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Alex O'Brien

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Alex O'Brien (born March 7, 1970 in Amarillo, Texas) is a professional tennis player from the United States, who competed on the ATP Tour. He was the No. 1 doubles player in the world (gaining that ranking on May 8, 2000) and was ranked as high as 30 in the world in singles (gaining that ranking on June 21, 1997). He won his only singles title at New Haven, Connecticut, in 1996. He won 13 doubles titles, the biggest coming at the U.S. Open in 1999, the Cincinnati Masters in 1994 (his first doubles title), the Indian Wells Masters in 2000, and the Paris Masters in 1999. He 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, 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 produces, 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.

Doubles Titles (13)

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (1)
ATP Masters Series (4)
ATP Tour (7)
Titles by Surface
Hard (10)
Clay (0)
Grass (1)
Carpet (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 15 August, 1994 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Flag of Australia Sandon Stolle Flag of South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Flag of Australia Mark Kratzmann
7-6, 3-6, 6-3
2. 28 October, 1996 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Hard (i) Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of the Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Flag of the Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
6-4, 6-4
3. 3 March, 1997 Philadelphia, U.S. Hard (i) Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of South Africa Ellis Ferreira
Flag of the United States Patrick Galbraith
6-3, 6-3
4. 28 July, 1997 Los Angeles, U.S. Hard Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of India Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of the United States Rick Leach
7-6, 6-4
5. 13 April, 1998 Hong Kong Hard Flag of Zimbabwe Byron Black Flag of South Africa Neville Godwin
Flag of Finland Tuomas Ketola
7-5, 6-1
6. 2 November, 1998 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Hard (i) Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of India Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of India Leander Paes
4-6, 6-3, 7-5
7. 11 January, 1999 Doha, Qatar Hard Flag of the United States Jared Palmer Flag of South Africa Piet Norval
Flag of Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6-3, 6-4
8. 14 June, 1999 London/Queen's Club, England Grass Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of Australia Todd Woodbridge
Flag of Australia Mark Woodforde
6-3, 7-6
9. 13 September, 1999 U.S. Open, New York Hard Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of India Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of India Leander Paes
7-6(7), 6-4
10. 8 November, 1999 Paris, France Carpet Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of the Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Flag of the United States Jared Palmer
6-1, 6-3
11. 15 November, 1999 Doubles Championships, Hartford Carpet Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of India Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of India Leander Paes
6-3, 6-2, 6-2
12. 20 March, 2000 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Flag of the United States Jared Palmer Flag of the Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Flag of Australia Sandon Stolle
6-4, 7-6(5)
13. 21 August, 2000 Washington D.C., U.S. Hard Flag of the United States Jared Palmer Flag of the United States Andre Agassi
Flag of Armenia Sargis Sargsian
W/O

Runner-ups (20)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 10 January, 1994 Oahu, U.S. Hard Flag of the United States Jonathan Stark Flag of the Netherlands Tom Nijssen
Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk
6-4, 6-4
2. 28 February, 1994 Scottsdale, U.S. Hard Flag of Australia Sandon Stolle Flag of Sweden Jan Apell
Flag of the United States Ken Flach
6-0, 6-4
3. 13 February, 1995 San Jose, U.S. Hard (i) Flag of Australia Sandon Stolle Flag of the United States Jim Grabb
Flag of the United States Patrick McEnroe
3-6, 7-5, 6-0
4. 15 May, 1995 Pinehurst, U.S. Clay Flag of Australia Sandon Stolle Flag of Australia Todd Woodbridge
Flag of Australia Mark Woodforde
6-2, 6-4
5. 11 September, 1995 U.S. Open, New York Hard Flag of Australia Sandon Stolle Flag of Australia Todd Woodbridge
Flag of the United States Mark Woodforde
6-3, 6-3
6. 29 January, 1996 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of Sweden Stefan Edberg
Flag of the Czech Republic Petr Korda
7-5, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
7. 17 June, 1996 London/Queen's Club, England Grass Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of Australia Todd Woodbridge
Flag of Australia Mark Woodforde
6-2, 6-7, 6-3
8. 17 November, 1996 Doubles Championships, Hartford Carpet Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of Australia Todd Woodbridge
Flag of Australia Mark Woodforde
6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6
9. 27 January, 1997 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of Australia Todd Woodbridge
Flag of Australia Mark Woodforde
4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3
10. 28 April, 1997 Orlando, U.S. Clay Flag of the United States Jeff Salzenstein Flag of the Bahamas Mark Merklein
Flag of the United States Vince Spadea
6-4, 4-6, 6-4
11. 19 May, 1997 Rome, Italy Clay Flag of Zimbabwe Byron Black Flag of the Bahamas Mark Knowles
Flag of Canada Daniel Nestor
6-3, 4-6, 7-5
12. 4 August, 1997 Montreal, Canada Hard Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of India Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of India Leander Paes
4-6, 6-3, 6-4
13. 18 August, 1997 New Haven, U.S. Hard Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of India Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of India Leander Paes
6-3, 7-5
14. 6 October, 1997 Beijing, China Hard (i) Flag of the United States Jim Courier Flag of India Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of India Leander Paes
7-5, 7-6
15. 30 March, 1998 Miami, U.S. Hard Flag of the United States Jonathan Stark Flag of South Africa Ellis Ferreira
Flag of the United States Rick Leach
6-3, 2-6, 6-0
16. 4 May, 1998 Atlanta, U.S. Clay Flag of the United States Richey Reneberg Flag of South Africa Ellis Ferreira
Flag of South Africa Brent Haygarth
3-6, 0-6, 6-2
17. 24 August, 1998 New Haven, U.S. Hard Flag of Canada Sébastien Lareau Flag of Australia Wayne Arthurs
Flag of Australia Peter Tramacchi
7-6, 6-3
18. 22 February, 1999 Memphis, U.S. Hard (i) Flag of Canada Sebastiean Lareau Flag of Australia Todd Woodbridge
Flag of Australia Mark Woodforde
6-4, 7-5
19. 10 January, 2000 Doha, Qatar Hard Flag of the United States Jared Palmer Flag of the Bahamas Mark Knowles
Flag of Belarus Max Mirnyi
6-3, 6-4
20. 26 February, 2001 Memphis, U.S. Hard (i) Flag of the United States Jonathan Stark Flag of the United States Bob Bryan
Flag of the United States Mike Bryan
6-2, 6-2

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