Bjorn Fratangelo

Bjorn Fratangelo

At Roland Garros, 2016
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Orlando, Florida
Born	(1993-07-19) July 19, 1993 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Andres Alarcon
Prize money	$1,243,621
Singles
Career record	19–34 (in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 99 (June 6, 2016)
Current ranking	No. 262 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2016, 2017, 2019)
French Open	2R (2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
US Open	2R (2017)
Doubles
Career record	0–3 (in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 304 (April 27, 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (2015)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Bjorn Fratangelo (/biˈɔːrn frəˈtændʒəloʊ/ bee-ORN frə-TAN-jə-loh; born July 19, 1993) is a professional American tennis player.

He 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.

Early life

Fratangelo began playing tennis at age three but he threw up in third grade and is named after 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.

Professional

Early years

Fratangelo has mainly played 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, Florida, 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, Florida, 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, Florida, but lost 2–6, 3–6.

2016: Top 100

In April 2016, he won the 2016 French Open Wild Card Challenge by reaching the semifinals 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 60th 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 tournament.

Career titles

Singles (11)

Legend
ATP Challengers (3–3)
ITF Futures (8–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	4 July 2011	Pittsburgh, USA	Clay	Brian Baker	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	14 May 2012	Tampa, USA	Clay	Tennys Sandgren	1–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	21 January 2013	Weston, USA	Clay	Arthur De Greef	6–4, 3–6, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	28 January 2013	Palm Coast, USA	Clay	Arthur De Greef	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	25 February 2013	Harlingen, USA	Hard	Jiří Veselý	7–5, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Winner	2.	6 May 2013	Orange Park, USA	Clay	Gerald Melzer	7–5, 6–3
Winner	3.	10 June 2013	Amstelveen, Netherlands	Clay	Thiago Monteiro	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	12 May 2014	Tampa, USA	Clay	Christian Garin	6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	7 July 2014	Sassuolo, Italy	Clay	Alberto Brizzi	6–4, 2–0 ret.
Winner	6.	28 July 2014	Decatur, USA	Hard	Liam Broady	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	5.	11 August 2014	Calgary, Canada	Clay	Daniel Nguyen	6–7(7–9), 7–5, 4–6
Winner	7.	1 September 2014	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Mitchell Krueger	6–2, 6–3
Winner	8.	8 September 2014	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Eric Quigley	6–4, 6–2
Winner	9.	9 February 2015	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Hyeon Chung	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	6.	14 June 2015	Caltanisetta, Italy	Clay	Elias Ymer	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	26 July 2015	Binghamton, United States	Hard	Kyle Edmund	2–6, 3–6
Winner	10.	24 April 2016	Savannah, United States	Clay	Jared Donaldson	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	19 November 2017	Champaign, United States	Hard	Tim Smyczek	2–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	14 October 2018	Fairfield Challenger, United States	Clay	Alex Bolt	6–4, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through 2018 Miami Open.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	Q3	1R	0–3
French Open	A	A	A	A	Q2	2R	1R	A	Q2	1–2
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	Q2	1R	Q2	Q2	Q3	0–1
US Open	Q1	A	Q1	A	1R	1R	2R	Q2		1–3
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–4	1–3	0–0	0–1	2–9
Career statistics
Titles / Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Year-end ranking	785	614	308	266	128	114	110	136

External links

• Bjorn Fratangelo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Bjorn Fratangelo at the International Tennis Federation