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.

Omar Camporese

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.

Omar Camporese

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.

Omar Camporese

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)

Doubles (5 wins, 4 losses)

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1968 births

Living people

Italian male tennis players

Olympic tennis players for Italy

Sportspeople from Bologna

Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy

Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy

Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis

Competitors at the 1987 Mediterranean Games