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. 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) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClay Magnus Norman5–7, 2–6Win1–1Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClay Andreas Vinciguerra6–4, 7–6(7–4)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 13 (5–8) LegendATP Challenger (5–8)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (5–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1-0Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Sander Groen6–2, 6–4Loss1-1Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Marco Meneschincheri7–6, 1–6, 4–6Loss1-2Split, CroatiaChallengerClay Dinu-Mihai Pescariu6–3, 2–6, 1–6Loss1-3Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Carlos Costa1–6, 4–6Loss1-4Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Fernando Vicente4–6, 4–6Loss1-5Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard André Sá3–6, 6–3, 2–6Loss1-6Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Andreas Vinciguerra2–6, 4–6Loss1-7Lima, PeruChallengerClay Guillermo Coria0–6, 6–7(7–9)Loss1-8Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Jiří Vaněk2–6, 3–6Win2-8San Marino, San MarinoChallengerClay Markus Hipfl6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)Win3-8Genoa, ItalyChallengerClay Edgardo Massa7–5, 6–4Win4-8San Marino, San MarinoChallengerClay Saša Tuksar6–2, 6–4Win5-8Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Albert Montañés6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Doubles: 3 (1–2) LegendATP Challenger (1–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0-1Seville, SpainChallengerClay Fabio Maggi Ola Kristiansson Tom Vanhoudt0–6, 7–6, 1–6Loss0-2Olbia, ItalyChallengerClay Sergi Bruguera Filippo Messori Vincenzo Santopadre6–3, 4–6, 4–6Win1-2Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Juan Martín del Potro Luis Horna Iván Mirandawalkover
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1R1R1RAQ2AQ1A1RA0 / 40–4French OpenQ2Q21R1R1R1RQ2Q1AQ21RA0 / 50–5WimbledonA1R1R1R1RAAAAQ2AQ10 / 40–4US OpenA1R1R1R1RAAAAAAA0 / 40–4Win–loss0–00–20–40–40–40–10–00–00–00–00–20–00 / 170–17ATP World Tour Masters 1000MiamiAAA3R1RAAAAAAA0 / 22–2Monte CarloAAAAQ2AQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0HamburgQ3AAAAAAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0RomeAAAQ2Q2AAAAAQ2A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–02–10–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 22–2
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