Sebastián Prieto (tennis)

Sebastián Prieto
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1975-05-19) 19 May 1975 (age 49)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1996
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$1,271,907
Singles
Career record4–12
Career titles0
3 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 137 (18 May 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2000)
French OpenQ3 (2000)
WimbledonQ1 (1999, 2000, 2002)
US OpenQ2 (1998, 1999)
Doubles
Career record202–210
Career titles10
28 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 22 (10 July 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2006)
French OpenQF (2003)
Wimbledon3R (2006)
US Open3R (2003)
Team competitions
Davis Cup1–2
Coaching career (2010–present)
Last updated on: 2 December 2022.

Sebastián Prieto (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjam ˈpɾjeto];[a] born 19 May 1975) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Primarily a doubles specialist, Prieto has won ten doubles titles in his career. He began playing for the Argentina Davis Cup team in 1999.

Prieto coached Juan Martín del Potro from 2017 to 2020.[1]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 26 (10 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (1–0)
ATP World Series (9–16)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (10–15)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (10–15)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1996 San Marino, San Marino Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Pablo Albano
Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
1–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 1998 San Marino, San Marino Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
4–6, 6–7
Win 1–2 Nov 1998 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Italy Massimo Bertolini
United States Devin Bowen
7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Win 2–2 Oct 1999 Palermo, Italy Clay Argentina Mariano Hood South Africa Lan Bale
Spain Alberto Martín
6–3, 6–1
Win 3–2 Jan 2001 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Martín Rodríguez
Brazil André Sá
6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–3 Feb 2001 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Spain Tomás Carbonell
Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Feb 2001 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Spain Tomás Carbonell
Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win 4–4 Feb 2003 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina David Nalbandian
6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–5 May 2004 Barcelona, Spain Clay Argentina Mariano Hood The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4–6 Aug 2004 Sopot, Poland Clay Argentina Martín García Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
6–2, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 4–7 Feb 2005 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina José Acasuso Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
2–6, 5–7
Loss 4–8 Jul 2005 Båstad, Sweden Clay Argentina José Acasuso Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Joachim Johansson
2–6, 3–6
Win 5–8 Jul 2005 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Argentina José Acasuso Argentina Mariano Hood
Spain Tommy Robredo
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 5–9 Aug 2005 Sopot, Poland Clay Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–7(7–9), 4–6
Win 6–9 Sep 2005 Bucharest, Romania Clay Argentina José Acasuso Romania Victor Hănescu
Romania Andrei Pavel
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 6–10 Oct 2005 Metz, France Hard Argentina José Acasuso France Michaël Llodra
France Fabrice Santoro
2–5, 5–3, 4–5(4–7)
Win 7–10 Jan 2006 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Argentina José Acasuso Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss 7–11 Aug 2006 Sopot, Poland Clay Argentina Martín García Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
3–6, 5–7
Win 8–11 Feb 2007 Buenos Aires, Argentina (2) Clay Argentina Martín García Spain Albert Montañés
Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
6–4, 6–2
Loss 8–12 Apr 2007 Valencia, Spain Clay Switzerland Yves Allegro South Africa Wesley Moodie
Australia Todd Perry
5–7, 5–7
Loss 8–13 May 2007 Estoril, Portugal Clay Argentina Martín García Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil André Sá
6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 8–14 Jul 2007 Båstad, Sweden Clay Argentina Martín García Sweden Simon Aspelin
Austria Julian Knowle
2–6, 4–6
Loss 8–15 Aug 2007 Sopot, Poland Clay Argentina Martín García Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
1–6, 1–6
Loss 8–16 Sep 2007 Bucharest, Romania Clay Argentina Martín García Austria Oliver Marach
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
6–7(2–7), 6–7(10)
Win 9–16 Feb 2008 Viña del Mar, Chile (2) Clay Argentina José Acasuso Argentina Máximo González
Argentina Juan Mónaco
6–1, 3–0, ret.
Win 10–16 Feb 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina (3) Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Germany Simon Greul
Australia Peter Luczak
7–6(7–4), 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (4–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1997 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay Paraguay Ramón Delgado 3–6, 6–1, 6–7
Win 1–1 Oct 1998 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Netherlands Peter Wessels 7–5, 6–4
Win 2–1 Sep 1999 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Spain Jacobo Díaz 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 2–2 Nov 2000 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Diego Moyano 3–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Oct 2001 Brasília, Brazil Challenger Clay France Sébastien de Chaunac 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win 4–2 Nov 2003 Argentina F5, Buenos Aires Futures Clay Brazil Júlio Silva 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4

Doubles: 38 (28–10)

Legend
ATP Challenger (28–8)
ITF Futures (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (24–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1997 Merano, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Italy Cristian Brandi
Italy Filippo Messori
6–1, 4–6, 7–6
Win 2–0 Aug 1997 Santa Cruz, Bolivia Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Brazil Egberto Caldas
Brazil Adriano Ferreira
7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Win 3–0 Oct 1997 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Belgium Kris Goossens
Venezuela Jimy Szymanski
6–2, 6–1
Loss 3–1 Nov 1997 Palmar, Puerto Rico Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win 4–1 Dec 1997 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Diego del Río
Argentina Mariano Puerta
7–5, 6–1
Loss 4–2 Mar 1998 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard Argentina Mariano Hood United States David DiLucia
United States Michael Sell
6–7, 4–6
Loss 4–3 Aug 1998 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Argentina Martín Rodríguez Argentina Agustín Calleri
Sweden Tobias Hildebrand
2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 5–3 Aug 1998 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Argentina Martín Rodríguez Italy Cristian Brandi
Brazil Márcio Carlsson
6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–4 Dec 1998 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Clay Argentina Martín García Netherlands Sander Groen
Lebanon Ali Hamadeh
4–6, 2–6
Win 6–4 Mar 1999 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
6–2, 7–6
Win 7–4 Apr 1999 Nice, France Challenger Clay Argentina Martín García Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
7–6, 6–4
Win 8–4 Jun 1999 Maia, Portugal Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Portugal Emanuel Couto
Portugal Bernardo Mota
6–2, 6–0
Loss 8–5 Oct 1999 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Brazil Jaime Oncins
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
2–6, 2–6
Loss 8–6 Oct 1999 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Pablo Albano
Argentina Martín García
6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 8–7 Sep 2000 Skopje, Macedonia Challenger Clay Serbia Dejan Petrović Italy Enzo Artoni
Argentina Sergio Roitman
5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win 9–7 Oct 2000 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Germany Tomas Behrend
Spain Germán Puentes Alcañiz
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 9–8 Jul 2001 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay Peru Luis Horna The Bahamas Mark Merklein
United States Mitch Sprengelmeyer
4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win 10–8 Mar 2002 San Luis Potosí, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Ignacio Hirigoyen Belgium Dick Norman
Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev
walkover
Loss 10–9 May 2002 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay Peru Luis Horna Argentina Edgardo Massa
Argentina Mariano Hood
5–7, 1–6
Loss 10–10 May 2002 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Slovakia Karol Beck
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 10–11 Jun 2002 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 10–12 Jul 2002 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Netherlands Edwin Kempes
Netherlands Martin Verkerk
4–6, 4–6
Win 11–12 Sep 2002 Maia, Portugal Challenger Clay Argentina Sergio Roitman Australia Paul Baccanello
Australia Todd Perry
6–4, 6–4
Win 12–12 Nov 2002 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Peru Luis Horna
Argentina Sergio Roitman
6–3, 6–4
Win 13–12 Mar 2003 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard Argentina Martín García Germany Michael Kohlmann
Israel Harel Levy
walkover
Win 14–12 Mar 2003 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Sergio Roitman Italy Massimo Bertolini
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 14–13 May 2003 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Argentina Martín García Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Czech Republic Michal Navrátil
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 15–13 Jun 2003 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay United States Jim Thomas Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Spain Albert Montañés
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 15–14 Nov 2003 Argentina F6, Buenos Aires Futures Clay Argentina Diego del Río Argentina Gustavo Marcaccio
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
2–6, 7–6(7–2), 4–6
Win 16–14 Apr 2005 Paget, Bermuda Challenger Clay Australia Jordan Kerr Czech Republic Michal Tabara
Czech Republic Tomáš Zíb
walkover
Win 17–14 May 2005 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Australia Jordan Kerr United States Travis Parrott
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
6–4, 6–3
Loss 17–15 Sep 2005 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Argentina Agustín Calleri Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
2–6, 4–6
Win 18–15 Nov 2005 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Spain Santiago Ventura
6–0, 6–4
Loss 18–16 Mar 2007 Sunrise, United States Challenger Hard Argentina Juan Martín del Potro Greece Konstantinos Economidis
Belgium Kristof Vliegen
3–6, 4–6
Win 19–16 Oct 2008 Andrezieux, France Challenger Hard Argentina Martín García Argentina José Acasuso
Argentina Diego Hartfield
6–3, 6–1
Win 20–16 Nov 2007 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Brazil Marcelo Melo Argentina Brian Dabul
Argentina Máximo González
6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Win 21–16 Oct 2008 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Máximo González Brazil Thomaz Bellucci
Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
7–5, 6–3
Win 22–16 Nov 2008 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Peru Luis Horna Paraguay Ramón Delgado
Brazil Júlio Silva
6–3, 6–3
Win 23–16 Mar 2009 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Brazil Rogério Dutra Silva
Brazil Flávio Saretta
7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win 24–16 Mar 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Austria Alexander Peya
Spain Fernando Vicente
4–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Win 25–16 Jul 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Brazil Marcos Daniel
Brazil Ricardo Mello
6–4, 7–5
Win 26–16 Aug 2009 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–7]
Win 27–16 Sep 2009 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Brazil Ricardo Hocevar
Brazil João Souza
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win 28–16 Jan 2010 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard Argentina Brian Dabul Poland Tomasz Bednarek
Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
6–3, 6–3
Loss 28–17 Oct 2010 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Argentina Máximo González Argentina Carlos Berlocq
Argentina Brian Dabul
5–7, 3–6
Loss 28–18 Aug 2011 Argentina F11, Neuquén Futures Clay Argentina Fabricio Burdisso Argentina Valentin Florez
Argentina Juan Vazquez-Valenzuela
7–5, 2–6, [8–10]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q2 A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q1 Q1 Q3 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A Q1 Q1 A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q2 Q2 Q1 A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami 3R Q1 Q1 A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Monte Carlo A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 1–2 33%

Doubles

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 2R 2R 3R 1R A 1R 1R 0 / 10 4–10 29%
French Open 3R 3R 1R 1R 3R QF 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 13 13–13 0%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R A 1R 2R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 12 5–12 29%
US Open 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 12 5–12 29%
Win–loss 2–3 3–4 1–4 0–3 2–3 6–4 3–4 2–4 5–4 2–4 1–3 0–4 0–3 0 / 47 27–47 36%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Miami 3R 1R 2R 1R A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 9 3–9 25%
Monte Carlo A 1R A Q2 A A 1R A SF A 1R A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Rome A A A 2R A A 1R A 2R 1R A A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Hamburg A A A A A A 2R A 1R A A NMS 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Madrid Not Masters Series A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A A A A A A 2R A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A 2R A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Paris A A A A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–5 0–3 6–8 0–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 0 / 28 12–28 30%

Notes

  1. ^ In isolation, Sebastián is pronounced [seβasˈtjan].

References

  1. ^ "Juan Martín del Potro: Overview". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 15 October 2018.