Nearest neighbor matching selects the 
(default=1) best control
matches for each individual in the treatment group (excluding those
discarded using the discard option). Matching is done
using a distance measure specified by the distance option
(default=logit). Matches are chosen for each treated unit one at a
time, with the order specified by the m.order command (default=largest to smallest).
At each matching step we choose the control unit that is not
yet matched but is closest to the treated unit on the distance
measure.
Nearest neighbor matching is implemented in MATCHIT using the method = "nearest" option. The following example script can be run by typing demo(nearest):
> m.out <- matchit(treat ~ re74 + re75 + educ + black + hispan + age,
data = lalonde, method = "nearest")