Omar Camporese
Country (sports) | |
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Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
Born | Bologna, Italy | 8 May 1968
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Turned pro | 1987 |
Retired | 1998 |
Plays | Right-handed (1-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,610,475 |
Singles | |
Career record | 150–157 |
Career titles | 2 |
Highest ranking | No. 18 (10 February 1992) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (1992) |
French Open | 3R (1989, 1991) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1991) |
US Open | 3R (1992) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (1992) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 109–114 |
Career titles | 5 |
Highest ranking | No. 27 (13 January 1992) |
Omar Camporese (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɔːmar kampoˈreːze]; born 8 May 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
Career
[edit]Born in Bologna, Camporese turned professional in 1987. He reached his first top-level singles final in 1990 at San Marino, where he lost to Guillermo Pérez Roldán 6–3, 6–3.
In 1991, Camporese won his first tour singles title in Rotterdam, defeating Ivan Lendl in the final 3–6, 7–6, 7–6. At the Australian Open the same year he lost against Boris Becker in a 311 minutes long match. Becker won 7–6, 7–6, 0–6, 4–6, 14–12 which is the fourth longest match in the tournament's history. 1992 saw Camporese win his second tour singles title at Milan, where he beat Goran Ivanišević in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–4.
Camporese's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 1992 Australian Open, where he reached the fourth round before being knocked out by Lendl.
During his career, Camporese won two top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles. His career high rankings were World No. 18 in singles and World No. 27 in doubles (both in 1992). His career prize-money totalled $1,609,837. Camporese retired from the professional tour in 1998.
Career finals
[edit]Singles (2 wins, 1 loss)
[edit]Legend |
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Grand Slam (0–0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) |
ATP Masters Series (0–0) |
ATP Tour (2–1) |
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1990 | San Marino, San Marino | Clay | 3–6, 3–6 | |
Win | 1–1 | Feb 1991 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4) | |
Win | 2–1 | Feb 1992 | Milan, Italy | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Doubles (5 wins, 4 losses)
[edit]Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 1989 | Basel, Switzerland | Carpet | 3–6, 6–4, 0–6 | ||
Win | 1–1 | Feb 1990 | Milan, Italy | Carpet (i) | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 1–2. | Apr 1990 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | 5–7, 6–4, 5–7 | ||
Win | 2–2 | Apr 1990 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 2–3 | Jul 1990 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | 3–6, 6–3, 5–7 | ||
Win | 3–3 | Feb 1991 | Milan, Italy | Carpet (i) | 6–4, 7–6 | ||
Win | 4–3 | May 1991 | Rome, Italy | Clay | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
Win | 5–3 | Jun 1991 | Manchester, UK | Grass | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 5–4 | Jul 1991 | Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
External links
[edit]- 1968 births
- Living people
- Italian male tennis players
- Olympic tennis players for Italy
- Tennis players from Bologna
- Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis
- Competitors at the 1987 Mediterranean Games