Facts: - singlesrecord: 81 -- 122 - wimbledonresult: 1r -rrb- -lrb- 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 - country: esp spain crc costa rica - frenchopenresult: 1r , 2006 -rrb- -lrb- 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 - birth date: 2 march 1975 - height: 1.75 - olympicsresult: 1r -lrb- 2000 -rrb- - retired: 2007 - singlestitles: 1 - australianopenresult: 1r 1999 , & nbsp ; 2000 , & nbsp ; & 2006 -rrb- nbsp ;-lrb- 1998 , & nbsp ; - name: juan antonio marin - birth place: san jose , costa rica - turnedpro: 1996 - doublesrecord: 9 -- 16 - doublestitles: 0 - usopenresult: 1r -rrb- -lrb- 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 - othertournaments: yes - updated: november 26 , 2012 - plays: right-handed -lrb- two-handed backhand -rrb- - highestdoublesranking: no. 188 -lrb- 12 february 2007 -rrb- - highestsinglesranking: no. 55 -lrb- 11 october 1999 -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of juan antonio marin .
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juan antonio marin -lrb- born 2 march 1975 -rrb- is a former professional male tennis player from costa rica .he originally played on tour under the spanish flag , as he had lived in spain since he was 14 , but in march 1998 he began representing costa rica .in october 1999 , marin 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 .