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Bjorn Fratangelo

Bjorn Fratangelo
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Country (sports)  United States
Born (1993-07-19) July 19, 1993 (age 23)
Pittsburgh, United States
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro 2012
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $231,610
Singles
Career record 0–3 (in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 99 (6 June 2016)
Current ranking No. 107 (14 June 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2016, 2017)
French Open 2R (2016)
Wimbledon 1R (2016)
US Open 1R (2015, 2016)
Doubles
Career record 0–1 (in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 304 (April 27, 2015)
Current ranking No. 651 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open Junior QF (2011)
US Open Junior 2R (2011)
Last updated on: 3 February 2016.

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 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.

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.

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.


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