Juan Antonio Marín

Juan Antonio Marín
Country (sports)	; Costa Rica
Born	2 March 1975 (age 49); San Jose, Costa Rica
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,210,290
Singles
Career record	81–122
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 55 (11 October 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1998, 1999, 2000, 2006)
French Open	1R (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006)
Wimbledon	1R (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
US Open	1R (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2000)
Doubles
Career record	9–16
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 188 (12 February 2007)
	Last updated on: 24 April 2022.

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.

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

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

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

Singles: 13 (5–8)

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)

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

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

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

^ ""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.
^ "Juan Antonio Marín: "Queremos educar a los jóvenes como deportistas y como personas" | ORM".
^ "Tenista Pete Sampras vivió un calvario para ganarle al tico Marín". La Nación (in Spanish). 25 May 1999. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

External links

[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.

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