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No. Give an infinite set X the discrete metric
d(x,y)={0,1,​x=y,x=y.​
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This space is bounded. Every Cauchy sequence is eventually constant, so it is complete. However, the open cover by the singleton balls B1/2​(x)={x} has no finite subcover. Hence X is not compact.

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