1	A	0 / 3	1–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	1R	2R	2R	Q3	2R	Q1	2R	Q1	A	0 / 5	3–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	2R	2R	Q3	QF	3R	3R	2R	A	A	0 / 6	10–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	1R	QF	2R	3R	1R	1R	Q2	Q1	Q1	0 / 6	5–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	Q1	Q3	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	1–4	4–3	2–2	5–3	3–5	2–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	0 / 22	19–22	Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	F	F	3R	1R	SF	3R	0 / 8	18–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	1R	2R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 8	4–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	3R	3R	1R	2R	QF	QF	1R	0 / 8	12–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	1R	1R	3R	F	QF	2R	3R	W	SF	1R	1 / 10	23–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	3–4	8–4	12–4	7–4	5–4	9–3	11–4	2–4	1 / 34	57–33	Template:Tennis win percentage
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals	Did not qualify				F	SF	DNQ	W	RR	DNQ	1 / 4	10–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
National Representation
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			A	Not Held			2R	NH	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	Q1	A	2R	2R	QF	SF	1R	W	2R	1 / 7	13–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	Q1	2R	3R	QF	3R	F	2R	SF	2R	0 / 8	12–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	0 / 1	3–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	A	2R	F	A	2R	SF	1R	0 / 5	8–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	QF	SF	1R	QF	F	1R	2R	2R	2R	0 / 9	13–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	2R	W	2R	2R	SF	1R	2R	1R	2R	1 / 9	12–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	QF	1R	2R	1R	2R	W	SF	A	1 / 7	8–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	3–2	10–3	3–5	7–6	12–6	8–5	7–5	16–7	3–6	3 / 48	69–45	Template:Tennis win percentage
Year End Ranking	188	113	25	31	15	7	20	7	8	80	Prize Money = $3,526,390

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