Sebastián Prieto (tennis)

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Sebastián Prieto

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1975-05-19) 19 May 1975 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1996
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$1,271,907
Singles
Career record	4–12 (25.0%)
Career titles	0 3 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 137 (18 May 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2000)
French Open	Q3 (2000)
Wimbledon	Q1 (1999, 2000, 2002)
US Open	Q2 (1998, 1999)
Doubles
Career record	202–210 (49.0%)
Career titles	10 28 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 22 (10 July 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2006)
French Open	QF (2003)
Wimbledon	3R (2006)
US Open	3R (2003)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	1–2 (33.3%)
Coaching career (2010–present)
Juan Martín del Potro (2017–2020)
Last updated on: 2 December 2022.

Sebastián Prieto (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjam ˈpɾjeto]; 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.

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	Mariano Hood	Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 1998	San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Mariano Hood	Jiří Novák David Rikl	4–6, 6–7
Win	1–2	Nov 1998	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Mariano Hood	Massimo Bertolini Devin Bowen	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Win	2–2	Oct 1999	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Mariano Hood	Lan Bale Alberto Martín	6–3, 6–1
Win	3–2	Jan 2001	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Mariano Hood	Martín Rodríguez André Sá	6–2, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Feb 2001	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Mariano Hood	Tomás Carbonell Lucas Arnold Ker	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	3–4	Feb 2001	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Mariano Hood	Tomás Carbonell Lucas Arnold Ker	7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win	4–4	Feb 2003	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Mariano Hood	Lucas Arnold Ker David Nalbandian	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–5	May 2004	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mariano Hood	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–6	Aug 2004	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Martín García	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–2, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	4–7	Feb 2005	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	José Acasuso	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	2–6, 5–7
Loss	4–8	Jul 2005	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	José Acasuso	Jonas Björkman Joachim Johansson	2–6, 3–6
Win	5–8	Jul 2005	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	José Acasuso	Mariano Hood Tommy Robredo	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	5–9	Aug 2005	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–7(7–9), 4–6
Win	6–9	Sep 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	José Acasuso	Victor Hănescu Andrei Pavel	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	6–10	Oct 2005	Metz, France	Hard	José Acasuso	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	2–5, 5–3, 4–5(4–7)
Win	7–10	Jan 2006	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	José Acasuso	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss	7–11	Aug 2006	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Martín García	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	3–6, 5–7
Win	8–11	Feb 2007	Buenos Aires, Argentina (2)	Clay	Martín García	Albert Montañés Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–4, 6–2
Loss	8–12	Apr 2007	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Yves Allegro	Wesley Moodie Todd Perry	5–7, 5–7
Loss	8–13	May 2007	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Martín García	Marcelo Melo André Sá	6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	8–14	Jul 2007	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Martín García	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	2–6, 4–6
Loss	8–15	Aug 2007	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Martín García	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	1–6, 1–6
Loss	8–16	Sep 2007	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Martín García	Oliver Marach Michal Mertiňák	6–7(2–7), 6–7(10)
Win	9–16	Feb 2008	Viña del Mar, Chile (2)	Clay	José Acasuso	Máximo González Juan Mónaco	6–1, 3–0, ret.
Win	10–16	Feb 2010	Buenos Aires, Argentina (3)	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Simon Greul 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	Ramón Delgado	3–6, 6–1, 6–7
Win	1–1	Oct 1998	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Peter Wessels	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–1	Sep 1999	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Jacobo Díaz	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Nov 2000	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Diego Moyano	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	Oct 2001	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Sébastien de Chaunac	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win	4–2	Nov 2003	Argentina F5, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	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	Mariano Hood	Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori	6–1, 4–6, 7–6
Win	2–0	Aug 1997	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Egberto Caldas Adriano Ferreira	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Win	3–0	Oct 1997	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Kris Goossens Jimy Szymanski	6–2, 6–1
Loss	3–1	Nov 1997	Palmar, Puerto Rico	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic	5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win	4–1	Dec 1997	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Diego del Río Mariano Puerta	7–5, 6–1
Loss	4–2	Mar 1998	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Mariano Hood	David DiLucia Michael Sell	6–7, 4–6
Loss	4–3	Aug 1998	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Agustín Calleri Tobias Hildebrand	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	5–3	Aug 1998	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Cristian Brandi Márcio Carlsson	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–4	Dec 1998	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Martín García	Sander Groen Ali Hamadeh	4–6, 2–6
Win	6–4	Mar 1999	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Mariano Hood	Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic	6–2, 7–6
Win	7–4	Apr 1999	Nice, France	Challenger	Clay	Martín García	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl	7–6, 6–4
Win	8–4	Jun 1999	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota	6–2, 6–0
Loss	8–5	Oct 1999	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic	2–6, 2–6
Loss	8–6	Oct 1999	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Pablo Albano Martín García	6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	8–7	Sep 2000	Skopje, Macedonia	Challenger	Clay	Dejan Petrović	Enzo Artoni Sergio Roitman	5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win	9–7	Oct 2000	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Tomas Behrend Germán Puentes Alcañiz	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	9–8	Jul 2001	Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Luis Horna	Mark Merklein Mitch Sprengelmeyer	4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win	10–8	Mar 2002	San Luis Potosí, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Ignacio Hirigoyen	Dick Norman Orlin Stanoytchev	walkover
Loss	10–9	May 2002	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Luis Horna	Edgardo Massa Mariano Hood	5–7, 1–6
Loss	10–10	May 2002	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	10–11	Jun 2002	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	František Čermák Ota Fukárek	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	10–12	Jul 2002	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Edwin Kempes Martin Verkerk	4–6, 4–6
Win	11–12	Sep 2002	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Sergio Roitman	Paul Baccanello Todd Perry	6–4, 6–4
Win	12–12	Nov 2002	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Luis Horna Sergio Roitman	6–3, 6–4
Win	13–12	Mar 2003	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Martín García	Michael Kohlmann Harel Levy	walkover
Win	14–12	Mar 2003	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Sergio Roitman	Massimo Bertolini Giorgio Galimberti	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	14–13	May 2003	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Martín García	Tomáš Berdych Michal Navrátil	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	15–13	Jun 2003	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jim Thomas	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Albert Montañés	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	15–14	Nov 2003	Argentina F6, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Diego del Río	Gustavo Marcaccio Andrés Schneiter	2–6, 7–6(7–2), 4–6
Win	16–14	Apr 2005	Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Jordan Kerr	Michal Tabara Tomáš Zíb	walkover
Win	17–14	May 2005	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Jordan Kerr	Travis Parrott Rogier Wassen	6–4, 6–3
Loss	17–15	Sep 2005	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Agustín Calleri	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	2–6, 4–6
Win	18–15	Nov 2005	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Santiago Ventura	6–0, 6–4
Loss	18–16	Mar 2007	Sunrise, United States	Challenger	Hard	Juan Martín del Potro	Konstantinos Economidis Kristof Vliegen	3–6, 4–6
Win	19–16	Oct 2008	Andrezieux, France	Challenger	Hard	Martín García	José Acasuso Diego Hartfield	6–3, 6–1
Win	20–16	Nov 2007	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Brian Dabul Máximo González	6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Win	21–16	Oct 2008	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Máximo González	Thomaz Bellucci Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	7–5, 6–3
Win	22–16	Nov 2008	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Luis Horna	Ramón Delgado Júlio Silva	6–3, 6–3
Win	23–16	Mar 2009	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Rogério Dutra Silva Flávio Saretta	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win	24–16	Mar 2009	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Alexander Peya Fernando Vicente	4–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Win	25–16	Jul 2009	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Marcos Daniel Ricardo Mello	6–4, 7–5
Win	26–16	Aug 2009	San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–7]
Win	27–16	Sep 2009	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Ricardo Hocevar João Souza	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	28–16	Jan 2010	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Brian Dabul	Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk	6–3, 6–3
Loss	28–17	Oct 2010	Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Máximo González	Carlos Berlocq Brian Dabul	5–7, 3–6
Loss	28–18	Aug 2011	Argentina F11, Neuquén	Futures	Clay	Fabricio Burdisso	Valentin Florez 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%

External links

• Sebastián Prieto at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Sebastián Prieto at the Association of Tennis Professionals Coach Profile
• Sebastián Prieto at the International Tennis Federation
• Sebastián Prieto at the Davis Cup