Omar Camporese
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Omar Camporese (born May 8, 1968 in Bologna, Italy) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Camporese turned professional in 1987. He reached his first top-level singles final in 1990 at San Marino, where he lost to Guillermo Perez-Roldan 6-3, 6-3.
In 1991, Camporese won his first tour singles title in Rotterdam, defeating Ivan Lendl in the final 3-6, 7-6, 7-6. 1992 saw Camporese win his second tour singles title at Milan, where he beat Goran Ivanišević in the final 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Camporese's best performance at a Grand Slam 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 US$1,609,837. Camporese retired from the professional tour in 1998.
