# Frances Tiafoe career statistics
[Frances Tiafoe](https://www.edgepedia.org/frances-tiafoe) (born 1998 in Hyattsville, Maryland) is an American professional tennis player whose career statistics include four ATP singles titles, three US Open semifinals, a career-high singles ranking of No. 8, and a tour-level win-loss record of 279 wins and 232 losses through the 2026 season.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/players/35361-f.tiafoe) • [2](https://tennis-db.com/players/30/frances-tiafoe) He turned professional in 2015, plays right-handed with a two-handed backhand, and stands 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/players/35361-f.tiafoe) • [3](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/f.-tiafoe/td51/overview)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1998, Hyattsville, MD, USA; turned pro 2015[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/players/35361-f.tiafoe) |
| Career-high ranking | No. 8, first achieved September 14, 2026; earlier career high was No. 10 on June 19, 2023[2](https://tennis-db.com/players/30/frances-tiafoe) • [4](https://www.atptour.com/es/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/rankings-breakdown) |
| Career singles record | 279 wins, 232 losses (ATP-provided profile data)[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/players/35361-f.tiafoe) |
| Singles titles | 4: Delray Beach 2018 (ATP 250), Houston 2023 (ATP 250), Stuttgart 2023 (ATP 250), Halle 2026 (ATP 500)[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/players/35361-f.tiafoe) • [5](https://as.com/tenis/tiafoe-frena-a-fritz-para-ganar-el-mayor-titulo-de-su-carrera-f202606-n/) |
| Best Grand Slam results | US Open semifinals in 2022, 2024, and 2026; Australian Open quarterfinal 2019; French Open quarterfinal 2025[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/players/35361-f.tiafoe) |
| Career prize money | $20,177,782[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/players/35361-f.tiafoe) |
| Career fifth-set record | 7-14 (as compiled in the 2025 ATP media guide)[6](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/media-guide/2025/2025-atp-media-guide-player-bios-birthdays-final.pdf) |
| Coach | Mark Kovacs (after splitting with David Witt)[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/players/35361-f.tiafoe) • [3](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/f.-tiafoe/td51/overview) |
## Rankings and career trajectory
Tiafoe was a former World No. 2 junior and reached his initial career-high ATP ranking of No. 10 on June 19, 2023, shortly after winning his third title in [Stuttgart](https://www.edgepedia.org/stuttgart), where he saved a match point against [Jan-Lennard Struff](https://www.edgepedia.org/jan-lennard-struff) in the final and thereby owned [ATP Tour](https://www.edgepedia.org/atp-tour) titles on all three surfaces.[4](https://www.atptour.com/es/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/rankings-breakdown) • [7](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/bio) His career high later improved to No. 8, first achieved on September 14, 2026, during a season in which he returned to the top 10.[2](https://tennis-db.com/players/30/frances-tiafoe)
His title count grew slowly relative to his ranking. Before June 2026 he had three career titles, all at ATP 250 level: Delray Beach in 2018, and Houston and Stuttgart in 2023, and he was 0-4 in finals above that level.[5](https://as.com/tenis/tiafoe-frena-a-fritz-para-ganar-el-mayor-titulo-de-su-carrera-f202606-n/) His first ATP 500 title came at the 2026 Halle Open, where he defeated [Taylor Fritz](https://www.edgepedia.org/taylor-fritz) 6-4, 6-4 in 67 minutes in the final, his most important title to that point and the first won by an American at Halle.[5](https://as.com/tenis/tiafoe-frena-a-fritz-para-ganar-el-mayor-titulo-de-su-carrera-f202606-n/) That week he beat three top-10 players in a single tournament for the first time in his career: Flavio Cobolli in the first round, Felix Auger-Aliassime, who held three match points, in the quarterfinal, and Fritz, who led their head-to-head 7-1, in the final.[5](https://as.com/tenis/tiafoe-frena-a-fritz-para-ganar-el-mayor-titulo-de-su-carrera-f202606-n/)
## Grand Slam record
Tiafoe's best Grand Slam results have come at the US Open, where he reached the semifinals in 2022, 2024, and 2026.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/players/35361-f.tiafoe) At the 2022 edition, as the No. 22 seed, he beat [Rafael Nadal](https://www.edgepedia.org/rafael-nadal) in the fourth round 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, ending Nadal's bid for a 23rd major title, and then defeated No. 9 [Andrey Rublev](https://www.edgepedia.org/andrey-rublev) in the quarterfinals. He became the first American man to reach a US Open semifinal since [Andy Roddick](https://www.edgepedia.org/andy-roddick) in 2006, and the first Black American man to reach the semifinals there since Arthur Ashe in 1972.[8](https://time.com/6211653/frances-tiafoe-us-open-semifinal-carlos-alcaraz/) In 2024 he returned to the final four, where he faced Taylor Fritz in a five-set match.[9](https://www.usopen.org/amp/en_US/news/articles/2026-08-28/frances_tiafoe_a_different_person_at_2026_us_open.html)
At the other majors, his best results are a quarterfinal at the 2019 [Australian Open](https://www.edgepedia.org/australian-open), where he lost to Nadal in straight sets, and a quarterfinal at the 2025 [French Open](https://www.edgepedia.org/french-open).[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/players/35361-f.tiafoe) • [8](https://time.com/6211653/frances-tiafoe-us-open-semifinal-carlos-alcaraz/) His career fifth-set record stood at 7-14 in the 2025 ATP media guide compilation.[6](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/media-guide/2025/2025-atp-media-guide-player-bios-birthdays-final.pdf)
## 2026 season
The 2026 season was statistically his strongest. Entering the US Open he reported a 37-16 win-loss record for the year and said he was high in the ATP win rate.[9](https://www.usopen.org/amp/en_US/news/articles/2026-08-28/frances_tiafoe_a_different_person_at_2026_us_open.html) His results included the Halle title, a final at the Cincinnati Open, an ATP Masters 1000 event, where he lost to Arthur Fils 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 in his second Masters 1000 final, and a semifinal at the Washington-area DC Open in 2024 is not part of this season; his 2026 Washington run ended in a first-round loss to Terence Atmane 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.[10](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/news/fils-tiafoe-cincinnati-2026-final) • [11](https://www.atpschedule.com/players/16/frances-tiafoe) At the 2026 US Open he beat [Daniil Medvedev](https://www.edgepedia.org/daniil-medvedev) 7-6 (7-1), 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) in the quarterfinals before a semifinal meeting with [Ben Shelton](https://www.edgepedia.org/ben-shelton).[11](https://www.atpschedule.com/players/16/frances-tiafoe) His Cincinnati run moved him to No. 12 in the [ATP rankings](https://www.edgepedia.org/atp-rankings) and into contention in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin for the Nitto ATP Finals.[10](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/news/fils-tiafoe-cincinnati-2026-final) • [12](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/news/fils-tiafoe-pif-atp-live-race-to-turin-24-august-2026)
## Team competition and background
Tiafoe led Team World to the 2022 [Laver Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/laver-cup) title, teaming with [Jack Sock](https://www.edgepedia.org/jack-sock) to defeat Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in Federer's final match and then clinching the cup with a win over Stefanos Tsitsipas.[7](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/bio)
His background shapes the interest in his numbers. His parents, Constant Tiafoe and Alphina Kamara Tiafoe, fled Sierra Leone's civil war in the mid-1990s; his father worked at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in Maryland, where Frances and his twin brother Franklin trained and sometimes slept while their mother worked night shifts as a nurse.[8](https://time.com/6211653/frances-tiafoe-us-open-semifinal-carlos-alcaraz/) At 15 he became the youngest boy to win singles at the Orange Bowl International, and he turned pro at 17 in 2015.[8](https://time.com/6211653/frances-tiafoe-us-open-semifinal-carlos-alcaraz/)
## Head-to-head notes
Against top-10 opposition his record was 16-43 as reported after the Halle final in June 2026.[5](https://as.com/tenis/tiafoe-frena-a-fritz-para-ganar-el-mayor-titulo-de-su-carrera-f202606-n/)
## References
1. [Frances Tiafoe player card, Roland-Garros (ATP/WTA profile data)](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/players/35361-f.tiafoe)
2. [Frances Tiafoe ATP Singles Ranking, Stats & Match Record, TennisDB](https://tennis-db.com/players/30/frances-tiafoe)
3. [Frances Tiafoe Overview, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/f.-tiafoe/td51/overview)
4. [Frances Tiafoe Rankings Breakdown, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/es/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/rankings-breakdown)
5. [Tiafoe frena a Fritz para ganar el mayor título de su carrera, AS.com (21 June 2026)](https://as.com/tenis/tiafoe-frena-a-fritz-para-ganar-el-mayor-titulo-de-su-carrera-f202606-n/)
6. [2025 ATP Media Guide, player bios](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/media-guide/2025/2025-atp-media-guide-player-bios-birthdays-final.pdf)
7. [Frances Tiafoe Bio, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/bio)
8. [Meet Frances Tiafoe. He Might Just Save American Men's Tennis, TIME (Sean Gregory, 9 September 2022)](https://time.com/6211653/frances-tiafoe-us-open-semifinal-carlos-alcaraz/)
9. [Frances Tiafoe a 'different person' at 2026 US Open, USOpen.org (28 August 2026)](https://www.usopen.org/amp/en_US/news/articles/2026-08-28/frances_tiafoe_a_different_person_at_2026_us_open.html)
10. [Fils Tiafoe Cincinnati 2026 Final, Nitto ATP Finals (23 August 2026)](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/news/fils-tiafoe-cincinnati-2026-final)
11. [Frances Tiafoe ATP Player Profile: Schedule, Results & Stats, ATP Schedule](https://www.atpschedule.com/players/16/frances-tiafoe)
12. [Fils Tiafoe PIF ATP Live Race To Turin 24 August 2026, Nitto ATP Finals](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/news/fils-tiafoe-pif-atp-live-race-to-turin-24-august-2026)
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