Karim Alami () (born 24 May 1973) is Moroccan former professional tennis player, 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) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1991US OpenHard Leander Paes4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (2 titles) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1991WimbledonGrass Greg Rusedski John-Laffnie de Jager Andrei Medvedev1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4Win1991US OpenHard John-Laffnie de Jager Michael Joyce Vince Spadea6–4, 6–7, 6–1

ATP career finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–4)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Casablanca, MoroccoWorld SeriesClay Renzo Furlan2–6, 2–6Win1–1Atlanta, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Nicklas Kulti6–3, 6–4Win2–1Palermo, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Adrian Voinea7–5, 2–1 ret.Loss2–2Bologna, ItalyInternational SeriesClay Julián Alonso1–6, 4–6Loss2–3Barcelona, SpainChampionship SeriesClay Félix Mantilla6–7(2–7), 3–6, 3–6Loss2–4Bucharest, RomaniaInternational SeriesClay Alberto Martín2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–3)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Bologna, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Gábor Köves Brent Haygarth Christo van Rensburg1–6, 4–6Loss0–2Casablanca, MoroccoWorld SeriesClay Hicham Arazi João Cunha e Silva Nuno Marques6–7, 2–6Win1–2Marbella, SpainWorld SeriesClay Julián Alonso Alberto Berasategui Jordi Burillo4–6, 6–3, 6–0Loss1–3Bogotá, ColombiaWorld SeriesClay Maurice Ruah Luis Lobo Fernando Meligeni1–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 12 (3–9) LegendATP Challenger (3–9)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (3–9)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Gastón Etlis1–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss0–2Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Carl-Uwe Steeb6–4, 6–7, 0–6Loss0–3Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Younes El Aynaoui1–6, 4–6Win1–3Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerClay Jordi Arrese6–4, 6–0Loss1–4Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Félix Mantilla3–6, 5–7Loss1–5Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Hernán Gumy6–2, 2–6, 3–6Loss1–6Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Kris Goossens4–6, 0–6Loss1–7Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Alberto Berasategui5–7, 3–6Loss1–8Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Gastón Gaudio2–6, 6–3, 4–6Win2–8Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Christophe Rochus6–3, 6–1Loss2–9Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Nicolás Massú7–6, 2–6, 4–6Win3–9Montevideo, UruguayChallengerClay Galo Blanco6–3, 6–1

Doubles: 2 (1–1) LegendATP Challenger (1–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerClay Sándor Noszály Daniel Fiala Jan Kodeš Jr.6–7, 6–4, 7–6Loss1–1Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Gábor Köves Pablo Albano Tom Kempers7–6, 4–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

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