Sebastián Prieto (tennis) explained

Sebastián Prieto
Residence:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Birth Date:	1975 5, df=y
Birth Place:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Turnedpro:	1996
Plays:	Right-handed
Singlestitles:	0 3 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 137 (18 May 1998)
Australianopenresult:	Q2 (2000)
Frenchopenresult:	Q3 (2000)
Wimbledonresult:	Q1 (1999, 2000, 2002)
Usopenresult:	Q2 (1998, 1999)
Doublestitles:	10 28 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 22 (10 July 2006)
Australianopendoublesresult:	3R (2006)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	QF (2003)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	3R (2006)
Usopendoublesresult:	3R (2003)
Team:	yes
Coachyears:	2010–present
Coachplayers:	Juan Martín del Potro (2017–2020)
Updated:	2 December 2022

Sebastián Prieto (pronounced as /es/; 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		Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 1998	San Marino, San Marino	Clay		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		Tomás Carbonell Lucas Arnold Ker	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	3–4	Feb 2001	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay		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		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		Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Ramón Delgado	3–6, 6–1, 6–7
Win	1–1		Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Peter Wessels	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–1		Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Jacobo Díaz	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	2–2		Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Diego Moyano	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–2		Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Sébastien de Chaunac	6–4, 4–6, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	4–2		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		Merano, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori	6–1, 4–6, 7–6
Win	2–0		Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Egberto Caldas Adriano Ferreira	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Win	3–0		Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Kris Goossens Jimy Szymanski	6–2, 6–1
Loss	3–1		Palmar, Puerto Rico	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic	5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win	4–1		Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Diego del Río Mariano Puerta	7–5, 6–1
Loss	4–2		Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Mariano Hood	David DiLucia Michael Sell	6–7, 4–6
Loss	4–3		Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Agustín Calleri Tobias Hildebrand	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	5–3		Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Cristian Brandi Márcio Carlsson	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–4		Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Martín García	Sander Groen Ali Hamadeh	4–6, 2–6
Win	6–4		Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Mariano Hood	Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic	6–2, 7–6
Win	7–4		Nice, France	Challenger	Clay	Martín García	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl	7–6, 6–4
Win	8–4		Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota	6–2, 6–0
Loss	8–5		São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic	2–6, 2–6
Loss	8–6		Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Pablo Albano Martín García	6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	8–7		Skopje, Macedonia	Challenger	Clay	Dejan Petrović	Enzo Artoni Sergio Roitman	5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win	9–7		São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Tomas Behrend Germán Puentes Alcañiz	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	9–8		Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Luis Horna	Mark Merklein Mitch Sprengelmeyer	4–6, 6–7^(7–9)
Win	10–8		San Luis Potosí, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Ignacio Hirigoyen	Dick Norman Orlin Stanoytchev	walkover
Loss	10–9		Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Luis Horna	Edgardo Massa Mariano Hood	5–7, 1–6
Loss	10–10		Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	10–11		Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	František Čermák Ota Fukárek	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	10–12		Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Edwin Kempes Martin Verkerk	4–6, 4–6
Win	11–12		Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Sergio Roitman	Paul Baccanello Todd Perry	6–4, 6–4
Win	12–12		São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Hood	Luis Horna Sergio Roitman	6–3, 6–4
Win	13–12		Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Martín García	Michael Kohlmann Harel Levy	walkover
Win	14–12		Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Sergio Roitman	Massimo Bertolini Giorgio Galimberti	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	14–13		Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Martín García	Tomáš Berdych Michal Navrátil	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	15–13		Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jim Thomas	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Albert Montañés	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	15–14		Argentina F6, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Diego del Río	Gustavo Marcaccio Andrés Schneiter	2–6, 7–6^(7–2), 4–6
Win	16–14		Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Jordan Kerr	Michal Tabara Tomáš Zíb	walkover
Win	17–14		Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Jordan Kerr	Travis Parrott Rogier Wassen	6–4, 6–3
Loss	17–15		Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Agustín Calleri	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	2–6, 4–6
Win	18–15		Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Santiago Ventura	6–0, 6–4
Loss	18–16		Sunrise, United States	Challenger	Hard	Juan Martín del Potro	Konstantinos Economidis Kristof Vliegen	3–6, 4–6
Win	19–16		Andrezieux, France	Challenger	Hard	Martín García	José Acasuso Diego Hartfield	6–3, 6–1
Win	20–16		Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Brian Dabul Máximo González	6–4, 7–6^(7–0)
Win	21–16		Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Máximo González	Thomaz Bellucci Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	7–5, 6–3
Win	22–16		Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Luis Horna	Ramón Delgado Júlio Silva	6–3, 6–3
Win	23–16		Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Rogério Dutra Silva Flávio Saretta	7–6^(7–2), 6–2
Win	24–16		Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Alexander Peya Fernando Vicente	4–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Win	25–16		Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Marcos Daniel Ricardo Mello	6–4, 7–5
Win	26–16		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		Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Ricardo Hocevar João Souza	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	28–16		São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Brian Dabul	Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk	6–3, 6–3
Loss	28–17		Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Máximo González	Carlos Berlocq Brian Dabul	5–7, 3–6
Loss	28–18		Argentina F11, Neuquén	Futures	Clay	Fabricio Burdisso	Valentin Florez Juan Vazquez-Valenzuela	7–5, 2–6, [8–10]

Performance timelines

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
style=text-align:left	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
Monte Carlo	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	1–2

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
French Open	3R	3R	1R	1R	3R	QF	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 13	13–13
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 12	5–12
US Open	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 12	5–12
style=text-align:left	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
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	1–5
Miami	3R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 9	3–9
Monte Carlo	A	1R	A	Q2	A	A	1R	A	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	1R	A	A	0 / 4	3–4
Rome	A	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 4	2–4
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	A	NMS	0 / 2	1–2
Madrid	Not Masters Series	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
style=text-align:left	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

External links

• • Sebastián Prieto at the Association of Tennis Professionals Coach Profile

Notes and References

1. News: Juan Martín del Potro: Overview. ATP World Tour. 15 October 2018.