Frances Tiafoe
Frances Tiafoe Jr. (/tiˈɑːfoʊ/ tee-AH-foh; born January 20, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. He reached his career high at world No. 10 in singles on June 19, 2023, and world No. 160 in doubles on November 1, 2021. Tiafoe won his first of three ATP titles at the 2018 Delray Beach Open, becoming the youngest American man to win a tournament on the ATP Tour since Andy Roddick in 2002. He won his second title on clay at the 2023 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston and his third on grass in 2023 Stuttgart. On June 19, 2023, he became the first Sierra Leonean American and only the third African-American man to be ranked in the top 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), after Arthur Ashe and James Blake.
Tiafoe at the 2022 US Open | |
| Country (sports) | United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Born | January 20, 1998 Hyattsville, Maryland, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Turned pro | 2015 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Diego Moyano (Dec 2023 – Apr 2024) |
| Prize money | US $10,438,756 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 187–173 (51.9%) |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 10 (June 19, 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 20 (March 4, 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2019) |
| French Open | 3R (2023) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2022) |
| US Open | SF (2022) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2021) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 30–47 (39.0%) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 160 (November 1, 2021) |
| Current ranking | No. 195 (January 29, 2024) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2021) |
| French Open | 2R (2021, 2022) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2017, 2018) |
| US Open | 2R (2014) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2021) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | SF (2018) |
| Hopman Cup | RR (2019) |
| Last updated on: March 4, 2024. | |
The son of Sierra Leonean immigrants, Tiafoe was raised at the Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC), a USTA regional training center in College Park, Maryland, where his father worked as the head of maintenance. His unique background and success as a teenager led him to be widely regarded as a great prospect to become one of the next American tennis stars. At 15, Tiafoe won the 2013 Orange Bowl, the tournament's youngest-ever boys' singles champion. At 17, he became the youngest American in the main draw of the French Open since Michael Chang in 1989. As a teenager, he won the US Junior National Championship and enjoyed success on the ATP Challenger Tour, reaching nine finals and winning four titles.
Tiafoe broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings in 2016. At the 2019 Australian Open, he reached the quarterfinals, and at the 2022 US Open, he reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.