Juan Antonio Pino Pérez (born 3 July 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Cuba.
| Full name | Juan Antonio Pino Pérez |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Cuba |
| Born | 3 July 1965 Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Prize money | $31,225 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 11–14 |
| Highest ranking | No. 199 (3 February 1997) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0-4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 170 (11 June 1990) |
Biography
editPino, who comes from Pinar del Río in western Cuba, began playing tennis at the age of 10 and trained in Havana.[1]
A right handed player, Pino holds the record for most matches won for the Cuba Davis Cup team, a total of 34, in a career spanning 12-years from 1987 to 1999.[2]
His 26 ties for Cuba includes World Group participation in 1993, which was Cuba's first ever appearance in the main competition, having qualified through the expulsion of the Yugoslav team due to the Bosnian War. Cuba's debut World Group fixture came against Sweden in Kalmar and Pino was picked to play Stefan Edberg in the first rubber. Pino was beaten comfortably by Edberg and also lost a dead rubber to Nicklas Kulti, as Sweden won all matches in the tie. The Cubans then travelled to Saint Petersburg for a relegation play-off against Russia, in which they were again soundly defeated by the more experienced team. Pino lost his two singles matches, to Andrei Cherkasov and Yevgeny Kafelnikov.[3]
In addition to his Davis Cup career, Pino also represented Cuba regularly at the Pan American Games. He won five medals at three separate games, three of which came at the 1991 Pan American Games in the Cuban capital.[4]
During his professional career he made the main draw of four Grand Prix/ATP tour tournaments, all as a doubles player. He twice reached singles finals on the Challenger tour, the first in 1989 where he was runner-up to Daniel Orsanic in Goiania and the other a loss to Roberto Jabali at Bogota in 1996, during which he had an opening round win over Franco Squillari. His one Challenger title came in doubles, the Viña del Mar tournament in 1991, with regular doubles partner Mario Tabares.
Challenger titles
editDoubles: (1)
edit| No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1991 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | Mario Tabares
|
 Gabriel Markus Francisco Yunis
|
6–2, 7–5 |
References
edit- ^ Ramírez, Roberto (16 April 2014). "Entrevista a Juan Antonio Pino Pérez". JIT (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Davis Cup - Teams - Cuba". daviscup.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Sports Roundup". The Des Moines Register. 27 September 1993. p. 10. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ Olderr, Steven (April 29, 2003). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History. McFarland. ISBN 9780786443369.
External links
edit- Juan Pino at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Juan Pino at the Davis Cup
- Juan Pino at the International Tennis Federation
