Sekou Bangoura

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

Sekou Bangoura
Full nameSekou Bangoura Jr.
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceBradenton, Florida, United States
Born (1991-11-18) November 18, 1991 (age 32)
Bradenton, Florida, United States
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2011
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$311,184
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 213 (October 31, 2016)
Current rankingNo. 577 (June 13, 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2017)
US OpenQ3 (2016)
Doubles
Career record1-3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 147 (November 7, 2016)
Current rankingNo. 631 (November 14, 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open1R (2010)
Last updated on: November 18, 2022.

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.

Bangoura has won 10 singles titles and 21 doubles titles all achieved on the ITF Futures Tour with one sole doubles title on the ATP Challenger tour. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 213 achieved on 31 October 2016, and his career-high doubles ranking is world Mo. 147 achieved on 7 November 2016.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 20 (10–10)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (10–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (7–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 2012USA F30, PensacolaFuturesClay Florian Reynet0–6, 0–6
Win1–1Nov 2013USA F30, NicevilleFuturesClay Éric Prodon7–6(11–9) retired
Win2–1Jan 2014USA F1, PlantationFuturesClay Yoshihito Nishioka6–2, 6–4
Loss2–2Jun 2015USA F18, RochesterFuturesClay Emilio Gómez6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss2–3Nov 2015USA F34, WacoFuturesHard Henri Laaksonen3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win3–3Dec 2015Dominican Republic F3, Santo DomingoFuturesHard Facundo Mena6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–2
Win4–3Jun 2016USA F18, Winston-SalemFuturesHard Darian King6–3, 6–2
Loss4–4Nov 2017USA F36, NicevilleFuturesClay Patrick Kypson5–7, 7–5, 1–6
Win5–4May 2018Poland F3, UstrońFuturesClay Pawel Clas4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win6–4May 2018Czech Republic F2, JablonecFuturesClay Peter Heller6–4, 6–3
Loss6–5Jul 2018Germany F5, KamenFuturesClay Diminar Kuzmanov1–6, 5–7
Win7–5Aug 2018USA F23, BostonFuturesHard Antoine Hoang7–5, 6–2
Win8–5Jan 2019M15 Naples, United StatesWorld Tennis TourClay Pedro Sakamoto7–6(8–6), 6–0
Loss8–6Jan 2019M25 Palm Coast, United StatesWorld Tennis TourClay Nicolás Álvarez6–7(5–7), 6–1, 4−6
Loss8–7May 2019M25 Vero Beach, United StatesWorld Tennis TourClay Dmitry Popko1–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win9–7Apr 2022M15 Sunrise, United StatesWorld Tennis TourClay Evan Zhu6–4, 6–2
Win10–7May 2022M15 Vero Beach, United StatesWorld Tennis TourClay Ethan Quinn6–4, 6–3
Loss10–8Jun 2022M15 South Bend, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Johannus Monday3–6, 5–7
Loss10–9Jul 2022M15 Fountain Valley, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Zachary Svajda3–6, 1–6
Loss10–10Sep 2022M15 Champaign, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Justin Boulais1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 58 (22–36)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–11)
ITF Futures Tour (21–25)
Finals by surface
Hard (14–17)
Clay (8–19)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Nov 2009USA F28, NicevilleFuturesClay Denis Kudla Tigran Martirosyan
Artem Sitak
4–6, 5–7
Loss0–2Jul 2010USA F18, PeoriaFuturesClay Jack Sock Taylor Fogleman
Benjamin Rogers
2–6, 4–6
Loss0–3May 2011Savannah, United StatesChallengerClay Jesse Witten Izak van der Merwe
Rik de Voest
3–6, 3–6
Win1–3Jun 2011USA F13, SacramentoFuturesHard Alexandre Lacroix James Ludlow
Ty Trombetta
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss1–4Sep 2011Canada F5, TorontoFuturesClay Darian King Maciek Sykut
Denis Zivkovik
2–6, 1–6
Loss1–5Oct 2011USA F27, MansfieldFuturesHard Blake Strode Devin Britton
Jordan Cox
6–2, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss1–6Oct 2011USA F28, BirminghamFuturesClay Evan King Andre Daescu
Milan Pokrajac
2–6, 2–6
Loss1–7Jan 2012USA F2, SunriseFuturesClay Edward Corrie Ruben Gonzales
Chris Kwon
3–6, 5–7
Loss1–8Jul 2012USA F19, RochesterFuturesClay Vahid Mirzadeh Chase Buchanan
Drew Courtney
3–6, 0–6
Loss1–9Sep 2012Canada F7, TorontoFuturesClay Bjorn Fratangelo Carsten Ball
Peter Polansky
7–6(7–2), 4–6, [9–11]
Win2–9Dec 2012Hong Kong F3FuturesHard Daniel Nguyen Marcus Daniell
Kaden Hensel
6–4, 6–2
Loss2–10Jan 2013USA F3, WestonFuturesClay Patrick Daciek Daniel Dutra da Silva
Caio Zampieri
6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss2–11Jun 2013USA F14, InnisbrookFuturesClay Eric Quigley Marcelo Arévalo
Roberto Maytín
6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Win3–11Sep 2013Canada F7, TorontoFuturesClay Jean-Yves Aubone Milan Pokrajak
Peter Polansky
6–4, 6–4
Win4–11Sep 2013Canada F9, MarkhamFuturesHard Evan King Hans Hach
Andrew Ochotta
6–3, 6–2
Loss4–12Oct 2013USA F28, BirminghamFuturesClay Evan King Romain Arneodo
Benjamin Belleret
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [7–10]
Loss4–13Nov 2013USA F29, PensacolaFuturesClay Devin McCarthy Joseph Cadogan
Patrick Daciek
3–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Win5–13Nov 2013USA F31, BradentonFuturesClay Stefan Kozlov Tommy Mylnikov
Devin McCarthy
6–2, 6–4
Win6–13Mar 2014USA F8, BakersfieldFuturesHard Evan King Adam Chadaj
Marek Michalička
5–7, 6–4, [10–5]
Win7–13Mar 2014USA F9, CalabasasFuturesHard Evan King Dennis Novikov
Connor Smith
6–4, 6–4
Loss7–14Jun 2014Italy F20, Busto ArsizioFuturesClay Daniel Dutra da Silva Fabrício Neis
Pedro Sakamoto
6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Win8–14Sep 2014Canada F9, TorontoFuturesClay Evan King Bjorn Fratangelo
Mitchell Krueger
6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss8–15Sep 2014Canada F10, TorontoFuturesHard Pavel Krainik Michael Bois
Isade Juneau
4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win9–15Dec 2014Dominican Republic F4, Santo DomingoFuturesHard Mitchell Krueger Mauricio Echazú
Aleksandar Lazov
6–7(1–7), 6–1, [10–8]
Win10–15Mar 2015USA F10, BakersfieldFuturesHard Darian King Mitchell Krueger
Connor Smith
6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win11–15May 2015USA F16, TampaFuturesClay Brandon Anandan Jean-Yves Aubone
Rhyne Williams
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Win12–15Jun 2015USA F17, BuffaloFuturesClay Nathan Pasha Maximiliano Estévez
Daniel Garza
walkover
Loss12–16Jul 2015Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Frank Dancevic Johan Brunström
Nicholas Monroe
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss12–17Nov 2015Knoxville, United StatesChallengerHard Matthew Seeberger Johan Brunström
Fredrik Nielsen
1–6, 2–6
Win13–17Nov 2015USA F34, WacoFuturesHard Matthew Seeberger Julian Lenz
William Little
1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss13–18Feb 2016Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard Dean O'Brien Eric Quigley
Nicolas Meister
1–6, 1–6
Loss13–19Mar 2016USA F10, BakersfieldFuturesHard Ruben Gonzales Adrien Puget
Nicolas Meister
5–7, 3-6
Win14–19Jul 2016USA F23, WichitaFuturesHard Darian King Eric Quigley
Nicolas Meister
6–2, 6–3
Loss14–20Jul 2016Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard David O'Hare Stefan Kozlov
John-Patrick Smith
3–6, 3–6
Loss14–21Oct 2016Fairfield, United StatesChallengerHard Eric Quigley Brian Baker
Mackenzie McDonald
3–6, 4–6
Loss14–22Jun 2017Vicenza, ItalyChallengerClay Tristan-Samuel Weissborn Gero Kretschmer
Alexander Satschko
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss14–23Aug 2017Floridablanca, ColombiaChallengerClay Evan King Sergio Galdós
Nicolás Jarry
3–6, 7–5, [1–10]
Loss14–24Feb 2018Launceston, AustraliaChallengerHard Nathan Pasha Alex Bolt
Bradley Mousley
6–7(6–8), 0-6
Win15–24Apr 2018Italy F9, Santa MargheritaFuturesClay Szymon Walków Vasile Antonescu
Patrick Grigoriu
6–4, 6–4
Win16–24May 2018Poland F3, UstrońFuturesClay Szymon Walków Vít Kopřiva
David Poljak
0–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss16–25Jul 2018Netherlands F3, AmstelveenFuturesClay Vasile Antonescu Michiel De Krom
Ryan Nijboer
7–6(7–0), 3–6, [5–10]
Win17–25Mar 2019M25 Calabasas, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Boris Arias Jack Findel-Hawkins
Ryan Peniston
6–2, 6–2
Loss17–26May 2019M25 Vero Beach, United StatesWorld Tennis TourClay Boris Arias Lorenzo Frigerio
Adelchi Virgili
4–6, 3–6
Win18–26Sep 2019Cary, United StatesChallengerHard Michael Mmoh Treat Huey
John-Patrick Smith
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win19–26Oct 2019M25 Norman, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Lloyd Glasspool Yates Johnson
Hunter Johnson
7–6(11–9), 6–2
Loss19–27Nov 2019Charlottesville, United StatesChallengerHard Blaž Kavčič Mitchell Krueger
Blaž Rola
4–6, 1–6
Loss19–28Jan 2020M25 Rancho Santa Fe, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Boris Arias Lloyd Glasspool
Alex Lawson
1–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss19−29Apr 2021Tallahassee, United StatesChallengerClay Donald Young Orlando Luz
Rafael Matos
6–7(2–7), 2-6
Loss19–30Sep 2021M15 Fayetteville, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Abraham Asaba Alexandre Reco
Nicolas Rousset
3–6, 6–3, [6−10]
Win20–30Oct 2021M15 Lubbock, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Gijs Brouwer Constantin Frantzen
Sven Lah
6–4, 4–6, [10−5]
Win21–30Apr 2022M15 Orange Park, United StatesWorld Tennis TourClay Abraham Asaba Aidan Mayo
Govind Nanda
7–6(2−7), 3–6, [11−9]
Loss21–31Jun 2022M25 East Lansing, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Noah Schachter Shunsuke Mitsui
James Trotter
5–7, 3–6
Loss21–32Jun 2022M25 Wichita, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Abraham Asaba Hsu Yu Hsiou
Yuta Shimizu
4–6, 6–2, [5−10]
Loss21–33Jul 2022M15 Fountain Valley, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Abraham Asaba Ethan Quinn
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
0–6, 6–3, [8−10]
Loss21–34Jan 2023M25 Wesley Chapel, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Roy Stepanov Roberto Cid Subervi
Alfredo Perez
3–6, 2–6
Loss21–35Mar 2023M25 Bakersfield, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Blu Baker Vasil Kirkov
Christian Langmo
5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Win22–35Apr 2023M15 Sunrise, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Blu Baker Jared Thompkins
Leonardo Vega
6–3, 6–1
Loss22–36May 2023M25 Pensacola, United StatesWorld Tennis TourClay Roy Stepanov Vasil Kirkov
Benjamin Sigouin
3–6, 6–4, [8–10]

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