Country (sports) | France |
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Residence | Suresnes, France |
Born |
Metz, France |
1 June 1967
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Turned pro | 1986 |
Retired | 2000 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $2,788,904 |
Singles | |
Career record | 130–179 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 33 (20 February 1995) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (1995) |
French Open | 4R (1994) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1995) |
US Open | 2R (1989) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 225–179 |
Career titles | 15 |
Highest ranking | No. 3 (12 July 1999) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1998, 1999) |
French Open | 3R (1997) |
Wimbledon | SF (1999) |
US Open | 3R (1996, 1998) |
Olivier Delaître (born 1 June 1967) is a former tennis player from France. He won 15 doubles titles during a fourteen-year career becoming the world's 3rd ranked doubles player on 12 July 1999.
Delaitre turned professional in 1986. A right-hander, he reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on February 20, 1995, when he became World No. 33.
He was the first person to defeat future World No. 1 Roger Federer at a Grand Slam, in the First Qualifying Round of the 1999 Australian Open.