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Juan Antonio Marín

Juan Antonio Marín Casero (born 2 March 1975) is a former professional male tennis player from Costa Rica, who represented the Central American nation at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Juan Antonio Marín
Country (sports)Spain
Costa Rica Costa Rica
Born (1975-03-02) 2 March 1975 (age 49)
San Jose, Costa Rica
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,210,290
Singles
Career record81–122
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 55 (11 October 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1998, 1999, 2000, 2006)
French Open1R (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006)
Wimbledon1R (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
US Open1R (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2000)
Doubles
Career record9–16
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 188 (12 February 2007)
Last updated on: 24 April 2022.

He originally played on tour under the Spanish flag, as he was born to a father from Murcia and a mother from Asturias, and lived in Spain since the age of 14.[1][2] However, in May 1998 he began representing Costa Rica.[3]

In October 1999, Marín reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 55. Previously that year he came close to beating the then-world No. 2 Pete Sampras at the 1999 French Open, with the American eventually winning 6–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–7, 6–4. He never won a Grand Slam main draw match, despite appearing in 17.

ATP career finals edit

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1997 Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay   Magnus Norman 5–7, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jul 1999 Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay   Andreas Vinciguerra 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 13 (5–8) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–8)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1-0 Aug 1996 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay   Sander Groen 6–2, 6–4
Loss 1-1 Feb 1997 Punta del Este, Uruguay Challenger Clay   Marco Meneschincheri 7–6, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 1-2 Apr 1997 Split, Croatia Challenger Clay   Dinu-Mihai Pescariu 6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 1-3 Oct 1997 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Carlos Costa 1–6, 4–6
Loss 1-4 Feb 1998 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard   Fernando Vicente 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1-5 Mar 1998 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Challenger Hard   André Sá 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 1-6 Sep 1999 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay   Andreas Vinciguerra 2–6, 4–6
Loss 1-7 Oct 2000 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay   Guillermo Coria 0–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 1-8 Jul 2001 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Jiří Vaněk 2–6, 3–6
Win 2-8 Aug 2001 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay   Markus Hipfl 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
Win 3-8 Sep 2004 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay   Edgardo Massa 7–5, 6–4
Win 4-8 Aug 2005 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay   Saša Tuksar 6–2, 6–4
Win 5-8 Oct 2005 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay   Albert Montañés 6–2, 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 3 (1–2) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0-1 Sep 1996 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Fabio Maggi   Ola Kristiansson
  Tom Vanhoudt 		0–6, 7–6, 1–6
Loss 0-2 Mar 2002 Olbia, Italy Challenger Clay   Sergi Bruguera   Filippo Messori
  Vincenzo Santopadre 		6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win 1-2 Nov 2005 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay   Juan Martín del Potro   Luis Horna
  Iván Miranda 		walkover

Performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles edit

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 1R A Q2 A Q1 A 1R A 0 / 4 0–4 0%
French Open Q2 Q2 1R 1R 1R 1R Q2 Q1 A Q2 1R A 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A A Q2 A Q1 0 / 4 0–4 0%
US Open A 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 0–4 0–4 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0 / 17 0–17 0%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A A 3R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Monte Carlo A A A A Q2 A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg Q3 A A A A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome A A A Q2 Q2 A A A A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 2–2 50%

References edit

  1. ^ ""Con el tiempo le he dado más importancia a lo que experimenté en mi carrera", escrito por Juan Antonio Marín, el mejor tenista de la historia costarricense". La Nación (in Spanish). 6 September 2019. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  2. ^ "Juan Antonio Marín: "Queremos educar a los jóvenes como deportistas y como personas" | ORM".
  3. ^ "Tenista Pete Sampras vivió un calvario para ganarle al tico Marín". La Nación (in Spanish). 25 May 1999. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

External links edit

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