Karim Alami

Karim Alami (Template:Langx) (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 also 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. 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.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1991	US Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1991	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Greg Rusedski	Template:Flagicon John-Laffnie de Jager Template:Flagicon Andrei Medvedev	1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win	1991	US Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon John-Laffnie de Jager	Template:Flagicon Michael Joyce Template:Flagicon Vince Spadea	6–4, 6–7, 6–1

ATP career finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series(0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–1) ATP World Series (2–3)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (2–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (2–4) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1994 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Renzo Furlan	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	[[1996 AT&T Challenge – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Atlanta, United States	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Nicklas Kulti	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–1	[[1989 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships and the Virginia Slims of Newport|Template:Dts]]	Palermo, Italy	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Adrian Voinea	7–5, 2–1 ret.
Loss	2–2	[[1998 Internazionali di Carisbo – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Bologna, Italy	International Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Julián Alonso	1–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	[[1999 Torneo Godó – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Barcelona, Spain	Championship Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Félix Mantilla	6–7(2–7), 3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	[[1999 Connex Open Romania|Template:Dts]]	Bucharest, Romania	International Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alberto Martín	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series(0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (1–3)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–3) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1996 Internazionali di Carisbo – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gábor Köves	Template:Flagicon Brent Haygarth Template:Flagicon Christo van Rensburg	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	[[1997 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Hicham Arazi	Template:Flagicon João Cunha e Silva Template:Flagicon Nuno Marques	6–7, 2–6
Win	1–2	[[1997 Marbella Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Marbella, Spain	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Julián Alonso	Template:Flagicon Alberto Berasategui Template:Flagicon Jordi Burillo	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss	1–3	[[Bancolombia Open|Template:Dts]]	Bogotá, Colombia	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Maurice Ruah	Template:Flagicon Luis Lobo Template:Flagicon Fernando Meligeni	1–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 12 (3–9)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–9) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (3–9) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gastón Etlis	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Carl-Uwe Steeb	6–4, 6–7, 0–6
Loss	0–3	Template:Dts	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Younes El Aynaoui	1–6, 4–6
Win	1–3	Template:Dts	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jordi Arrese	6–4, 6–0
Loss	1–4	Template:Dts	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Félix Mantilla	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–5	Template:Dts	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Hernán Gumy	6–2, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–6	Template:Dts	Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kris Goossens	4–6, 0–6
Loss	1–7	Template:Dts	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alberto Berasategui	5–7, 3–6
Loss	1–8	Template:Dts	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gastón Gaudio	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	2–8	Template:Dts	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Christophe Rochus	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2–9	Template:Dts	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Nicolás Massú	7–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win	3–9	Template:Dts	Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Galo Blanco	6–3, 6–1

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Legend ATP Challenger (1–1) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sándor Noszály	Template:Flagicon Daniel Fiala Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš Jr.	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	1–1	Template:Dts	Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gábor Köves	Template:Flagicon Pablo Albano Template:Flagicon Tom Kempers	7–6, 4–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	3R	1R	Q1	0 / 7	5–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	Q3	0 / 6	2–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q1	A	Q1	2R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	2–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 6	2–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–4	0–3	2–3	1–4	3–4	2–3	0–0	0 / 24	11–24	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	1R	3R	SF	1R	A	0 / 6	6–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	Q2	3R	Q3	A	QF	3R	Q1	1R	Q1	A	0 / 4	7–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 4	1–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	3–3	3–3	2–2	5–8	0–1	0–0	0 / 20	15–20	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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