Karim Alami

Karim Alami

Country (sports)	Morocco
Residence	Doha, Qatar
Born	(1973-05-24) 24 May 1973 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.

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 runner-ups)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (2)

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

Doubles (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (1)

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

External links

• Karim Alami at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Karim Alami at the Davis Cup