Karim Alami (Arabic: كريم علمي) (born 24 May 1973) is a retired tennis player from Morocco, who turned professional in 1990.

Karim Alami
Country (sports) Morocco
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1973-05-24) 24 May 1973 (age 51)
Casablanca, Morocco
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1990
Retired2002
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,087,596
Singles
Career record156–186
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 25 (21 February 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1998, 2000)
French Open3R (2001)
Wimbledon2R (1994, 1999)
US Open2R (1994, 2000)
Other tournaments
Olympic GamesQF (2000)
Doubles
Career record49–54
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 130 (17 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1998)
US Open1R (1994)
Last updated on: 23 November 2021.

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

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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

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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

ATP career finals

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

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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 Mar 1994 Casablanca, Morocco World Series Clay   Renzo Furlan 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Apr 1996 Atlanta, United States World Series Clay   Nicklas Kulti 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Sep 1996 Palermo, Italy World Series Clay   Adrian Voinea 7–5, 2–1 ret.
Loss 2–2 Jan 1998 Bologna, Italy International Series Clay   Julián Alonso 1–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Apr 1999 Barcelona, Spain Championship Series Clay   Félix Mantilla 6–7(2–7), 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Sep 1999 Bucharest, Romania International Series Clay   Alberto Martín 2–6, 3–6

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

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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 Jun 1996 Bologna, Italy World Series Clay   Gábor Köves   Brent Haygarth
  Christo van Rensburg
1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 1997 Casablanca, Morocco World Series Clay   Hicham Arazi   João Cunha e Silva
  Nuno Marques
6–7, 2–6
Win 1–2 Sep 1997 Marbella, Spain World Series Clay   Julián Alonso   Alberto Berasategui
  Jordi Burillo
4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss 1–3 Oct 1997 Bogotá, Colombia World Series Clay   Maurice Ruah   Luis Lobo
  Fernando Meligeni
1–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 12 (3–9)

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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 Jun 1995 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay   Gastón Etlis 1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 1995 Ulm, Germany Challenger Clay   Carl-Uwe Steeb 6–4, 6–7, 0–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 1995 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Younes El Aynaoui 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–3 Sep 1995 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay   Jordi Arrese 6–4, 6–0
Loss 1–4 Apr 1996 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay   Félix Mantilla 3–6, 5–7
Loss 1–5 May 1996 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay   Hernán Gumy 6–2, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–6 Jul 1996 Ulm, Germany Challenger Clay   Kris Goossens 4–6, 0–6
Loss 1–7 Oct 1997 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Alberto Berasategui 5–7, 3–6
Loss 1–8 Dec 1998 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay   Gastón Gaudio 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 2–8 Oct 1999 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Christophe Rochus 6–3, 6–1
Loss 2–9 Nov 1999 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay   Nicolás Massú 7–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win 3–9 Nov 1999 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay   Galo Blanco 6–3, 6–1

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

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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 Jun 1994 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay   Sándor Noszály   Daniel Fiala
  Jan Kodeš Jr.
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Jul 1995 Ulm, Germany Challenger Clay   Gábor Köves   Pablo Albano
  Tom Kempers
7–6, 4–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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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 42%
French Open A A A Q2 A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R Q3 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Wimbledon Q1 A Q1 2R A 1R A 1R 2R 1R A A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
US Open A A A 2R A 1R 1R A 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 6 2–6 25%
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 31%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A A A A A 1R A A A 2R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Monte Carlo A A A 1R A A 1R 1R 3R SF 1R A 0 / 6 6–6 50%
Rome A A Q2 3R Q3 A QF 3R Q1 1R Q1 A 0 / 4 7–4 64%
Hamburg A A A A A A 1R 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Canada A A A A A A A A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Stuttgart A A A A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
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 43%

References

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