Alex O'Brien explained

Alex O'Brien (born) 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			Hard			3–6, 3–6
Loss			Hard			5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Loss		Australian Open	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6
Win		U.S. Open	Hard	Sébastien Lareau		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)

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		Oahu, United States	World Series	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2		Scottsdale, United States	World Series	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Jan Apell Ken Flach	0–6, 4–6
Win	1–2		Cincinnati, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Wayne Ferreira Mark Kratzmann	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–3		San Jose, United States	World Series	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–3, 5–7, 0–6
Loss	1–4		Pinehurst, United States	World Series	Clay	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–5		New York, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–6		Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Stefan Edberg Petr Korda	5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	1–7		Queen's, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	2–7		Stuttgart, Germany	Masters Series	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–8		Hartford, United States	ATP Finals	Carpet	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	2–9		Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 3–6
Win	3–9		Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–10		Orlando, United States	World Series	Clay	Jeff Salzenstein	Mark Merklein Vince Spadea	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	3–11		Rome, Italy	Masters Series	Clay	Byron Black	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	4–11		Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Rick Leach	7–6, 6–4
Loss	4–12		Montreal, Canada	Masters Series	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–7, 3–6
Loss	4–13		New Haven, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Loss	4–14		Beijing, China	World Series	Hard	Jim Courier	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	5–7, 6–7
Loss	4–15		Miami, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	2–6, 4–6
Win	5–15		Hong Kong, Hong Kong	International Series	Hard	Byron Black	Neville Godwin Tuomas Ketola	7–5, 6–1
Loss	5–16		Atlanta, United States	World Series	Clay	Richey Reneberg	Ellis Ferreira Brent Haygarth	3–6, 6–0, 2–6
Loss	5–17		New Haven, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Wayne Arthurs Peter Tramacchi	6–7, 6–1, 3–6
Win	6–17		Stuttgart, Germany	Masters Series	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win	7–17		Doha, Qatar	World Series	Hard	Jared Palmer	Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–18		Memphis, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 4–6
Win	8–18		Queen's, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Sébastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	9–18		New York, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6(9–7), 6–4
Win	10–18		Paris, France	Masters Series	Carpet	Sébastien Lareau	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	7–6(9–7), 7–5
Win	11–18		Hartford, United States	ATP Finals	Carpet	Sébastien Lareau	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	11–19		Doha, Qatar	International Series	Hard	Jared Palmer	Mark Knowles Max Mirnyi	3–6, 4–6
Win	12–19		Indian Wells, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Jared Palmer	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	13–19		Washington, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Jared Palmer	Andre Agassi Sargis Sargsian	7–5, 6–1
Loss	13–20		Memphis, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Bob Bryan 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		New Haven, United States	Challenger	Hard	Stephane Simian	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0		Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Byron Black	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	2–1		Fairfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jared Palmer	6–7, 2–6
Win	3–1		Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Jared Palmer	6–2, 6–4
Loss	3–2		Caracas, Venezuela	Challenger	Hard	Mauricio Hadad	5–7, 4–6
Loss	3–3		Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	3–6, 6–7
Win	4–3		West Bloomfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	Grant Doyle	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	5–3		Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Max Mirnyi	6–2, 6–2
Loss	5–4		Burbank, United States	Challenger	Hard	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		Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Paul Annacone	Miguel Nido Peter Nyborg	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win	2–0		Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Mark Knowles	Richard Matuszewski John Sullivan	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	2–1		Naples, United States	Challenger	Clay	Mark Knowles	Todd Nelson Tobias Svantesson	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win	3–1		Fairfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jared Palmer	Matt Lucena Brian Macphie	6–3, 7–5
Loss	3–2		Caracas, Venezuela	Challenger	Hard	Mark Knowles	Maurice Ruah Laurence Tieleman	7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Win	4–2		Annenheim, Austria	Challenger	Hard	Jim Grabb	Diego Nargiso Gianluca Pozzi	walkover
Win	5–2		Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brian Macphie	Donny Isaak 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
French Open	A	2R	2R	Q1	Q2	1R	1R	Q1	A	Q2	0 / 4	2–4
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	1R	Q3	3R	2R	Q3	2R	Q3	0 / 6	4–6
US Open	1R	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	Q1	Q3	A	0 / 7	4–7
style=text-align:left	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
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	1R	A	Q1	1R	2R	Q2	A	Q1	A	0 / 3	1–3
Miami	A	1R	2R	2R	Q3	2R	Q1	2R	Q1	A	0 / 5	3–5
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 1	0–1
Canada	A	2R	2R	Q3	QF	3R	3R	2R	A	A	0 / 6	10–6
Cincinnati	A	1R	QF	2R	3R	1R	1R	Q2	Q1	Q1	0 / 6	5–6
Paris	A	A	Q1	Q3	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
style=text-align:left	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

Doubles

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Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	bgcolor=thistle	F	bgcolor=thistle	F	3R	1R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	3R	0 / 8	18–8
French Open	A	A	1R	2R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 8	4–8
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	3R	3R	1R	2R	QF	QF	1R	0 / 8	12–8
US Open	1R	1R	3R	bgcolor=thistle	F	QF	2R	3R	bgcolor=lime	W	bgcolor=yellow	SF	1R	1 / 10	23–9
style=text-align:left	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
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals	Did not qualify	style=background:thistle	F	style=background:yellow	SF	DNQ	style=background:lime	W	style=background:#afeeee	RR	DNQ	1 / 4	10–7
National Representation
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held	A	Not Held	style=background:#afeeee	2R	NH	0 / 1	0–1
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	Q1	A	2R	2R	QF	bgcolor=yellow	SF	1R	bgcolor=lime	W	2R	1 / 7	13–6
Miami	A	Q1	2R	3R	QF	3R	bgcolor=thistle	F	2R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	2R	0 / 8	12–8
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	0 / 1	3–1
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2
Rome	A	A	A	A	2R	bgcolor=thistle	F	A	2R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	1R	0 / 5	8–5
Canada	A	QF	bgcolor=yellow	SF	1R	QF	bgcolor=thistle	F	1R	2R	2R	2R	0 / 9	13–9
Cincinnati	A	2R	bgcolor=lime	W	2R	2R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	1R	2R	1R	2R	1 / 9	12–8
Paris	A	A	QF	1R	2R	1R	2R	bgcolor=lime	W	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	1 / 7	8–6
style=text-align:left	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
style=text-align:left	Year End Ranking	188	113	25	31	15	7	20	7	8	80	Prize Money = $3,526,390