Omar Camporese

Omar Camporese
Nation:	Italy
Birthday:	May 8, 1968
Size:	188 cm
Weight:	78 kg
1st professional season:	1987
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,610,123
singles
Career record:	150: 157
Career title:	2
Highest ranking:	18 (February 10 1992)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	109: 114
Career title:	5
Highest ranking:	27 (January 13 1992)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Omar Camporese (born May 8, 1968 in Bologna ) is a former Italian tennis player .

Life

Camporese appeared in 1986 at the junior tournament of the French Open , where he reached the second round. At the junior tournament of Wimbledon he was eliminated in the second round against Petr Korda , but was in the quarterfinals of the doubles competition. At the junior tournament of the US Open there was another second-round defeat in singles, but in doubles he reached the semi-finals. The following year he became a professional tennis player, but could not make his first professional year particularly successful. He had his best results on the side of Eugenio Rossi , with whom he had played together since his junior years . Among other things, they reached the semi-finals in Bologna and the semi-finals at the Challenger tournament in Enugu .

Between 1989 and 1991 he won five doubles titles, including the Masters tournament in Rome ; in addition, he was in four other finals during this period. His most frequent double partner was Goran Ivanišević . In the course of his career he was also able to win two individual titles on the ATP World Tour . He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1992 with position 18 in singles and position 27 in doubles.

His best individual result in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the round of 16 of the Australian Open in 1992. The year before, he and Boris Becker had the longest match in tournament history with Boris Becker in the third round with 311 minutes. Becker won 7: 6, 7: 6, 0: 6, 4: 6 and 14:12. In the doubles competition, he was once each in the round of 16 of the Australian Open and the US Open.

Between 1989 and 1997 Camporese played 21 singles and nine doubles for the Italian Davis Cup team. His greatest success with the team was participation in the 1997 World Group semifinals against Sweden . He lost both of his singles against Jonas Björkman and Thomas Enqvist , as well as the doubles alongside Diego Nargiso . Sweden eventually won 4-1. In the course of his Davis Cup career, he celebrated victories over Michael Stich , Sergi Bruguera and Carlos Moyá, among others .

At the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics , he competed in singles and doubles for Italy. In 1988 he was eliminated in the first round against Guy Forget , and the doubles also ended in the first round against Switzerland . Four years later he reached the second round in both singles and doubles. His double partner was always Diego Nargiso .

After the end of his professional career, he worked as a tennis instructor in Malcesine on Lake Garda .

Tournament victories

Legend

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup

ATP Masters Series (1)

ATP International Series Gold

ATP International Series (6)

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1991	Rotterdam	carpet	Ivan Lendl	3: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6
2.	1992	Milan	carpet	Goran Ivanišević	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1990	Milan	carpet	Diego Nargiso	Tom Nijssen Udo Riglewski	6: 4, 6: 4
2.	1990	Madrid	sand	Juan Carlos Báguena	Andrés Gómez Javier Sanchez	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
3.	1991	Milan	carpet	Goran Ivanišević	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	6: 4, 7: 6
4th	1991	Rome	sand	Goran Ivanišević	Luke Jensen Laurie Warder	6: 2, 6: 3
5.	1991	Manchester	race	Goran Ivanišević	Nick Brown Andrew Castle	6: 4, 6: 3

Web links

• ATP profile of Omar Camporese (English)
• ITF profile Omar Camporese (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Omar Camporese (English)