Marcello Craca

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Marcello Craca
Country (sports) Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Residence Bad Wildbad
Born (1974-10-27) 27 October 1974 (age 50)
Pforzheim,
West Germany
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Turned pro1995
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$273,659
Singles
Career record11-23
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 90 (12 Jan 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (1998)
French Open 1R (1998)
Wimbledon 1R (1997)
Doubles
Career record0-0

Marcello Craca (born 27 October 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. [1]

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Personal

Craca was born to an Italian father and German mother. [2]

Career

Craca made his Grand Slam debut in the 1997 Wimbledon Championships, where he lost to reigning champion Richard Krajicek in the opening round. [2] He made the quarter-finals of the 1997 Prague Open, in a run which included a win over world number four Yevgeny Kafelnikov. [2]

In 1998 he appeared in both the Australian Open and French Open. He lost in the first round at each event, to David Wheaton in Australia and to Christophe Van Garsse in the France Open. [2] The German was a quarter-finalist in Orlando that year. [2]

Challenger Titles

Singles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the final
1.1999 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Orlin Stanoytchev 7–6, 6–0

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References

  1. ITF Tennis Profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 ATP World Tour Profile