Mari Toro

{{Short description|Puerto Rican tennis player}}

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{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Mari Toro

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| country_represented = {{PUR}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|11|11}}

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| college = Florida International University
University of Miami

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| height = 5 ft 9 in

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| singlesrecord = 15–11 (Fed Cup)

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| highestsinglesranking = No. 912 (Mar 16, 1998)

| doublesrecord = 11–6 (Fed Cup)

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| highestdoublesranking = No. 723 (Mar 16, 1998)

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{{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}}

{{MedalGold|2002 San Salvador|Women's doubles}}

{{MedalBronze|1998 Maracaibo|Women's team}}

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

Toro began playing tennis at the age of six and was educated in Miami. Undefeated in her only season of high school tennis, she was ranked in the top-five for the 18s category in Florida.{{cite news |title=Mari Toro tears up competition |url=https://www.themiamihurricane.com/2002/04/12/mari-toro-tears-up-competition/ |work=The Miami Hurricane |date=April 12, 2002}}

As a collegiate player she had one season at Florida International University, before transferring as a sophomore to the University of Miami, 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 in San Salvador, partnering Vilmarie Castellvi.{{cite news |title=Melissa Torres y Erika Clarke, segundas en la final de dobles |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2002/12/03/18an2dep.php?origen=deportes.html |work=La Jornada |date=3 December 2002 |language=Spanish}}