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Bjorn Fratangelo

Fratangelo at the 2023 Cary Challenger
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Born	(1993-07-19) July 19, 1993 (age 31) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2012
Retired	2023 (last match played)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,614,944
Singles
Career record	22–40
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 99 (June 6, 2016)
Current ranking	No. 794 (April 8, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2016, 2017, 2019)
French Open	2R (2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
US Open	2R (2017)
Doubles
Career record	1–5 (in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 304 (April 27, 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	2R (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	2R (2022)
Last updated on: 8 April 2024.

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

He won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open defeating Dominic Thiem. Fratangelo was only the second American to win the event, following John McEnroe in 1977.

Early life

Fratangelo began playing tennis at age three. and is named after tennis champion Björn Borg. His father, Mario, is his coach. Fratangelo attended St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Plum, Pennsylvania, until the 8th grade. He then 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. 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 in the third round 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 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 semifinal 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. He made his second final in as many weeks when he faced De Greef once again, but lost this time in Palm Coast, Florida.

2016-2017: First Grand Slam win and Top 100 debut

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 wildcard to good use by defeating compatriot Sam Querrey in the 1st round of the French Open to crack the top 100 for the first time. His ranking of No. 99 came out on June 6, 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.

Fratangelo reached the semifinals at the 2017 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.

2021-2022: Mixed doubles debut and first doubles win at the US Open

He qualified at the 2021 French Open, before losing to Cameron Norrie.

At the 2021 US Open, Fratangelo made his debut in mixed doubles with Madison Keys, whom he began dating four years ago. He also paired in men’s doubles with Christopher Eubanks as wildcards where he reached the second round recording his first win in doubles in his career at a Grand Slam over Frances Tiafoe and Nicholas Monroe.

He secured his main draw spot at the 2022 French Open for a second consecutive year at this Major with a straight sets win over Nino Serdarušić.

Personal life

In November 2024, he married fellow American tennis player Madison Keys, whom he has been dating since 2017. He began coaching Keys in June 2023 following her second-round loss at Roland Garros. He is Catholic.

ATP Challenger & ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 25 (12–13)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2011	USA F17, Pittsburgh	Futures	Clay	Brian Baker	5–7, 3–6
Loss	0–2	May 2012	USA F13, Tampa	Futures	Clay	Tennys Sandgren	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Jan 2013	USA F3, Weston	Futures	Clay	Arthur De Greef	6–4, 3–6, 6–0
Loss	1–3	Feb 2013	USA F4, Palm Coast	Futures	Clay	Arthur De Greef	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	Feb 2013	USA F6, Harlingen	Futures	Hard	Jiří Veselý	7–5, 6–7, 3–6
Win	2–4	May 2013	USA F12, Orange Park	Futures	Clay	Gerald Melzer	7–5, 6–3
Win	3–4	Jun 2013	Netherlands F1, Amstelveen	Futures	Clay	Thiago Monteiro	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	4–4	May 2014	USA F14, Tampa	Futures	Clay	Cristian Garín	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–4	Jul 2014	Italy F22, Sassuolo	Futures	Clay	Alberto Brizzi	6–4, 2–0 ret.
Win	6–4	Jul 2014	USA F22, Decatur	Futures	Hard	Liam Broady	6–4, 6–0
Loss	6–5	Aug 2014	Canada F7, Calgary	Futures	Clay	Daniel Nguyen	6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Win	7–5	Sep 2014	Canada F9, Toronto	Futures	Hard (i)	Mitchell Krueger	6–2, 6–3
Win	8–5	Sep 2014	Canada F10, Toronto	Futures	Hard	Eric Quigley	6–4, 6–2
Win	9–5	Feb 2015	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Hyeon Chung	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Loss	9–6	Jun 2015	Caltanisetta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Elias Ymer	3–6, 2–6
Loss	9–7	Jul 2015	Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Kyle Edmund	2–6, 3–6
Win	10–7	Apr 2016	Savannah, USA	Challenger	Clay	Jared Donaldson	6–1, 6–3
Loss	10–8	May 2016	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Rogério Dutra Silva	3–6, 1–6
Loss	10–9	Nov 2017	Champaign, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Tim Smyczek	2–6, 4–6
Win	11–9	Oct 2018	Fairfield, USA	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bolt	6–4, 6–3
Loss	11–10	Nov 2018	Knoxville, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Reilly Opelka	5–7, 6–4, 6–7
Win	12–10	Mar 2021	Cleveland, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jenson Brooksby	7–5, 6–4
Loss	12–11	Apr 2021	Tallahassee, USA	Challenger	Clay	Jenson Brooksby	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	12–12	Sep 2021	Cary, USA	Challenger	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	4–6, 3–6
Loss	12–13	Jan 2022	Traralgon, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Tomáš Macháč	6–7, 3–6

Doubles: 12 (2–10)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2011	USA F18 Rochester	Futures	Clay	Erik Crepaldi	Maciek Shykut Denis Zivkovic	3–6, 6–2,
Loss	0–2	Sep 2012	Canada F7 Toronto	Futures	Clay	Sekou Bangoura	Carsten Ball Peter Polansky	7–6, 4–6,
Win	1–2	Oct 2012	USA F29 Birmingham	Futures	Clay	Mitchell Krueger	Chase Buchanan Vahid Mirzadeh	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Jun 2013	Netherlands F3 Breda	Futures	Clay	Mitchell Krueger	Henri Kontinen Christopher Rungkat	4–6, 5–7
Loss	1–4	May 2014	Tallahassee, USA	Challenger	Clay	Mitchell Krueger	Ryan Agar Sebastian Bader	4–6, 6–7
Loss	1–5	May 2014	USA F13, Orange Park	Futures	Clay	Mitchell Krueger	Dennis Novikov Connor Smith	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–6	May 2014	USA F14, Tampa	Futures	Clay	Mitchell Krueger	Nicolás Jarry Tiago Lopes	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–7	Jun 2014	Italy F17, Parma	Futures	Clay	Mitchell Krueger	Lorenzo Frigerio Matteo Trevisan	3–6, 2–6
Win	2–7	Jul 2014	Italy F22 Sassuolo	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Luca Pancaldi Filippo Leonardi	7–5, 6–5
Loss	2–8	Aug 2014	USA F23, Edwardsville	Futures	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	Patrick Davidson Saketh Myneni	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–9	Sep 2014	Canada F9, Toronto	Futures	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	Sekou Bangoura Evan King	4–6, 6–4,
Loss	2–10	Oct 2016	Las Vegas, USA	Challenger	Hard	Denis Kudla	Brian Baker Matt Reid	1–6, 5–7

Junior Grand Slam finals

Boys' singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2011	French Open	Clay	Dominic Thiem	3–6, 6–3, 8–6

Singles performance timeline

Current through the 2023 Mubadala Citi DC Open.

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External links

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

• American male tennis players
• French Open junior champions
• Tennis players from Pittsburgh
• 1993 births
• Living people
• American people of Italian descent
• Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
• 21st-century American sportsmen