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Omar Camporese

Omar Camporese
Country (sports)  Italy
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1968-05-08) 8 May 1968 (age 48)
Bologna, Italia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro 1987
Retired 2001
Plays Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,610,475
Singles
Career record 150–157 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
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 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
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.

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 second 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.


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