Omar Camporese


Omar Camporese is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Career

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. His career prize-money totalled $1,609,837. Camporese retired from the professional tour in 1998.

Career finals

Singles (2 wins, 1 loss)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.Aug 1990San Marino, San MarinoClay Guillermo Pérez Roldán3–6, 3–6
Win1.Feb 1991Rotterdam, NetherlandsCarpet Ivan Lendl3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win2.Feb 1992Milan, ItalyCarpet Goran Ivanišević3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (5 wins, 4 losses)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.Oct 1989Basel, SwitzerlandCarpet Claudio Mezzadri Udo Riglewski
Michael Stich
3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win1.Feb 1990Milan, ItalyCarpet Diego Nargiso Tom Nijssen
Udo Riglewski
6–4, 6–4
Loss2.Apr 1990Estoril, PortugalClay Paolo Canè Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez
5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Win2.Apr 1990Madrid, SpainClay Juan Carlos Báguena Andrés Gómez
Javier Sánchez
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss3.Jul 1990Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay Javier Sánchez Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez
3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win3.Feb 1991Milan, ItalyCarpet Goran Ivanišević Tom Nijssen
Cyril Suk
6–4, 7–6
Win4.May 1991Rome, ItalyClay Goran Ivanišević Luke Jensen
Laurie Warder
6–2, 6–3
Win5.Jun 1991Manchester, UKGrass Goran Ivanišević Nick Brown
Andrew Castle
6–4, 6–3
Loss4.Jul 1991Stuttgart, GermanyClay Goran Ivanišević Wally Masur
Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 3–6, 4–6