# Sebastián Prieto (tennis)

Sebastián Prieto (Spanish pronunciation:; 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 |

### 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 | NMS | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Madrid | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | 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% |