Bjorn Fratangelo


Bjorn Fratangelo 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)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.4 July 2011Pittsburgh, USAClay Brian Baker5–7, 3–6
Runner-up2.14 May 2012Tampa, USAClay Tennys Sandgren1–6, 3–6
Winner1.21 January 2013Weston, USAClay Arthur De Greef6–4, 3–6, 6–0
Runner-up3.28 January 2013Palm Coast, USAClay Arthur De Greef2–6, 3–6
Runner-up4.25 February 2013Harlingen, USAHard Jiří Veselý7–5, 6–7, 3–6
Winner2.6 May 2013Orange Park, USAClay Gerald Melzer7–5, 6–3
Winner3.10 June 2013Amstelveen, NetherlandsClay Thiago Monteiro3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner4.12 May 2014Tampa, USAClay Christian Garin6–2, 6–3
Winner5.7 July 2014Sassuolo, ItalyClay Alberto Brizzi6–4, 2–0 ret.
Winner6.28 July 2014Decatur, USAHard Liam Broady6–4, 6–0
Runner-up5.11 August 2014Calgary, CanadaClay Daniel Nguyen6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Winner7.1 September 2014Toronto, CanadaHard Mitchell Krueger6–2, 6–3
Winner8.8 September 2014Toronto, CanadaHard Eric Quigley6–4, 6–2
Winner9.9 February 2015Launceston, AustraliaHard Hyeon Chung4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up6.14 June 2015Caltanisetta, ItalyClay Elias Ymer3–6, 2–6
Runner-up7.26 July 2015Binghamton, United StatesHard Kyle Edmund2–6, 3–6
Winner10.24 April 2016Savannah, United StatesClay Jared Donaldson6–1, 6–3
Runner-up8.19 November 2017Champaign, United StatesHard Tim Smyczek2–6, 4–6
Winner11.14 October 2018Fairfield Challenger, United StatesClay Alex Bolt6–4, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

Current through 2018 Miami Open.