Matías Soto (tennis)

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Matías Soto
Soto in 2024
Country (sports) Chile
Born (1999-04-27) 27 April 1999 (age 25)
Copiapó, Chile
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeBaylor
Prize money$53,011
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 422 (1 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 422 (1 April 2024)
Doubles
Career record3–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles2 Challenger, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 167 (1 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 167 (1 April 2024)
Last updated on: 2 April 2024.

Matías Soto (born 27 April 1999) is a Chilean tennis player.

Soto has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 523 achieved on 17 July 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 173 achieved on 29 January 2024.[1] He has won two Challenger titles in doubles.

Soto has been nominated to represent Chile at the Davis Cup on multiple occasions,[2] but he has not participated in a match yet.[3]

Professional career[edit]

Soto made his ATP main draw debut in doubles at the 2023 Chile Open after receiving a wildcard with Thiago Seyboth Wild, where he notched his first career ATP tour-level win in doubles, and after two more wins, he reached his first career ATP doubles final.[4] As a result he reached the top 300 in the doubles rankings.

He also received a wildcard for the 2024 Chile Open this time partnering Orlando Luz, another Brazilian where he reached his second doubles final. At the same tournament, he also received a wildcard for the singles qualifying competition.

College career[edit]

He played college tennis at Baylor University.[5]

ATP career finals[edit]

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2023 Chile Open, Chile 250 Series Clay Brazil Thiago Seyboth Wild Italy Andrea Pellegrino
Italy Andrea Vavassori
4–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Loss 0–2 Mar 2024 Chile Open, Chile 250 series Clay Brazil Orlando Luz Chile Tomás Barrios Vera
Chile Alejandro Tabilo
2–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals[edit]

Singles: 4 (2–2)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challengers (0–1)
ITF World Tennis Tour (2–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2022 M15 Quito, Ecuador World Tennis Tour Clay Chile Diego Fernández Flores 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 1–1 Jul 2022 M15 Cancún, Mexico World Tennis Tour Hard France Enzo Wallart 3–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Aug 2022 M25 Portoviejo, Ecuador World Tennis Tour Clay Brazil José Pereira 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 2–2 Mar 2024 San Luis, Mexico Challenger Hard Colombia Nicolás Mejía 1–6, 7–5, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (4–6)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challengers (2–1)
ITF World Tennis Tour (2–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2019 M25 Buenos Aires, Argentina World Tennis Tour Clay Brazil Mateus Alves Argentina Hernán Casanova
Argentina Maximiliano Estévez
3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2020 M15 Fayetteville, United States World Tennis Tour Hard United Kingdom Charles Broom Canada Liam Draxl
United States Aleksandar Kovacevic
2–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Loss 1–2 Jun 2022 M15 Quito, Ecuador World Tennis Tour Clay Chile Diego Fernández Flores Colombia Juan Sebastián Gómez
Colombia Juan Sebastián Osorio
6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 1–3 Aug 2022 M25 Portoviejo, Ecuador World Tennis Tour Clay Chile Miguel Fernando Pereira Ecuador Andrés Andrade
United States Tristan McCormick
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win 2–3 Jul 2023 Santa Fe, Argentina Challenger Clay United States Vasil Kirkov Uruguay Ignacio Carou
Argentina Ignacio Monzón
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win 3–3 Aug 2023 M15 Arequipa, Peru World Tennis Tour Clay Peru Arklon Huertas del Pino Colombia Nicolás Buitrago
Colombia Juan Sebastián Osorio
7–5, 6–1
Loss 3–4 Sep 2023 Santa Cruz, Bolivia Challenger Clay Argentina Gonzalo Villanueva Bolivia Boris Arias
Bolivia Federico Zeballos
2–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 3–5 Oct 2023 M15 Norman, United States World Tennis Tour Hard (i) United Kingdom Mark Whitehouse France Robin Catry
Netherlands Fons van Sambeek
3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–6 Oct 2023 M15 Fayetteville, United States World Tennis Tour Hard United Kingdom Mark Whitehouse United States Axel Nefve
Slovenia Sebastian Dominko
2–6, 4–6
Win 4–6 Nov 2023 Temuco, Chile Challenger Hard Brazil Mateus Alves United States Aleksandar Kovacevic
United States Keegan Smith
6–2, 7–5

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Matias Soto | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Men's Tennis Matias Soto Selected to Davis Cup for Team Chile". SicEm365. 2 September 2021.
  3. ^ https://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800424370
  4. ^ "Pellegrino/Vavassori Save MP To Win Santiago Doubles Title".
  5. ^ "Matias Soto – Men's Tennis". Baylor University Athletics.

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