Karim Alami Explained

Karim Alami
Residence:Monte Carlo, Monaco
Birth Date:1973 5, df=y
Birth Place:Casablanca, Morocco
Height:1.85m (06.07feet)
Turnedpro:1990
Retired:2002
Plays:Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$2,087,596
Singlesrecord:156–186
Singlestitles:2
Highestsinglesranking:No. 25 (21 February 2000)
Australianopenresult:3R (1998, 2000)
Frenchopenresult:3R (2001)
Wimbledonresult:2R (1994, 1999)
Usopenresult:2R (1994, 2000)
Othertournaments:yes
Olympicsresult:QF (2000)
Doublesrecord:49–54
Doublestitles:1
Highestdoublesranking:No. 130 (17 August 1998)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (1998)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (1994)
Updated:23 November 2021

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 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

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1991WimbledonGrass Greg Rusedski John-Laffnie de Jager
Andrei Medvedev		1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win1991US OpenHard John-Laffnie de Jager Michael Joyce
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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Casablanca, MoroccoWorld SeriesClay Renzo Furlan2–6, 2–6
Win1–1Atlanta, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Nicklas Kulti6–3, 6–4
Win2–1Palermo, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Adrian Voinea7–5, 2–1 ret.
Loss2–2Bologna, ItalyInternational SeriesClay Julián Alonso1–6, 4–6
Loss2–3Barcelona, SpainChampionship SeriesClay Félix Mantilla6–7(2–7), 3–6, 3–6
Loss2–4Bucharest, RomaniaInternational SeriesClay Alberto Martín2–6, 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Bologna, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Gábor Köves Brent Haygarth
Christo van Rensburg		1–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Casablanca, MoroccoWorld SeriesClay Hicham Arazi João Cunha e Silva
Nuno Marques		6–7, 2–6
Win1–2Marbella, SpainWorld SeriesClay Julián Alonso Alberto Berasategui
Jordi Burillo		4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss1–3Bogotá, ColombiaWorld SeriesClay Maurice Ruah Luis Lobo
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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Gastón Etlis1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss0–2Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Carl-Uwe Steeb6–4, 6–7, 0–6
Loss0–3Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Younes El Aynaoui1–6, 4–6
Win1–3Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerClay Jordi Arrese6–4, 6–0
Loss1–4Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Félix Mantilla3–6, 5–7
Loss1–5Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Hernán Gumy6–2, 2–6, 3–6
Loss1–6Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Kris Goossens4–6, 0–6
Loss1–7Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Alberto Berasategui5–7, 3–6
Loss1–8Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Gastón Gaudio2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win2–8Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Christophe Rochus6–3, 6–1
Loss2–9Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Nicolás Massú7–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win3–9Montevideo, UruguayChallengerClay Galo Blanco6–3, 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerClay Sándor Noszály Daniel Fiala
Jan Kodeš Jr.		6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss1–1Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Gábor Köves Pablo Albano
Tom Kempers		7–6, 4–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

Singles

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Tournament199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAA2R1R1R3R1R3R1RQ10 / 75–7
French OpenAAAQ2A1R1R1R1R1R3RQ30 / 62–6
WimbledonQ1AQ12RA1RA1R2R1RAA0 / 52–5
US OpenAAA2RA1R1RA1R2R1RA0 / 62–6
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–02–21–10–40–32–31–43–42–30–00 / 2411–24
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAAAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1
MiamiAAAAA1RAAA2RAA0 / 20–2
Monte CarloAAA1RAA1R1R3Rbgcolor=yellowSF1RA0 / 66–6
RomeAAQ23RQ3AQF3RQ11RQ1A0 / 47–4
HamburgAAAAAA1R2R1R1RAA0 / 41–4
CanadaAAAAAAAAA2RAA0 / 11–1
CincinnatiAAAAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1
StuttgartAAAAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–02–20–00–13–33–32–25–80–10–00 / 2015–20