Country (sports) United States Role Tennis player Prize money $194,453 Height 1.83 m | Career titles 0 Turned pro 2012 Name Bjorn Fratangelo | |
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Born July 19, 1993 (age 30)
Pittsburgh, United States ( 1993-07-19 ) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career record 0–2 (in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup) Highest ranking No. 106 (17 August 2015) Similar People John‑Patrick Smith, Daniel Evans, Bjorn Borg | ||
Bjorn fratangelo spring nats 2010
Bjorn Fratangelo (born July 19, 1993 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a professional American tennis player who won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open. Fratangelo is only the second American out of three to win the event, following John McEnroe in 1977 and preceding Tommy Paul in 2015. Fratangelo was a singles semifinalist at the 2017 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
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- Bjorn fratangelo spring nats 2010
- TenniStory Bjorn Fratangelo
- Early life
- Junior career
- Early years
- 2016 Top 100
- Singles performance timeline
- References
TenniStory: Bjorn Fratangelo
Early life
Fratangelo began playing tennis at age three and is named after former tennis champion Björn Borg. His father, Mario, is his coach. Fratangelo attended St. John the Baptist School in Plum, Pennsylvania until the 8th grade when he moved to Naples, Florida for training reasons, and was an online student of Barron Collier High School.
Junior career
Fratangelo won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open, beating Dominic Thiem in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6. The win propelled him to a career high of no. 2 in the junior rankings. He also played in the junior championship at the 2011 US Open, losing to eventual champion Oliver Golding in three sets.
Early years
Fratangelo has played mainly on the ITF Pro Circuit since 2009. He played sparsely in both 2009 and 2010, before playing on a much more regular basis in 2011. He made his first final in July 2011 in the USA F17 event in Pittsburgh, losing to Brian Baker in straight sets.
The following month, Fratangelo was given a wildcard for the 2011 US Open qualifiers, losing 2–6, 2–6 to Fritz Wolmarans in the first round of qualification.
He reached another final on the ITF Men's Circuit in May 2012, but lost in straight sets to Tennys Sandgren in Tampa, Florida.
In 2013, Fratangelo reached the semi-final in the USA F2 event in Sunrise, losing to eventual champion Robby Ginepri, and then won his first professional title the following week, beating Arthur De Greef in the final in Weston by the score of 6–3, 3–6, 6–0. He made his second final in as many weeks when he faced De Greef once again, this time in Palm Coast, but lost 2–6, 3–6.
2016: Top 100
In April 2016, he won the 2016 French Open Wild Card Challenge by reaching the semi-finals in Sarasota and winning the Savannah Challenger the following week. He put the wild card to good use by defeating compatriot Sam Querrey in the 1st round to crack the Top 100 for the first time. His ranking of 99 came out on 6 June 2016, which was the sixtieth birthday of the man he was named after, Björn Borg. This was also his first career match win in the main draw of a Grand Slam.
Singles performance timeline
Current till 2017 US Open.
