Bruno Orešar

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, his third win coming after beating the then-16-year-old Boris Becker in the final. At one time, he was the number one ranked junior in the world. 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.

Career finals

Singles (2 runners-up)

ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jun 1988 Athens Open, Greece Clay Horst Skoff 3–6, 6–2, 2–6Loss 0–2 Aug 1989 Swedish Open, Sweden Clay Paolo Canè 6–7, 6–7

Doubles (1 runner-up) ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 1988 Boston, U.S. Clay Jaime Yzaga Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken 2–6, 5–7