Karim Alami

























































































Karim Alami
Alami.jpg
Country (sports)
 Morocco
Residence
Doha, Qatar
Born
(1973-05-24) 24 May 1973 (age 45)
Casablanca, Morocco
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 1990
Retired 2002
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money
$2,087,596
Singles
Career record 156–186
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 25 (21 February 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (1998, 2000)
French Open 3R (2001)
Wimbledon 2R (1994, 1999)
US Open 2R (1994, 2000)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games QF (2000)
Doubles
Career record 49–54
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 130 (17 August 1998)

Karim Alami (Arabic: كريم علمي‎) (born 24 May 1973) is a retired tennis player from Morocco, who turned professional in 1990. The right-hander won two career titles in singles, both in 1996 (Atlanta and Palermo), and reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 25 in February 2000. Alami reached the semifinals of the 2000 Monte Carlo Masters, defeating Magnus Norman and Albert Costa en route.




Contents






  • 1 Tennis career


  • 2 Career finals


    • 2.1 Singles (2 titles, 4 runners-up)


    • 2.2 Doubles (1 title, 3 runners-up)




  • 3 External links





Tennis career


Alami represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Switzerland's eventual winner Marc Rosset. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.


He defeated Pete Sampras in the first round of the 1994 Doha tournament, a year in which Sampras dominated the tour. He is now the Tournament Director of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar. He also works as a tennis commentator for the most popular Arabic sports channel beIN Sports.


As well as his semifinal run at the 2000 Monte Carlo Masters, Alami reached the quarterfinals of the 1997 Rome Masters.



Career finals



Singles (2 titles, 4 runners-up)









Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (2)

































































Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
 1.
 14 March 1994
 Casablanca, Morocco
 Clay
Italy Renzo Furlan
 2–6, 2–6
Win
 2.
 29 April 1996
Atlanta, United States
 Clay
Sweden Nicklas Kulti
 6–3, 6–4
Win
 3.
 23 September 1996
Palermo, Italy
 Clay
Romania Adrian Voinea
 7–5, 2–1, retired
Loss
 4.
 8 June 1998
 Bologna, Italy
 Clay
Spain Julián Alonso
 1–6, 4–6
Loss
 5.
 12 April 1999
Barcelona, Spain
 Clay
Spain Félix Mantilla
 6–7(2–7), 3–6, 3–6
Loss
 6.
 27 September 1999
Bucharest, Romania
 Clay
Spain Alberto Martín
 2–6, 3–6


Doubles (1 title, 3 runners-up)









Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)




















































Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
 1.
 17 June 1996
Bologna, Italy
 Clay
Hungary Gábor Köves
South Africa Brent Haygarth
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
 1–6, 4–6
Loss
 2.
 24 March 1997
Casablanca, Morocco
 Clay
Morocco Hicham Arazi
Portugal João Cunha e Silva
Portugal Nuno Marques
 6–7, 2–6
Win
 3.
 8 September 1997
Marbella, Spain
 Clay
Spain Julián Alonso
Spain Alberto Berasategui
Spain Jordi Burillo
 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss
 4.
 27 October 1997
Bogotá, Colombia
 Clay
Colombia Maurice Ruah
Argentina Luis Lobo
Brazil Fernando Meligeni
 1–6, 3–6


External links




  • Karim Alami at the Association of Tennis Professionals


  • Karim Alami at the International Tennis Federation


  • Karim Alami at the Davis Cup












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