Sekou Bangoura
Sekou Bangoura Jr. (born November 18, 1991) is an American tennis player.
Full name | Sekou Bangoura Jr. |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Residence | Bradenton, Florida, United States |
Born | Bradenton, Florida, United States | November 18, 1991
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 2010 |
Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
Prize money | $278,709 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 213 (October 31, 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 322 (December 02, 2019) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2017) |
French Open | — |
Wimbledon | — |
US Open | Q3 (2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 5-3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 14 ITF 1 ATP |
Highest ranking | No. 147 (November 7,2016) |
Current ranking | No. 218 (December 02, 2019) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | — |
French Open | — |
Wimbledon | — |
US Open | 1R (2010) |
Last updated on: January 14, 2019. |
Bangoura partnered with Nathan Pasha to win the 2010 Kalamazoo Boys' Junior National Tennis Championship, defeating Jack Sock and Matthew Kandath 7–5, 6–3 in the finals. With their victory, Bangoura and Pasha earned a wildcard into the 2010 US Open doubles event, where they lost in the first round to Michael Kohlmann and Jarkko Nieminen 3–6, 1–6.
Bangoura made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships in the doubles event partnering Vahid Mirzadeh. The pair had only made through the doubles draw as an alternate team but in the first round they defeated the 2nd seeds Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen 7–5, 3–6, [10–5]. Their run came to a stop in the quarterfinals where they lost to Sam Groth and Max Mirnyi 6–7(5–7), 4–6.
ITF finals
Singles: 12 (7-5)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | November 4, 2012 | $10,000 | USA F30 | Clay | Florian Reynet | 0–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 1. | November 10, 2013 | $10,000 | USA F30 | Clay | Eric Prodon | 7–6(9) retired |
Winner | 2. | January 12, 2014 | $10,000 | USA F1 | Clay | Yoshihito Nishioka | 6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 3. | June 28, 2015 | $10,000 | USA F18 | Clay | Emilio Gomez | 6–7(3), 4–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | November 29, 2015 | $15,000 | USA F34 | Hard | Henri Laaksonen | 3–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
Winner | 5. | December 20, 2015 | $15,000 | Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo Este | Hard | Facundo Mena | 6–7(6), 6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | June 19, 2016 | $25,000 | USA F18, Winston-Salem, N.C | Hard | Darian King | 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 7. | November 12, 2017 | $15,000 | USA F35, Niceville, Florida | Clay | Patrick Kypson | 5–7, 7–5, 1–6 |
Winner | 8. | May 20, 2018 | $15,000 | Poland F3, Ustron | Clay | Pawel Clas | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | May 27, 2018 | $15,000 | Czech Republic F2, Jablonec Nad Nisou | Clay | Peter Heller | 6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 10. | July 1, 2018 | $15,000 | Germany F5, Kamen | Clay | Diminar Kuzmanov | 1–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 11. | August 19, 2018 | $25,000 | USA F23, Boston, Mass. | Hard | Antoine Hoang | 7–5, 6–2 |
External links
- Sekou Bangoura at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Sekou Bangoura at the International Tennis Federation