Juan Martin was born on September 23rd 1988 in Tandil, Argentina. Full name is Juan Martin del Potro...Nicknames are Enano, Palito and Delpo...Began playing at age seven with his current coach Marcelo Gomez...Comes from same hometown (Tandil) as ATP pros Mariano Zabaleta, Juan Monaco and Diego Junquiera...Father, Daniel, played semi-pro rugby in Argentina, and works as a veterinarian, and mother, Patricia, is a teacher...Has one younger sister, Julieta...Childhood idol was Pete Sampras and admires Marat Safin...Speaks Spanish and some Italian and English...Big supporter of Boca Juniors soccer team in Argentina and Juventus in Italy... Favorite surface is hard courts...Captured Orange Bowl 14s title in 2002 and played his last junior tournament at Roland Garros in 2005, losing to Murray in QF...Also runner-up at back-to-back junior tournaments in Mexico and Costa Rica...Says if he wasn’t a tennis player, he would look to pursue a career in architecture...Fitness trainer is Ignacio Menchon and coached by Eduardo Infantino (since July 2006).~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~