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ATPBest ATP ranking No. 10

Frances Tiafoe

USA28 yrs6' 2" (1.88 m)

Best ATP ranking No. 10

A showman with a unique story, twice a US Open semi-finalist.

Plays
Right-handed, two-handed backhand

Figures as of 30 September 2026.

Profile & career

From the USTA courts to the US Open semi-finals.

Frances Tiafoe is one of the most popular players in world tennis, thanks to his spectacular game, outgoing personality and remarkable life story. The son of Sierra Leonean immigrants, he was born in Maryland and started playing thanks to his father, who worked as a maintenance technician for the United States Tennis Association.

His talent showed early: in 2013 he became the youngest player ever to win the Orange Bowl, and a few months later he was world No. 2 in the junior rankings. Constantly improving since turning professional at 17, he won his first ATP title in Delray Beach in 2018. His victory over Rafael Nadal in the last 16 of the 2022 US Open took his popularity to another level, and he has stayed in the world's top 20 ever since.

Beyond tennis, he wants to inspire future generations. "I want to win Grand Slams, but I also want to have an impact on people and be remembered," he told Chris Eubanks and Ben Shelton on the UTS programme All on the Table.

Did you know?He is the first American top-10 player of Sierra Leonean origin.

Frances Tiafoe preparing a forehand on a blue hard court

GRAND SLAMS

Frances & the Grand Slams.

Two US Open semi-finals on home soil, in 2022 and 2024.

Australian OpenHard courtBest resultQuarter-final2019
Roland-GarrosClay courtBest result3rd round2023
WimbledonGrass courtBest result3rd round2018, 2021, 2023, 2024
US OpenHard courtBest resultSemi-final2022, 2024

CAREER

Titles, year by year.

Frances Tiafoe broke into the top 100 at 18 and the top 50 at 20, in 2018, the year of his first title in Delray Beach against Peter Gojowczyk and a third round at Wimbledon. His results then became inconsistent despite some flashes of brilliance, such as his first Grand Slam quarter-final at the 2019 Australian Open. He fulfilled his potential at the 2022 US Open, beating Rafael Nadal and Andrey Rublev to become the first American man to reach the semi-finals since Andy Roddick in 2006, and finished the season in the top 20, a place he has not given up since. He added titles in Houston and Stuttgart in 2023, reached a second US Open semi-final in 2024, his best Grand Slam result along with 2022, and played the Cincinnati Masters 1000 final the same year.

Junior career

  1. 2012

    Winner of Les Petits As at 14, considered by many the biggest tournament in the category.

  2. 2013

    Youngest winner in the history of the Orange Bowl, followed a few months later by the Easter Bowl.

  3. 2014

    US Open junior semi-finalist. He rose to world No. 2 in the junior rankings and ended his junior career by winning the USTA Junior National Championship at 17.

ATP titles

  1. 2018

    Delray Beach

  2. 2023

    Houston · Stuttgart

STATISTICS & RECORDS

Numbers behind the showman.

20

Top 20 since 2022

A permanent member of the world's top 20 since the 2022 season.

13

Top-10 wins

Victories against top-10 players, the biggest over Rafael Nadal at the 2022 US Open.

2006

Roddick's heir

The first American man since Andy Roddick in 2006 to reach the US Open semi-finals.

Frances Tiafoe in a basketball jersey hitting a backhand on clay at the academy

MOURATOGLOU ACADEMY

His link with the Mouratoglou Academy.

Frances Tiafoe regularly trains at the Mouratoglou Academy, particularly during the European clay-court season.

He is also one of the figures of UTS, the league founded by Patrick Mouratoglou, where he made his debut in Los Angeles in 2023.

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This point is crazy! Shelton vs Tiafoe

GAME & EQUIPMENT

How Frances plays.

His game

With his fiery temperament, Frances Tiafoe is a showman who feeds off the crowd, backed by superb physical qualities. "Frances Tiafoe has always been a great athlete, but now he's also become more aggressive, especially on his backhand," says Patrick Mouratoglou. "When he stays on the baseline, he's super dangerous." The backhand remains his best shot, with virtually no weaknesses, but his forehand has improved too: where fast balls to that side used to produce unforced errors because his contact point moved around, he is now able to adapt.

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OFF THE COURT

Personal life & interests.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Frances Tiafoe held an auction and donated the proceeds to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. He wants to be a role model: "I just want to inspire people, regardless of skin colour." A keen follower of American sport, he supports all the Washington D.C. teams: the Wizards (NBA), the Capitals (NHL) and the Commanders (NFL).

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ON COURT

Train where Frances trains.

The same courts, coaches and methodology, on the French Riviera: camps for juniors and adults, all year round.

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Aerial view of the Mouratoglou Academy clay and hard courts on the French Riviera