Bjorn Fratangelo

Fratangelo at the2023 Cary Challenger
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Born	(1993-07-19)July 19, 1993 (age 32) 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)
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)
Coaching career (2023–present)
Madison Keys (2023–)
Last updated on: 8 April 2024.

Bjorn Fratangelo (/biˈɔːrnfrəˈtændʒəloʊ/bee-ORN frə-TAN-jə-loh;^[1][2] born July 19, 1993) is an Americantennis coach and former professional player.

In 2011, he won the boys' singles title at theFrench Open defeatingDominic Thiem. Fratangelo was only the second American to win the event, followingJohn McEnroe in 1977.^[3]

Fratangelo began playing tennis at age three.^[4] and is named after tennis championBjörn Borg.^[5] His father, Mario, is his coach. Fratangelo attended St. John the Baptist Catholic School inPlum, Pennsylvania, until the 8th grade. He then moved toNaples, Florida, for training reasons and was an online student ofBarron Collier High School.^[4][6][7]

In November 2024, he married fellow American tennis playerMadison Keys, whom he had been dating since 2017.^[8][9] He isCatholic.^[10]

Fratangelo won the boys' singles title at the2011 French Open, beatingDominic Thiem in the final.^[11] The win propelled him to a career high of No. 2 in the junior rankings. He also played in the junior championship at the2011 US Open, losing in the third round to eventual championOliver Golding in three sets.^[12]

Fratangelo has mainly played on theITF 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 inPittsburgh, losing toBrian Baker in straight sets.

The following month, Fratangelo was given a wildcard for the2011 US Open qualifiers, losing toFritz 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 toTennys Sandgren in Tampa, Florida.

In 2013, Fratangelo reached the semifinal in the USA F2 event in Sunrise, Florida, losing to eventual championRobby Ginepri, and then won his first professional title the following week, beatingArthur 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.

In April 2016, he won the2016 French Open Wild Card Challenge by reaching the semifinals inSarasota and winning theSavannah Challenger the following week. He put the wildcard to good use by defeating compatriotSam Querrey in the first round of the French Open to crack the top 100 for the first time.^[13] 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.^[14] This was also his first career-match win in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.

Fratangelo reached the semifinals at the2017 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.

He qualified for the main draw of the2021 French Open, before losing toCameron Norrie.

At the2021 US Open, Fratangelo made his debut in mixed doubles withMadison Keys, whom he began dating four years ago.^[15] He also paired in men’s doubles withChristopher Eubanks as wildcards where he reached the second round recording his first win in doubles in his career at a Grand Slam overFrances Tiafoe andNicholas Monroe.

He secured his main draw spot at the2022 French Open for a second consecutive year at this major with a straight sets win overNino Serdarušić.^[16]

Fratangelo began coaching Keys in June 2023 following her second-round loss atRoland Garros.^[17] He coached her to her first Grand Slam title at the2025 Australian Open.^[18][19]

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(4–7), 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(7–9), 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(2–7)
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(2–7), 3–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2011	USA F18Rochester	Futures	Clay	Erik Crepaldi	Maciek Shykut Denis Zivkovic	3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Loss	0–2	Sep 2012	Canada F7Toronto	Futures	Clay	Sekou Bangoura	Carsten Ball Peter Polansky	7–6(7–2), 4–6, [9–11]
Win	1–2	Oct 2012	USA F29Birmingham	Futures	Clay	Mitchell Krueger	Chase Buchanan Vahid Mirzadeh	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Jun 2013	Netherlands F3Breda	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(3–7)
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 F22Sassuolo	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, [9–11]
Loss	2–10	Oct 2016	Las Vegas, USA	Challenger	Hard	Denis Kudla	Brian Baker Matt Reid	1–6, 5–7

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

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