Bruno Orešar

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Bruno Orešar (born April 21, 1967) is a Croatian businessman and former professional tennis player who competed for Yugoslavia.

Orešar had a highly successful junior tennis career. He is a three-time winner of Orange Bowl,[1][2] his third win coming after beating the then-16-year-old Boris Becker in the final.[3] At one time he was the number one ranked junior in the world.[3]

Orešar's senior career was less successful. Apart from winning two gold medals in the 1987 Summer Universiade (in singles and in mixed doubles with Sabrina Goleš),[4][5] his biggest singles tournament successes were reaching the finals of Athens and Båstad in 1988 and 1989 respectively. A persistent back injury forced him into early retirement from professional tennis in 1991. His highest ATP ranking was #46 in May 1989.

In the early 1990s Orešar took part in founding the Croatian Tennis Association and coached the Croatian national tennis team.[2] In 1995 he bought Jadrankamen, a Brač-based quarrying company, and expanded further into construction and tourism.[2] In 2005 he made the list of 1000 most powerful people in Croatia, compiled by Nacional weekly.[6]

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  1. ^ Matea Mezak nova nada hrvatskog tenisa (Croatian). Vjesnik (December 30, 1999). Retrieved on 2008-01-13.
  2. ^ a b c Bajruši, Robert (September 26, 2005). 'Tenis me više ne zanima, danas je moj život biznis' (Croatian). Nacional. Retrieved on 2008-01-13.
  3. ^ a b Smith, Joe (January 24, 2007). Eckerd loses more than just a coach. St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved on 2008-01-13.
  4. ^ Istorija Univerzijade: Bruno Orešar (Serbian). Retrieved on 2008-01-13.
  5. ^ Univerzijada Zagreb 1987. - Tenis at YouTube
  6. ^ 1000 najmoćnijih (Croatian). Nacional (29 June 2005). Retrieved on 2008-01-27.

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