Sébastien Leblanc

Sébastien LeBlanc (born 27 December 1973) is a former Canadian tour professional tennis player. Leblanc captured three junior Grand Slam titles and played Davis Cup for Canada. More of a doubles specialist, he won five Challenger events in doubles and reached a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 127.^[3][4]

Sébastien LeBlanc

Country (sports)	Canada
Born	(1973-12-27) 27 December 1973 (age 50) Montreal, Canada
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	1997
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$97,899
Singles
Career record	2–4[1]
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	361 (5 August 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (1996, 1997)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (1992)
Doubles
Career record	8–22
Career titles	0 5 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	127 (18 November 1996)[1]
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1997)[2]
US Open	Q1 (1995)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (1992)
Last updated on: 18 December 2021.

Junior career

Leblanc teamed with fellow Québécois and Montrealer Sébastien Lareau to capture first the 1990 French Open junior doubles title and then a month later the 1990 Wimbledon junior doubles title. In both finals they defeated the South African duo of Marcos Ondruska and Clinton Marsh in three sets, 6–7, 7–6, 9–7 at Roland Garros and 7–6(5) 4–6 6–3. Then in August Leblanc teamed with another Montrealer, Greg Rusedski, to capture the U.S. Open junior doubles crown, defeating Mårten Renström and Mikael Tillström in the final, 6–7 6–3 6–4. Leblanc did not compete in the 1990 Australian Open missing out on a chance for completing the 'Grand Slam'. In singles he lost in the first round at both Roland Garros and Flushing Meadows and reached the third round of Wimbledon, falling to eventual champion Leander Paes in three sets.^[5]

Senior career

Leblanc won the 1991 Montebello Challenger partnering Lareau and the 1995 Santiago Challenger playing with Brandon Coupe. The resident of Saint-Bruno, Quebec won the Aptos Challenger three times in succession – from 1995 through 1997 – the first time playing with Brian MacPhie and the later two times partnering fellow Québécois and Montrealer Jocelyn Robichaud. In ATP Tour and Grand Slam events, Leblanc posted a career win–loss of 8 and 22 with his best result being reaching the quarter-finals of the Canadian Open in 1991, partnering Lareau. Leblanc also reached the second round of the 1992 Summer Olympics tournament, partnering Brian Gyetko. He played in the main draw of one Grand Slam event at senior level, the 1997 Australian Open – he and partner Mark Keil lost in the first round.

In singles, Leblanc reached a career-high ranking of World No. 361, in August 1996. His career Challenger event win–loss record stood at 3 wins, 9 losses, while at ATP Tour level it was 1 and 4. His sole top flight match win was over World No. 18 Tim Henman in the opening round of the Canadian Open.^[6]

Davis Cup

Leblanc sole rubber appearance came surprisingly in singles, in a 1997 America Group I semi-final tie versus Venezuela, played in April. He defeated José de Armas in a dead rubber, 2–6, 7–6(2), 6–0 in a tie Canada swept 5–0.^[7] The victory allowed gave Canada a place in qualifying for the World Group. They lost the qualifying tie in September however to Slovakia 1–4, despite playing the tie at home (in Jarry Stadium).^[8]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1990	French Open	Clay	Sébastien Lareau	Clinton Marsh Marcos Ondruska	7–6, 6–7, 9–7
Win	1990	Wimbledon	Grass	Sébastien Lareau	Clinton Marsh Marcos Ondruska	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3
Win	1990	US Open	Hard	Greg Rusedski	Mårten Renström Mikael Tillström	6–7, 6–3, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–4) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (1–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1991	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Markus Naewie	Jan Apell Raviv Weidenfeld	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jul 1994	Montebello, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Sébastien Lareau	Sergio Gomez-Barrio Brian Gyetko	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Jun 1995	Eisenach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Chris Woodruff	Dirk Dier Lars Koslowski	6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Win	2–2	Jul 1995	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brian Macphie	Bill Barber Ari Nathan	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–2	Nov 1995	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Brandon Coupe	Nicolás Lapentti Gabriel Silberstein	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Apr 1996	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Aleksandar Kitinov	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Win	4–3	Jul 1996	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jocelyn Robichaud	Neville Godwin Geoff Grant	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
Loss	4–4	Sep 1996	Aruba, Aruba	Challenger	Hard	Grant Stafford	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	2–6, 2–6
Win	5–4	Jul 1997	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jocelyn Robichaud	David Caldwell Adam Peterson	7–6, 6–4

References

1. "Sébastien LeBlanc ATP profile". Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
2. "Sébastien Leblanc ITF profile". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
3. "Sebastien Leblanc | Overview |". ATP Tour. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
4. "Sebastien LeBlanc". Tennis Canada. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
5. "Sebastien Leblanc Juniors Singles Activity". itftennis.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
6. "Sébastien Leblanc | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
7. "Davis Cup – Players". daviscup.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
8. "Davis Cup – Teams". daviscup.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

External links

• Sébastien Leblanc at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Sébastien Leblanc at the International Tennis Federation