The history of Stefanos Tsitsipas repeats itself at Wimbledon. The third and fourth-ranked player in this tournament failed to make the first round for the second time in the number of appearances of the All England Club.
Frances Tiafoe defeated Tsitsipas in three sets of victories (6-4, 6-4, 6-3). The 23-year-old American only achieved an 8-9 record on the grass field that day, but he performed consistently throughout the game.
As a result, he won his first career victory over the top five players.
“It sounds great,” Tiafo said when asked how he became a winner after the game.
Tiafoe did a great job, he used his energy to please the audience. But who is he? After Frances Tiafoe unexpectedly won Wimbledon, everything you need to know is here.
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Who is Frances Tiafo?
Frances Tiafoe is an American tennis player who turned professional at the age of 16 in 2015. He was born in Hyattsville, Maryland. His parents immigrated to the United States from Sierra Leone in the 1990s to escape the country’s civil war. His father helped set up the Junior Tennis Championships Center at the University of Maryland in Parker, where Tiafo’s training began.
Before becoming a professional player, Tiafi was ranked second in the World Youth Ranking of the International Tennis Federation.
Tiafoe made its debut at the ATP Challenger level. He quickly climbed the ladder in 2015 and 2016, and then entered the world’s top 100 players in October 2016. That was defeating Noah Rubin after winning the 2016 ATP Challenger Championship.
In 2018, Tiafo won the Delray Beach Open and won his first ATP Tour championship. He became the youngest American to win the ATP Tour Championship since Andy Roddick, and he defeated Juan Martin Del Porto all the way to victory.
In the past few years, Tiafoe has been improving his game. He reached the quarter-finals of the 2019 Australian Open, beating No. 5 Kevin Anderson and No. 20 Grigor Dimitrov, before losing to No. 2 seed Rafael. Nadal. He also entered the top 16 of the 2020 US Open.
In his career, Tiafi has a record of 81-107 in singles and 15-24 in doubles. In February 2019, he was ranked 29th in the world. Before the game with Sisipas, he was ranked 56th in the world.
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Francis Tiafo’s Grand Slam results
Since his French Open debut in 2015, Tiafo has participated in 21 Grand Slam tournaments. The following are his results in each game.
Wimbledon
| year | result |
| 2015 | Did not participate |
| 2016 | Unqualified |
| 2017 | second round |
| 2018 | Third round |
| 2019 year | first round |
| 2020 year | No competition (COVID-19) |
| 2022 | — |
U.S. Open
| year | result |
| 2015 | first round |
| 2016 | first round |
| 2017 | first round |
| 2018 | second round |
| 2019 year | second round |
| 2020 year | Fourth round |
| 2022 | — |
Australian Open
| year | result |
| 2015 | Did not participate |
| 2016 | Unqualified |
| 2017 | second round |
| 2018 | first round |
| 2019 year | quarter final |
| 2020 year | first round |
| 2022 | second round |
French Open
| year | result |
| 2015 | first round |
| 2016 | Unqualified |
| 2017 | first round |
| 2018 | first round |
| 2019 year | first round |
| 2020 year | first round |
| 2022 | first round |
