Omar Camporese (; born 8 May 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
Career Born in Bologna, Camporese turned professional in 1987. He reached his first top-level singles final in 1990 at San Marino, where he lost to Guillermo Pérez Roldán 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. 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 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 $1,609,837. Camporese retired from the professional tour in 1998.
Career finals Singles (2 wins, 1 loss) Legend Grand Slam (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Tour (2–1)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Aug 1990 San Marino, San Marino Clay Guillermo Pérez Roldán 3–6, 3–6Win 1–1 Feb 1991 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i) Ivan Lendl 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)Win 2–1 Feb 1992 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Goran Ivanišević 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Doubles (5 wins, 4 losses)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Oct 1989Basel, SwitzerlandCarpet Claudio Mezzadri Udo Riglewski Michael Stich 3–6, 6–4, 0–6Win1–1Feb 1990Milan, ItalyCarpet (i) Diego Nargiso Tom Nijssen Udo Riglewski 6–4, 6–4Loss1–2.Apr 1990Estoril, PortugalClay Paolo Canè Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 5–7, 6–4, 5–7Win2–2Apr 1990Madrid, SpainClay Juan Carlos Báguena Andrés Gómez Javier Sánchez 6–4, 3–6, 6–3Loss2–3Jul 1990Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay Javier Sánchez Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 3–6, 6–3, 5–7Win3–3Feb 1991Milan, ItalyCarpet (i) Goran Ivanišević Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk 6–4, 7–6Win4–3May 1991Rome, ItalyClay Goran Ivanišević Luke Jensen Laurie Warder 6–2, 6–3Win5–3Jun 1991Manchester, UKGrass Goran Ivanišević Nick Brown Andrew Castle 6–4, 6–3Loss5–4Jul 1991Stuttgart, GermanyClay Goran Ivanišević Wally Masur Emilio Sánchez 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
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