From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Italian tennis player
Omar Camporese
Country (sports)
|
Italy
|
---|
Residence
| Monte Carlo
, Monaco
|
---|
Born
| (
1968-05-08
)
8 May 1968
(age 56)
Bologna
, Italy
|
---|
Height
| 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
|
---|
Turned pro
| 1987
|
---|
Retired
| 1998
|
---|
Plays
| Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
|
---|
Prize money
| $
1,610,475
|
---|
|
Career record
| 150?157
|
---|
Career titles
| 2
|
---|
Highest ranking
| No. 18 (10 February 1992)
|
---|
|
Australian Open
| 4R (
1992
)
|
---|
French Open
| 3R (
1989
,
1991
)
|
---|
Wimbledon
| 3R (
1991
)
|
---|
US Open
| 3R (
1992
)
|
---|
|
Olympic Games
| 2R (
1992
)
|
---|
|
Career record
| 109?114
|
---|
Career titles
| 5
|
---|
Highest ranking
| No. 27 (13 January 1992)
|
---|
Omar Camporese
(
Italian pronunciation:
[??ːmar
kampo?reːze]
; 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 Perez Roldan
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 Ivani?evi?
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
|
Grand Slam (0?0)
|
Tennis Masters Cup (0?0)
|
ATP Masters Series (0?0)
|
ATP Tour (2?1)
|
Doubles (5 wins, 4 losses)
[
edit
]
Result
|
W/L
|
Date
|
Tournament
|
Surface
|
Partner
|
Opponents
|
Score
|
Loss
|
0?1
|
Oct 1989
|
Basel
, Switzerland
|
Carpet
|
Claudio Mezzadri
|
Udo Riglewski
Michael Stich
|
3?6, 6?4, 0?6
|
Win
|
1?1
|
Feb 1990
|
Milan
, Italy
|
Carpet (i)
|
Diego Nargiso
|
Tom Nijssen
Udo Riglewski
|
6?4, 6?4
|
Loss
|
1?2.
|
Apr 1990
|
Estoril
, Portugal
|
Clay
|
Paolo Cane
|
Sergio Casal
Emilio Sanchez
|
5?7, 6?4, 5?7
|
Win
|
2?2
|
Apr 1990
|
Madrid
, Spain
|
Clay
|
Juan Carlos Baguena
|
Andres Gomez
Javier Sanchez
|
6?4, 3?6, 6?3
|
Loss
|
2?3
|
Jul 1990
|
Gstaad
, Switzerland
|
Clay
|
Javier Sanchez
|
Sergio Casal
Emilio Sanchez
|
3?6, 6?3, 5?7
|
Win
|
3?3
|
Feb 1991
|
Milan
, Italy
|
Carpet (i)
|
Goran Ivani?evi?
|
Tom Nijssen
Cyril Suk
|
6?4, 7?6
|
Win
|
4?3
|
May 1991
|
Rome
, Italy
|
Clay
|
Goran Ivani?evi?
|
Luke Jensen
Laurie Warder
|
6?2, 6?3
|
Win
|
5?3
|
Jun 1991
|
Manchester
, UK
|
Grass
|
Goran Ivani?evi?
|
Nick Brown
Andrew Castle
|
6?4, 6?3
|
Loss
|
5?4
|
Jul 1991
|
Stuttgart
, Germany
|
Clay
|
Goran Ivani?evi?
|
Wally Masur
Emilio Sanchez
|
6?4, 3?6, 4?6
|
External links
[
edit
]