Bruno Orešar
Croatian businessman and tennis player
Country (sports) |
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Residence | Zagreb, Croatia |
Born |
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1967-04-21
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21 April 1967
(age
56)
Zagreb , Yugoslavia |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 1985 |
Retired | 1991 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $ 361,152 |
Singles | |
Career record | 57–76 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 46 (8 May 1989) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R ( 1990 ) |
French Open | 2R ( 1986 , 1988 , 1990 ) |
Wimbledon | 1R ( 1990 ) |
US Open | 1R ( 1985 , 1987 ) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 15–18 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 107 (26 June 1989) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | SF ( 1988 ) |
Medal record
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Bruno Orešar (born 21 April 1967) is a Croatian businessman and former professional tennis player who competed for Yugoslavia .
Tennis career
Orešar had a highly successful junior tennis career. He is a three-time winner of Orange Bowl , [1] [2] his third win coming after beating the then-16-year-old Boris Becker in the final. [3] At one time he was the number one ranked junior in the world. [3]
Orešar's senior career was less successful. Apart from winning two gold medals in the 1987 Summer Universiade (in singles and in mixed doubles with Sabrina Goleš ), [4] [5] his biggest singles tournament successes were reaching the finals of Athens and Båstad in 1988 and 1989 respectively. A persistent back injury forced him into early retirement from professional tennis in 1991. His highest ATP ranking was #46 in May 1989.
In the early 1990s Orešar took part in founding the Croatian Tennis Association and coached the Croatian national tennis team. [2] In 1995 he bought Jadrankamen, a Brač -based quarrying company, and expanded further into construction and tourism. [2] In 2005 he made the list of 1000 most powerful people in Croatia, compiled by Nacional weekly. [6]
Career finals
Singles (2 runners-up)
Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 1988 | Athens Open , Greece | Clay |
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3–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Aug 1989 | Swedish Open , Sweden | Clay |
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6–7, 6–7 |
Doubles (1 runner-up)
Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 1988 | Boston , U.S. | Clay |
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2–6, 5–7 |
References
- ↑ "Matea Mezak nova nada hrvatskog tenisa" . Vjesnik (in Croatian). December 30, 1999. Archived from the original on May 27, 2003 . Retrieved 2008-01-13 .
- 1 2 3 Bajruši, Robert (26 September 2005). " 'Tenis me više ne zanima, danas je moj život biznis' " [ Tennis no longer interests me, today I live for business ] . Nacional (in Croatian) (515). Archived from the original on 16 June 2012 . Retrieved 14 November 2016 .
- 1 2 Smith, Joe (January 24, 2007). "Eckerd loses more than just a coach" . St. Petersburg Times . Retrieved 2008-01-13 .
- ↑ "Istorija Univerzijade: Bruno Orešar" (in Serbian) . Retrieved 2008-01-13 . [ dead link ]
- ↑ Univerzijada Zagreb 1987. - Tenis on YouTube
- ↑ "1000 najmoćnijih" [ The most powerful 1000 ] . Nacional (in Croatian) (492). 29 June 2005. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012 . Retrieved 30 June 2012 .
External links
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Bruno Orešar
at the
Association of Tennis Professionals
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Bruno Orešar
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International Tennis Federation
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Bruno Orešar
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Davis Cup