Alex O'Brien

Alex O'Brien

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Amarillo, TX, United States
Born	(1970-07-13) July 13, 1970 Amarillo, TX, United States
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	2003
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
College	Stanford University
Prize money	$3,535,415
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
Olympic Games	2R (2000)

Alex O'Brien (born March 7, 1970 in Amarillo, Texas) is a retired professional tennis player from the United States, who competed on the ATP Tour. He became the world No. 1 doubles player 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 US Open in 1999, 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 Littlefield Ranch, an online business which markets, and distributes prime steaks. The O’Brien family has been in the beef business for 60 years basing their production out of the historic 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

Men's doubles (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-Up	1995	U.S. Open	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 3–6
Runner-Up	1996	Australian Open	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Stefan Edberg Petr Korda	5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-Up	1997	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6
Winner	1999	U.S. Open	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6(9–7), 6–4

Doubles finals

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	January 10, 1994	Oahu, U.S.	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	February 28, 1994	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Jan Apell Ken Flach	0–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	August 15, 1994	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Wayne Ferreira Mark Kratzmann	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	February 13, 1995	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Sandon Stolle	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–3, 5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	May 15, 1995	Pinehurst, U.S.	Clay	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	September 11, 1995	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	January 29, 1996	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Stefan Edberg Petr Korda	5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	June 17, 1996	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	2.	October 28, 1996	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Sébastien Lareau	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	November 17, 1996	Doubles Championships, Hartford	Carpet	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	9.	January 27, 1997	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6
Winner	3.	March 3, 1997	Philadelphia, U.S.	Hard (i)	Sébastien Lareau	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	April 28, 1997	Orlando, U.S.	Clay	Jeff Salzenstein	Mark Merklein Vince Spadea	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	May 19, 1997	Rome, Italy	Clay	Byron Black	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner	4.	July 28, 1997	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Rick Leach	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	August 4, 1997	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	August 18, 1997	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Runner-up	14.	October 6, 1997	Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Jim Courier	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	5–7, 6–7
Runner-up	15.	March 30, 1998	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	2–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	April 13, 1998	Hong Kong	Hard	Byron Black	Neville Godwin Tuomas Ketola	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	16.	May 4, 1998	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Richey Reneberg	Ellis Ferreira Brent Haygarth	3–6, 6–0, 2–6
Runner-up	17.	August 24, 1998	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Wayne Arthurs Peter Tramacchi	6–7, 6–1, 3–6
Winner	6.	November 2, 1998	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	7.	January 11, 1999	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Jared Palmer	Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	18.	February 22, 1999	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Sebastiean Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	June 14, 1999	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 7–6
Winner	9.	September 13, 1999	U.S. Open, New York City	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6(9–7), 6–4
Winner	10.	November 8, 1999	Paris, France	Carpet	Sébastien Lareau	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	7–6(9–7), 7–5
Winner	11.	November 15, 1999	Doubles Championships, Hartford	Carpet	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	19.	January 20, 2000	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Jared Palmer	Mark Knowles Max Mirnyi	3–6, 4–6
Winner	12.	March 20, 2000	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Jared Palmer	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	13.	August 21, 2000	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Jared Palmer	Andre Agassi Sargis Sargsian	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	20.	February 26, 2001	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles performance timeline

A = did not attend tournament

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
• Littlefield Ranch
• LIT Ranch