Career
Singles Record: 80-35 // 63-24 Dual // 8-6 Big 12
Doubles Record: 80-29 // 63-21 Dual // 5-1 Big 12
Highest Singles Ranking: 7th (2021)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 23rd (2020)
Awards/Honors
• 2021 ITA All-American (singles)
• 2021 All-Big 12 First Team (singles, unanimous)
• 2021 All-Big 12 Second Team (doubles)
• Big 12 Player of the Week – April 20, 2021
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2020 Davis Cup Team member (Chile)
• 2019 All-Big 12 Singles (first team)
• 2019 Big 12 All-Tournament Team (singles)
• 2019 Big 12 Player of the Week (March 19)
• 2019 NCAA Singles Championship participant
• 2019 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection (fall)
2021-22 (Fifth-Year Senior):
Singles Record: 10-5 // 8-4 Dual
Doubles Record: 13-6 // 13-4 Dual
Highest Singles Ranking: 7th (9/7)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 24th (2/23)
SPRING: Played doubles against Creighton on court two with Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi, winning 6-4 (1/19) ... Won in doubles with Grassi Mazzuchi over Nebraska, 6-4; won in a superset against Huber on court two (1/20) ... Against Abilene Christian, he and Ethan Muza played court three and won 6-3; played court one in singles and bested Morozov in a tiebreaker (1/24) ... Against Boise State he played singles and won on court two in a superset (1/24) ... Played court two against William & Mary in both singles and doubles in ITA Kickoff Weekend, won 6-0 in doubles with Grassi Mazzuchi and went unfinished in singles (1/30) ... Against Miami, he and Grassi Mazzuchi won 6-2, then went unfinished in singles (1/31) ... Won 6-3 in doubles over Idaho State with Mazzuchi, then won on court two at 6-2, 6-4 in doubles (2/6) ... Won 6-4 with Mazzuchi in doubles and won in a superset against Bailly in singles over No. 9 Texas (2/7) ... Ranked No. 24 with Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi by the ITA on 2/23 ... Against Tulsa, he and Grassi Mazzuchi bested Gaber/Gale at a cool 6-0 on court two, then went unfinished agaisnt No. 86 Ezequiel Santalla on court two in singles (2/11) ... Defeated #28 Rodesch/Woodall of No. 7 Virginia, 7-5 (2/12) ... Against No. 15 Ole Miss in the ITA Indoor Championships, they defeated Junk/Hain 6-4 before he defeated No. 111 Finn Reynolds at 6-3, 6-3 (2/18) ... Won 6-3 over the No. 22-ranked Lapadat/Mercer pairing from No. 10 Kentucky in the quarterfinals (2/19) ... Went unfinished in singles over No. 10 Johannus Monday just a game away from winning it at 7-6(7), 5-4 in the semifinals (2/20) ... Against No. 20 Oklahoma he played court 1 singles, besting No. 29 Mason Beiler 6-3, 6-3 (2/27) ... Ranked 110 in singles and 24 in doubles with Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi on March 2 ... Against Illinois, he played on court one for singles, besting Montsi 6-2, 6-2 while he and Soto defeated Stuart/Montsi 6-2 on court two (3/5) ... Ranked 80th in doubles with Grassi Mazzuchi and 27th in singles on 3/9 ... He and Grassi Mazzuchi bested Hassey/Strom, 6-2, on court two against No. 18 Arizona, handing the Wildcats their first home loss since 2019 (3/11) ... Fell in a tiebreaker to No. 50 Styler/Young on court two before going unfinished against No. 57 Andrew Fenty at No. 12 Michigan (3/20) ... Ranked 50th in singles by the ITA on 3/23 ...
FALL: Ranked No. 7 in the ITA preseason rankings in September for singles play ... Played in three singles matches and two in doubles for the fall, all at the Big 6 Invitational, hosted by Baylor (11/5) ... Defeated Oklahoma State's Francisco Pini 6-3, 7-6(5) in the R16 ... Fell to Isaac Arevalo of Texas Tech 6-2, 6-7(2-0), 3-6 ... Defeated Reed Collier of TTU, 7-6(4), 6-3 ... Played doubles with Jacob Brumm, falling to two Oklahoma squads ... Was named to his native Chile's Davis Cup squad for their matches in September.
2020-21 (Fourth-Year Junior):
Singles Record: 20-7 // 16-6 Dual // 3-1 Big 12
Doubles Record: 25-7 // 22-7 Dual // 4-0 Big 12
Highest Singles Ranking: 8th
Highest Doubles Ranking: 33rd
2021 Big 12 Regular Season Champion, Big 12 Tournament Champion and member of 2021 NCAA Finalist Baylor team … Helped the Bears earn their first No. 1 overall ranking since 2005 … Named an ITA All-American in singles after being seeded in the NCAA Singles Championship … Unanimously named to the All-Big 12 First Team in singles and earned a spot on the All-Big 12 Second Team in doubles alongside Nick Stachowiak … Garnered Big 12 Player of the Week recognition on April 20 after collecting three ranked wins in two dual matches, leading BU to a share of the Big 12 regular-season title … Ranked as high as No. 8 nationally in singles and No. 33 in doubles … Went 11-7 against nationally-ranked singles opponents and 1-1 in doubles versus ranked foes … Saw time at each of the top two singles positions, going 2-1 at No. 1 and 14-5 at No. 2 spot … Played at all three doubles positions, going 2-0 at No. 1 line, 16-5 at No. 2 and 4-2 at No. 3 doubles … Paired with four different Bears in doubles matches, including Charlie Broom, Ryan Dickerson, Constantin Frantzen, Nick Stachowiak … Went 9-4 alongside Broom, 1-0 with both Dickerson and Frantzen, and 14-3 with Stachowiak … Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection.
2019-20 (Junior):
Singles Record: 11-7 // 6-3 Dual
Doubles Record: 17-4 // 7-1 Dual
Highest Singles Ranking: 14th
Highest Doubles Ranking: 23rd
Went 11-7 in singles and 17-4 in doubles during junior campaign…Went 6-3 in singles and 7-1 in doubles during the spring season…Ranked as high as No. 14 in singles and No. 23 in ITA doubles rankings…Went 3-5 against ranked opponents in singles action…Went 6-2 at the top of the lineup, recording his highest-ranked win against No. 44 Bar Botzer, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, in the Bears’ win over No. 6 Wake Forest…Played last match against Omaha, winning 6-3, 6-4 over Abdoul Ouattara…Clinched team win against Nebraska...Paired with Ryan Dickerson for 6-1 record at the No. 2 spot…Opened season on a six-match win streak…Also went 1-0 with Sebastian Nothhaft…Selected to the Davis Cup Chilean Team during the final week of the season...Went 5-4 in singles action and 10-3 in doubles play during the fall season…Finished No. 59 in singles rankings after going 2-3 against ranked foes…Opened season with 1-1 performance at the Oracle ITA Masters…Advanced to the third round of the ITA All-American Championships main draw…Went a combined 2-2 at the ITA Texas Regionals and ITA Fall National Championships…Grabbed three-set win against No. 50 Josh Peck of North Carolina in Tulsa for highest-ranked win of the season…Paired with Ryan Dickerson for a majority of his doubles matches… Duo went 6-2 together to finish fall season at No. 25 in the national rankings… Advanced to the ITA Regional finals after an 8-4 win over 24th-ranked Sumit Sarkar and Eric Rutledge of Rice in the quarterfinals and a 7-6(6), 6-4 upset against second-ranked Bjorn Thomson and Parker Wynn of Texas Tech in the semifinals…Fell 6-3, 7-6(2) to 17th-ranked Yuya Ito and Christian Sigsgaard of Texas in the championship match…Finished out the season with a quarterfinal appearance at the ITA Fall National Championships...Earned fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll recognition...SACE Academic Champion.
2018-19 (Sophomore):
Singles Record: 22-9 // 18-5 Dual // 3-2 Big 12
Doubles Record: 18-8 // 15-6 Dual // 1-1 Big 12
Highest Singles Ranking: 79th
Earned first career All-Big 12 singles first team honors after going a combined 22-9 and 18-5 in the dual-match season…Compiled nine wins over ranked opponents, the second most on the team…Played primarily at the No. 2 spot, going 12-2…Earned Big 12 All-Tournament honors after upsetting No. 7 Yuya Ito of Texas in the Big 12 Championship final, going 1-0 with one unfinished match…Named the Big 12 Player of the Week for the first time in his career on March 19 after upsetting two opponents at the BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Tennis Challenge, taking down No. 6 Daniel Cukierman of USC for the highest ranked win of his career…Went 6-2 to open the season and then went on an eight-match singles winning streak…Opened Big 12 play with two losses but then went 3-0 after Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech…At-large bid to the NCAA Singles Championship where he advanced to the second round…Defeated No. 56 Gui Osorio of San Diego in the first round…In doubles, posted an 18-8 record and played primarily with Will Little at the No. 2 position…Duo went 8-4…Also played in the beginning of the season with Constantin Frantzen, going 6-1…Opened season with six straight wins with Frantzen, Kyrylo Tsygura and Adrian Boitan…Recorded key wins against No. 2 Texas and No. 11 UCLA with Little…Ranked No. 79 in the ITA fall rankings…Posted 3-3 singles and 3-2 doubles record during fall action…Won the Longhorn Invitational gold doubles bracket with teammate Constantin Frantzen after going 2-0 against opponents…Downed UCF’s Tyler Hilderbrand and Gabriel DeCamps, 8-6, in the final…Went 1-1 with Frantzen at the ITA Regionals, picking up 8-7(5) victory over Abilene Christian’s Sebastian Langdon and Nike Moceanu in the round of 32…Picked up first ranked singles win of the season with 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(2) victory over Kentucky’s Enzo Wallart at the ITA All-American Championships…Closed out the season with a 1-1 singles record at the Longhorn Invitational, defeating Texas Tech’s Ilgiz Valiev, 6-4, 6-2, in the round of 16.
2017-18 (Freshman):
Singles Record: 18-9 // 16-8 Dual // 2-3 Big 12
Doubles Record: 7-4 // 6-3 Dual
Highest Singles Record: 88th
Made immediate impact as he posted 18-9 overall singles record and went 16-8 in dual matches during first semester as a Bear…Ranked as high as No. 88 in the ITA singles rankings…Finished year at No. 125…Opened spring season with seven straight singles wins, dating Jan. 20 to Feb. 24…Went 2-6 against ranked opponents and played primarily at No. 2 through 4 spots…Claimed first ranked victory against 59th-ranked Trevor Johnson of No. 7 TCU to help BU advance to the Big 12 Championship final, winning 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(5)…Trailed 5-2 in third-set tiebreaker before capturing the win…Clinched 4-3 win over USF at the ITA Collegiate Tennis Challenge in Indian Wells with 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(6) triumph against Grayson Goldin…Trailed 6-2 in third-set tiebreaker before clinching the match…Claimed postseason ranked win over No. 80 Benjamin Hannestad, 6-2, 3-0, ret. to help BU sweep No. 36 Arizona State in the NCAA First Round…Went 2-3 in conference play…Won first Big 12 match with 6-4, 6-4 victory over Tristan Meraut of No. 14 Oklahoma State…Also posted 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 30 Texas Tech’s Connor Curry at the No. 2 spot…Went 7-4 in doubles play with four different partners…Went 2-2 with Jimmy Bendeck, 3-0 with Constantin Frantzen, 2-1 with Will Little and 0-1 with Roy Smith…With Frantzen, bested No. 41 Memphis’ Kai Lemke and Matt Story, 6-4, at the No. 2 spot on March 2…Closed out doubles season with 6-2 win over Incarnate Word’s Caleb Dyer and Luke Godwin on March 29…January enrollee, so did not compete in any fall matches.
Prep/Juniors:
Ranked as high as No. 58 in Juniors ITF...Played at the 2017 French Open and Wimbledon...Played for home country of Chile at the World Cup in 2012-13...Played for Chile at the South American Championships in 2011...Won the ITF Tournament in Florence, Italy in 2016.
Personal:
Also goes by Mati...Son of Mario Soto Acosta and Rosa Carmona Iglesias...Graduated from Colegio Olimpo in 2016...Has two older brothers: Mario and Andres...Majoring in journalism.
