Sekou Bangoura

Sekou Bangoura Jr. (born November 18, 1991) is an American tennis player.

Sekou Bangoura
Full nameSekou Bangoura Jr.
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceBradenton, Florida, United States
Born (1991-11-18) November 18, 1991
Bradenton, Florida, United States
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2010
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$278,709
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 213 (October 31, 2016)
Current rankingNo. 322 (December 02, 2019)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2017)
French Open
Wimbledon
US OpenQ3 (2016)
Doubles
Career record5-3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles14 ITF 1 ATP
Highest rankingNo. 147 (November 7,2016)
Current rankingNo. 218 (December 02, 2019)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open
French Open
Wimbledon
US Open1R (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)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000/$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (9–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
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


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