Karim Alami ( ar, 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
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), 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
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
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
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in Sydney.
He defeated
Pete Sampras
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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
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in Doha. 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.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
ATP career finals
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 12 (3–9)
Doubles: 2 (1–1)
Performance timeline
Singles
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
Moroccan male tennis players
Olympic tennis players of Morocco
Sportspeople from Casablanca
Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Wimbledon junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles