Omar Camporese
Omar Camporese ( born May 8, 1968 in Bologna ) is an Italian former tennis player.
Life
Camporese occurred in 1986 when the French Open junior tournament, where he reached the round of sixteen. When junior tournament of Wimbledon, he retired in the second round against Petr Korda, however, stood in the quarter-finals of the doubles competition. When junior tournament of the U.S. Open another second-round defeat followed in single, double, however, he reached the semi-finals. The following year, he became a professional tennis player, his first year as a pro, however, was not particularly successful design. His best results he had on the side of Eugenio Rossi, with whom he played together since his youth time. Among other things, they reached the semi-finals of Bologna and the semi-finals at the Challenger tournament in Enugu.
In doubles, he won five titles between 1989 and 1991, including the Masters Tunrier of Rome; Moreover, he was in this period in four other finals. His most frequent doubles partner was there Goran Ivanisevic. Throughout his career, he was also able to win two individual titles on the ATP World Tour. Its highest listing in the tennis world ranking he reached in 1992 with position 18 and position 27 in the single in a double.
His best individual result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the second round of the Australian Open in 1992. A year earlier, he had that came with Boris Becker at the same place in the third round with 311 minutes so far longest match of the tournament's history. Becker won with 7:6, 7:6, 0:6, 4:6 and 14:12. In the doubles competition, he stood once each in the second round of the Australian Open and the U.S. Open.
Camporese played between 1989 and 1997 21 single and double nine appearances for the Italian Davis Cup team. His biggest success was with the team to participate in the semifinals of the World Group in 1997 against Sweden. He lost both his singles match against Jonas Bjorkman and Thomas Enqvist, and the double on the side of Diego Nargiso. Sweden eventually won 4-1. Throughout his Davis Cup career, he celebrated, among other wins over Michael Stich, Sergi Bruguera and Carlos Moyá.
At the Olympic Summer Games in 1988 and Summer Olympics 1992, he went to in singles and doubles for Italy. In 1988, he retired in the first round against Guy Forget, even when double was in the first round against Switzerland last stop. Four years later, both in single as well as double, he reached the second round respectively. His doubles partner was respectively Diego Nargiso.
After the end of his professional career, he worked as a tennis coach in Malcesine on Lake Garda.