Answer the following question: 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 marín    - birth place: san josé , 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 marín .
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juan antonio marín -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 , 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 .