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Place of Birth: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
About Simon Larose
- Simon Larose (born June 28, 1978) is a former professional tennis player.
- He was Canada's top-ranked singles player for some months during 2003 and 2004.
- Larose retired from the tour shortly after being banned for two years for substance abuse. Larose was born in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada.
- He joined the ATP professional tour at the age of 20 in 1998 having played collegiately at Mississippi State University.
- He was Canada's top-ranked singles player, according to the ATP rankings, in 2003 from January 6 until February 3, from May 19 until June 23, and from August 18 until October 13, and again in 2004 from July 12 until August 2.
- His best singles ATP ranking is World No.
- 189, which he achieved in July, 2004. Although Larose did not make any official announcement, he was quoted in the press as saying that he retired from tennis after being levied a two-year ban in February 2005 by the ATP for testing positive for cocaine.
- At the time of his supposed cocaine use, he had been out of action with a back injury. Since his retirement from the ATP circuit Larose has been coaching at a local tennis club, moving on to coach for Tennis Canada. Simon made Canadian radio history when he provided analysis on the first-ever Canadian English language production of the 2010 Rogers Cup tennis final along with CJAD 800's Rick Moffat (play-by-play) and Mark Shalhoub (courtside reporter).
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