Karim Alami
# Karim Alami

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

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### 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% |
