Karim Alami

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
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1973-05-24) 24 May 1973 Casablanca, Morocco
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,087,596
Singles
Career record	156–186
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 25 (21 February 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1998, 2000)
French Open	3R (2001)
Wimbledon	2R (1994, 1999)
US Open	2R (1994, 2000)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2000)
Doubles
Career record	49–54
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 130 (17 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1998)
US Open	1R (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

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	Leander Paes	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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

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	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)

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

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	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)

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

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

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%

External links

• Karim Alami at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Karim Alami at the International Tennis Federation
• Karim Alami at the Davis Cup