Karim Alami
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Other tournaments | |
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Olympic Games | QF (2000) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 49–54 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 130 (17 August 1998) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1998) |
US Open | 1R (1994) |
Last updated on: 23 November 2021. |
Karim Alami (
, 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.
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 also reached the quarterfinals of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
He defeated
Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha. He also works as a tennis commentator for the most popular Arabic sports channel beIN Sports
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As well as his semifinal run at the 2000 Monte-Carlo Masters, Alami reached the quarterfinals of the 1997 Rome Masters.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1991 | US Open | Hard | Leander Paes | 4–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1991 | Wimbledon | Grass | Greg Rusedski | John-Laffnie de Jager Andrei Medvedev |
1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Win | 1991 | US Open | Hard | John-Laffnie de Jager | Michael Joyce Vince Spadea |
6–4, 6–7, 6–1 |
ATP career finals
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Mar 1994 | Casablanca, Morocco | World Series | Clay | Renzo Furlan | 2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Apr 1996 | Atlanta, United States | World Series | Clay | Nicklas Kulti | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 2–1 | Sep 1996 | Palermo, Italy | World Series | Clay | Adrian Voinea | 7–5, 2–1 ret. |
Loss | 2–2 | Jan 1998 | Bologna , Italy
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International Series | Clay | Julián Alonso | 1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Apr 1999 | Barcelona , Spain
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Championship Series | Clay | Félix Mantilla | 6–7(2–7), 3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2–4 | Sep 1999 | Bucharest, Romania | International Series | Clay | Alberto Martín | 2–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 1996 | Bologna, Italy | World Series | Clay | Gábor Köves | Brent Haygarth Christo van Rensburg |
1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Mar 1997 | Casablanca, Morocco | World Series | Clay | Hicham Arazi | João Cunha e Silva Nuno Marques |
6–7, 2–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Sep 1997 | Marbella , Spain
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World Series | Clay | Julián Alonso | Alberto Berasategui Jordi Burillo |
4–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
Loss | 1–3 | Oct 1997 | Bogotá, Colombia | World Series | Clay | Maurice Ruah | Luis Lobo Fernando Meligeni |
1–6, 3–6 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 12 (3–9)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 1995 | Cali, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Gastón Etlis | 1–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jul 1995 | Ulm, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Carl-Uwe Steeb | 6–4, 6–7, 0–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Aug 1995 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Younes El Aynaoui | 1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–3 | Sep 1995 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | Jordi Arrese | 6–4, 6–0 |
Loss | 1–4 | Apr 1996 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Félix Mantilla | 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 1–5 | May 1996 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Hernán Gumy | 6–2, 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–6 | Jul 1996 | Ulm, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Kris Goossens | 4–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 1–7 | Oct 1997 | Cairo, Egypt | Challenger | Clay | Alberto Berasategui | 5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–8 | Dec 1998 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Gastón Gaudio | 2–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Win | 2–8 | Oct 1999 | Cairo, Egypt | Challenger | Clay | Christophe Rochus | 6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 2–9 | Nov 1999 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Nicolás Massú | 7–6, 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–9 | Nov 1999 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Galo Blanco | 6–3, 6–1 |
Doubles: 2 (1–1)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 1994 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | Sándor Noszály | Daniel Fiala Jan Kodeš Jr. |
6–7, 6–4, 7–6 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jul 1995 | Ulm, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Gábor Köves | Pablo Albano Tom Kempers |
7–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
Performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles
Tournament | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | SR | W–L | Win % | |||||||
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Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% | |||||||
French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | Q3 | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% | |||||||
Wimbledon | Q1 | A | Q1 | 2R | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% | |||||||
US Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% | |||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 24 | 11–24 | 31% | |||||||
ATP Masters Series
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Indian Wells
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A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||
Miami
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A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |||||||
Monte Carlo
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A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | SF | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | 50% | |||||||
Rome
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A | A | Q2 | 3R | Q3 | A | QF | 3R | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | A | 0 / 4 | 7–4 | 64% | |||||||
Hamburg
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A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | |||||||
Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||||||
Cincinnati
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A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||
Stuttgart | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–8 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 20 | 15–20 | 43% |