Juan Bautista Torres (born 2 April 2002) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 226 achieved on 1 August 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 262, reached on 3 October 2022.
Junior career Torres had mixed results on the ITF junior circuit, maintaining a 54–40 singles win-loss record. In October 2018, he won the "Argentina Juniors Cup" in the boys' doubles category, playing alongside Luciano Darderi. The pair defeated fifth seeds Santiago de la Fuente and Román Andrés Burruchaga in the final.
In June 2019, Torres played the junior events at French Open. In the boys' singles, he lost to seventh seed and eventual champion Holger Rune in the second round. Partnering with Pablo Llamas Ruiz, he reached the quarterfinals in the doubles. The pair lost to eight seeds Sergey Fomin and Gauthier Onclin.
In October 2020, Torres had his best performance at a major jr. tournament, again in Paris – he reached the semifinals in singles, losing to eventual champion Dominic Stricker. In the boys' doubles, he partnered again with Llamas Ruiz – the pair lost in the second round to third seeds and future champions Stricker and Flavio Cobolli.
He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of No. 13 on 12 October 2020.
Professional career In October 2021, Torres won his maiden ATP Challenger title – in the doubles event – at the Buenos Aires Challenger, partnering with friend Luciano Darderi.
In June 2022, Torres won his first Challenger trophy in singles, at the Internationaux de Troyes, France. He defeated Benjamin Hassan in the final. At the same tournament, he was a runner-up in the doubles category, with compatriot Thiago Agustín Tirante. The pair lost to fourth seeds Íñigo Cervantes and Oriol Roca Batalla in straight sets.
In August 2024, the Argentine earned his second singles title at Challenger-level – at the inaugural Dobrich Challenger, Bulgaria.
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Aberto de Santa Catarina, BrazilChallengerClay Igor Marcondes6–3, 5–7, 1–6Win1–1Internationaux de Troyes, FranceChallengerClay Benjamin Hassan 7–6(7–2), 6–2Win2–1Izida Cup – Dobrich, BulgariaChallengerClay Ivan Gakhov5–7, 6–0, 7–5
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Buenos Aires Challenger, ArgentinaChallengerClay Luciano Darderi Hernán Casanova Santiago Rodríguez Taverna7–6(7–5), 7–6(12–10)Loss1–1Challenger de Tigre II, ArgentinaChallengerClay Luciano Darderi Guillermo Durán Felipe Meligeni Alves6–3, 4–6, [3–10]Loss1–2Internationaux de Troyes, FranceChallengerClay Thiago Agustín Tirante Íñigo Cervantes Oriol Roca Batalla1–6, 2–6
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendITF WTT (5–1)Finals by surfaceHard (–)Clay (5–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0M15 Cairo, EgyptWTTClay Toby Kodat6–3, 6–3Win2–0M15 Cairo, EgyptWTTClay Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallén1–6, 6–1, 7–5Win3–0M15 Córdoba, ArgentinaWTTClay Francisco Comesaña6–2, 6–2Loss3–1M25 Río Cuarto, ArgentinaWTTClay Santiago Rodríguez Taverna2–6, 6–7(7–9)Win4–1M25 Bielsko-Biała, PolandWTTClay Hynek Bartoň6–4, 7–5Win5–1M25 Maribor, SloveniaWTTClay Michael Vrbenský6–4, 7–5
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (0–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1M15 Junín, ArgentinaWTTClay Nicolás Bianchi Santiago Besada Francisco Comesaña2–6, 4–6Loss0–2M15 Córdoba, ArgentinaWTTClay Santiago de la Fuente Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo Santiago Rodríguez Taverna2–6, 6–1, [4–10]Loss0–3M25 Oviedo, SpainWTTClay Miguel Fernando Pereira Óscar José Gutierrez Carlos López Montagud6–7(5–7), 3–6
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