Marcello Craca

Marcello Craca
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Bad Wildbad
Born	27 October 1974 (age 50); Pforzheim,; West Germany
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Turned pro	1995
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$273,659
Singles
Career record	11-23
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 90 (12 Jan 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1998)
French Open	1R (1998)
Wimbledon	1R (1997)
Doubles
Career record	0-0

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

Personal

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

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]

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	1999	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Orlin Stanoytchev	7–6, 6–0