- 2020-21 All-PacWest third team (doubles)
- 2020-21 Academic All-PacWest
- 2019-20 South Central Regional Most Improved Senior Men's Player
- 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
2020-21: Went 5-9 in singles and 6-11 in doubles. ... Teamed with Daniel Llorente to earn All-Pacific West Conference third team. ... Played singles at No. 3 (2-6), No. 4 (2-4) and No. 5 (1-0). ... Played No. 1 doubles. ... Won three of last four completed singles matches.
2019-20: Finished the season ranked 13th in the region in singles. ... Wen
t 8-4 in singles and 10-4 in doubles. ... Reached the round of 16 in singles as well as the quarterfinals in doubles at the ITA South Central Regional. ... Played Nos. 2, 3 and 4 singles. ... Played No. 1 doubles in all seven duals, going 3-0 when paired with Joshua King and 2-2 with David Llorente. ... Capped the season with a 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10-8) win over David Szeri (ranked eighth in the Central Region) of national No. 13 Southwest Baptist (Mo.). ... Stretched his singles winning streak to five matches with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Jonas Dixon of Texas-Tyler on Oct. 4, his second win of the day at the ITA Regional, earning him a spot in the Round of 16. ... He and partner Joshua King improved to 8-1 in doubles and stretched their winning streak to five in winning twice at the ITA Regionals, reaching the quarterfinals. ... Lost 6-0, 7-5 to teammate David Kijak in the semifinals of the MSU Denver Invitational on Sept. 8.
2018-19: Went 9-7 in singles play, including 8-7 at No. 4...Finished the season on a five-match win streak...Went 12-5 in doubles, including 11-4 at the No. 1 position with partner Joey Tscherne. That pairing finished the season on a six-match win streak...Picked up his first MSU Denver victory on Feb. 17, beating Western New Mexico's Oscar Serra 6-3, 6-0...Won his doubles debut with Joey Tscherne of Feb. 4 against Oklahoma Baptist's pairing of Matias Le Fort and Andres Graterol 6-3.
Before MSU Denver: Played two seasons at Division II Young Harris (Ga.)...Career 16-27 record in singles matches...Career record of 26-18 in doubles matches, including marks of 11-11 in singles and 15-6 in doubles as a sophomore...Academic All-Peach Belt Conference, 2018.
Club: Played for Club Atletico River Plate...Coached by Norberto Besada...Highest national ranking in U18 was No. 1 in doubles and No. 6 in singles, on July 26, 2016...U18: National Grade 2 Buenos Aires doubles champion, 2015...National Grade 2 Rio Cuarto singles runner-up, 2016...National Grade 2 Rio Cuarto doubles champion, 2016...National Grade 2 Rafaela doubles champion, 2016...National Grade 1 Buenos Aires doubles runner-up, 2016...National Grade 2 Cordoba doubles champion, 2016...U16: Buenos Aires Inter-club championship champion, 2014...Buenos Aires Inter-club championship runner-up, 2013.
Personal: Born Mateo Besada... Birthday on April... in Buenos Aires, Argentina...Son of Norberto Besada and Maria Alejandra Hurtado...Majoring in finance.
MSU Denver Career Singles Results
| Year |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Conf. |
Overall |
| 2018-19 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
8-7 |
1-0 |
0-0 |
- |
9-7 |
| 2019-20 |
0-0 |
1-2 |
1-0 |
2-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
- |
8-4 |
| 2020-21 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
2-6 |
2-3 |
1-0 |
0-0 |
- |
5-9 |
| Total |
0-0 |
1-2 |
3-6 |
11-10 |
2-0 |
0-0 |
- |
22-20 |
MSU Denver Career Doubles Results
| Year |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Conf. |
Overall |
| 2018-19 |
11-4 |
1-1 |
0-0-0 |
- |
12-5 |
| 2019-20 |
5-2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
- |
10-4 |
| 2020-21 |
6-11 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
- |
6-11 |
| Total |
22-17 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
- |
23-18 |
