Marcello Craca (born 27 October 1974) is a former professional

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player from

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Personal

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Career

Craca made his Grand Slam debut in the

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, where he lost to reigning champion

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in the opening round. He made the quarter-finals of the 1997 Prague Open, in a run which included a win over world number four Yevgeny Kafelnikov. In 1998 he appeared in both the

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and

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. He lost in the first round at each event, to

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in Australia and to Christophe Van Garsse in the France Open. The German was a quarter-finalist in Orlando that year.

Challenger Titles

Singles: (1)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Craca, Marcello 1974 births Living people German male tennis players Sportspeople from Pforzheim German sportspeople of Italian descent Tennis players from Baden-Württemberg