Craca made his
Grand Slam debut in the
1997 Wimbledon Championships, where he lost to reigning champion
Richard Krajicek in the opening round. He made the quarter-finals of the
1997 Prague Open, in a run which included a win over world number four
Yevgeny Kafelnikov. 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. The German was a quarter-finalist
in Orlando that year. ==Challenger Titles==