Bruno Orešar | |
Residence: | Zagreb, Croatia |
Birth Date: | 1967 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Zagreb, Yugoslavia |
Turnedpro: | 1985 |
Retired: | 1991 |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Careerprizemoney: | $361,152 |
Singlesrecord: | 57–76 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 46 (8 May 1989) |
Australianopenresult: | 2R (1990) |
Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1986, 1988, 1990) |
Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1990) |
Usopenresult: | 1R (1985, 1987) |
Doublesrecord: | 15–18 |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 107 (26 June 1989) |
Team: | yes |
Daviscupresult: | SF (1988) |
Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Bruno Orešar (born 21 April 1967) is a Croatian businessman and former professional tennis player who competed for Yugoslavia.
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] 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.[5]
Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loss | 0–1 | Jun 1988 | Athens Open, Greece | Clay | Horst Skoff | 3–6, 6–2, 2–6 | |
Loss | 0–2 | Aug 1989 | Swedish Open, Sweden | Clay | Paolo Canè | 6–7, 6–7 |