Alex O'Brien
| Country (sports) |
 United States
|
|---|---|
| Residence | Amarillo, TX, United States |
| Born |
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.
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.
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