Mari Toro (born November 11, 1979) is a Puerto Rican former professional

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player. Toro began playing tennis at the age of six and was educated in

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. Undefeated in her only season of high school tennis, she was ranked in the top-five for the 18s category in Florida. As a collegiate player she had one season at

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, before transferring as a sophomore to the

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, where her elder sister Tari Ann was one of the coaches. Between 1997 and 2002, Toro appeared in 26 ties for the Puerto Rico Fed Cup team, winning 15 singles rubbers. Her 11 wins in doubles play remains a team record. She was a women's doubles gold medalist at the

2002 Central American and Caribbean Games The 19th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Salvador, El Salvador from November 22 to December 8, 2002 and included 4,301 competitors from 31 nations, competing in 32 sports. The main stadium for these championships was the Est ...

in San Salvador, partnering

Vilmarie Castellvi Vilmarie Castellvi (born 21 March 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Puerto Rico. She received a wildcard to play at the 2005 Sunfeast Open and defeated Emmanuelle Gagliardi in the first round but lost to Karolina Šprem in the s ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Toro, Mari 1979 births Living people Puerto Rican female tennis players FIU Panthers women's tennis players Miami Hurricanes women's tennis players Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis