Juan Antonio Marín


Juan Antonio Marín Casero 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. However, in May 1998 he began representing Costa Rica.
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)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1[1997 Swedish Open – Singles|]Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClaydts|Jul 1999

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (5–8)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1-0Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClaydts|Feb 1997

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0-1Seville, SpainChallengerClay