Omar Camporese (; born 8 May 1968) is a former professional

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player from Italy.

Career

Born in

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, Camporese turned professional in 1987. He reached his first top-level singles final in 1990 at

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, where he lost to Guillermo Pérez Roldán 6–3, 6–3. In 1991, Camporese won his first tour singles title in

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, defeating

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in the final 3–6, 7–6, 7–6. At the Australian Open the same year he lost against Boris Becker in a 311 minutes long match. Becker won 7–6, 7–6, 0–6, 4–6, 14–12 which is the fourth longest match in the tournament's history. 1992 saw Camporese win his second tour singles title at

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, where he beat

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in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–4. Camporese's best performance at a

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event came at the 1992 Australian Open, where he reached the fourth round before being knocked out by Lendl. During his career, Camporese won two top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles. His career high rankings were World No. 18 in singles and World No. 27 in doubles (both in 1992). His career prize-money totalled $1,609,837. Camporese retired from the professional tour in 1998.

Career finals

Singles (2 wins, 1 loss)

Doubles (5 wins, 4 losses)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Camporese, Omar 1968 births Living people Italian male tennis players Olympic tennis players of Italy Sportspeople from Bologna Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1987 Mediterranean Games