Frances Tiafoe Jr. is an American professional tennis player. His highest world rankings by the Association of Tennis Professionals are No. 25 in men’s singles, on 2 May 2022; and No. 160 in doubles, on 1 November 2021.

By the age of 14, Tiafoe was playing in tournaments overseas and gaining the admiration of international junior tennis fans by winning the under-14 world championship in France. At 15, Tiafoe became the youngest player to win the prestigious Orange Bowl International Championship in Florida.

Who is Frances Tiafoe’s mother?

Frances Sr used to work in the diamond mines of his native Sierra Leone before managing to escape. His mother Alpina won a green card lottery to live in the US when millions applied. The odds were incredibly slim. After Frances Sr.and Alpina became the parents of Frances and his twin brother Franklin, Frances Sr. found work on a construction crew that built a tennis center.

Frances’ father worked so hard that the center’s owners were impressed and agreed to hire him as a janitor.