Sekou Bangoura

Sekou Bangoura
Full name	Sekou Bangoura Jr.
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, United States
Born	November 18, 1991 (age 32); Bradenton, Florida, United States
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money	$311,184
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 213 (October 31, 2016)
Current ranking	No. 577 (June 13, 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2017)
US Open	Q3 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	1-3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 147 (November 7, 2016)
Current ranking	No. 631 (November 14, 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (2010)
	Last updated on: November 18, 2022.

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

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 edit

Singles: 20 (10–10) edit

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2012	USA F30, Pensacola	Futures	Clay	Florian Reynet	0–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Nov 2013	USA F30, Niceville	Futures	Clay	Éric Prodon	7–6^(11–9) retired
Win	2–1	Jan 2014	USA F1, Plantation	Futures	Clay	Yoshihito Nishioka	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Jun 2015	USA F18, Rochester	Futures	Clay	Emilio Gómez	6–7^(3–7), 4–6
Loss	2–3	Nov 2015	USA F34, Waco	Futures	Hard	Henri Laaksonen	3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	3–3	Dec 2015	Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Facundo Mena	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, 6–2
Win	4–3	Jun 2016	USA F18, Winston-Salem	Futures	Hard	Darian King	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–4	Nov 2017	USA F36, Niceville	Futures	Clay	Patrick Kypson	5–7, 7–5, 1–6
Win	5–4	May 2018	Poland F3, Ustroń	Futures	Clay	Pawel Clas	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	6–4	May 2018	Czech Republic F2, Jablonec	Futures	Clay	Peter Heller	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–5	Jul 2018	Germany F5, Kamen	Futures	Clay	Diminar Kuzmanov	1–6, 5–7
Win	7–5	Aug 2018	USA F23, Boston	Futures	Hard	Antoine Hoang	7–5, 6–2
Win	8–5	Jan 2019	M15 Naples, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Pedro Sakamoto	7–6^(8–6), 6–0
Loss	8–6	Jan 2019	M25 Palm Coast, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nicolás Álvarez	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 4−6
Loss	8–7	May 2019	M25 Vero Beach, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Dmitry Popko	1–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Win	9–7	Apr 2022	M15 Sunrise, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Evan Zhu	6–4, 6–2
Win	10–7	May 2022	M15 Vero Beach, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Ethan Quinn	6–4, 6–3
Loss	10–8	Jun 2022	M15 South Bend, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Johannus Monday	3–6, 5–7
Loss	10–9	Jul 2022	M15 Fountain Valley, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Zachary Svajda	3–6, 1–6
Loss	10–10	Sep 2022	M15 Champaign, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Justin Boulais	1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 58 (22–36) edit

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2009	USA F28, Niceville	Futures	Clay	Denis Kudla	Tigran Martirosyan Artem Sitak	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Jul 2010	USA F18, Peoria	Futures	Clay	Jack Sock	Taylor Fogleman Benjamin Rogers	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	May 2011	Savannah, United States	Challenger	Clay	Jesse Witten	Izak van der Merwe Rik de Voest	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–3	Jun 2011	USA F13, Sacramento	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Lacroix	James Ludlow Ty Trombetta	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	1–4	Sep 2011	Canada F5, Toronto	Futures	Clay	Darian King	Maciek Sykut Denis Zivkovik	2–6, 1–6
Loss	1–5	Oct 2011	USA F27, Mansfield	Futures	Hard	Blake Strode	Devin Britton Jordan Cox	6–2, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss	1–6	Oct 2011	USA F28, Birmingham	Futures	Clay	Evan King	Andre Daescu Milan Pokrajac	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–7	Jan 2012	USA F2, Sunrise	Futures	Clay	Edward Corrie	Ruben Gonzales Chris Kwon	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–8	Jul 2012	USA F19, Rochester	Futures	Clay	Vahid Mirzadeh	Chase Buchanan Drew Courtney	3–6, 0–6
Loss	1–9	Sep 2012	Canada F7, Toronto	Futures	Clay	Bjorn Fratangelo	Carsten Ball Peter Polansky	7–6^(7–2), 4–6, [9–11]
Win	2–9	Dec 2012	Hong Kong F3	Futures	Hard	Daniel Nguyen	Marcus Daniell Kaden Hensel	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–10	Jan 2013	USA F3, Weston	Futures	Clay	Patrick Daciek	Daniel Dutra da Silva Caio Zampieri	6–7^(4–7), 2–6
Loss	2–11	Jun 2013	USA F14, Innisbrook	Futures	Clay	Eric Quigley	Marcelo Arévalo Roberto Maytín	6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	3–11	Sep 2013	Canada F7, Toronto	Futures	Clay	Jean-Yves Aubone	Milan Pokrajak Peter Polansky	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–11	Sep 2013	Canada F9, Markham	Futures	Hard	Evan King	Hans Hach Andrew Ochotta	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–12	Oct 2013	USA F28, Birmingham	Futures	Clay	Evan King	Romain Arneodo Benjamin Belleret	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	4–13	Nov 2013	USA F29, Pensacola	Futures	Clay	Devin McCarthy	Joseph Cadogan Patrick Daciek	3–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Win	5–13	Nov 2013	USA F31, Bradenton	Futures	Clay	Stefan Kozlov	Tommy Mylnikov Devin McCarthy	6–2, 6–4
Win	6–13	Mar 2014	USA F8, Bakersfield	Futures	Hard	Evan King	Adam Chadaj Marek Michalička	5–7, 6–4, [10–5]
Win	7–13	Mar 2014	USA F9, Calabasas	Futures	Hard	Evan King	Dennis Novikov Connor Smith	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–14	Jun 2014	Italy F20, Busto Arsizio	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Fabrício Neis Pedro Sakamoto	6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Win	8–14	Sep 2014	Canada F9, Toronto	Futures	Clay	Evan King	Bjorn Fratangelo Mitchell Krueger	6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	8–15	Sep 2014	Canada F10, Toronto	Futures	Hard	Pavel Krainik	Michael Bois Isade Juneau	4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win	9–15	Dec 2014	Dominican Republic F4, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	Mauricio Echazú Aleksandar Lazov	6–7^(1–7), 6–1, [10–8]
Win	10–15	Mar 2015	USA F10, Bakersfield	Futures	Hard	Darian King	Mitchell Krueger Connor Smith	6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	11–15	May 2015	USA F16, Tampa	Futures	Clay	Brandon Anandan	Jean-Yves Aubone Rhyne Williams	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–4)
Win	12–15	Jun 2015	USA F17, Buffalo	Futures	Clay	Nathan Pasha	Maximiliano Estévez Daniel Garza	walkover
Loss	12–16	Jul 2015	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Frank Dancevic	Johan Brunström Nicholas Monroe	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	12–17	Nov 2015	Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Matthew Seeberger	Johan Brunström Fredrik Nielsen	1–6, 2–6
Win	13–17	Nov 2015	USA F34, Waco	Futures	Hard	Matthew Seeberger	Julian Lenz William Little	1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	13–18	Feb 2016	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Dean O'Brien	Eric Quigley Nicolas Meister	1–6, 1–6
Loss	13–19	Mar 2016	USA F10, Bakersfield	Futures	Hard	Ruben Gonzales	Adrien Puget Nicolas Meister	5–7, 3-6
Win	14–19	Jul 2016	USA F23, Wichita	Futures	Hard	Darian King	Eric Quigley Nicolas Meister	6–2, 6–3
Loss	14–20	Jul 2016	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	David O'Hare	Stefan Kozlov John-Patrick Smith	3–6, 3–6
Loss	14–21	Oct 2016	Fairfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	Eric Quigley	Brian Baker Mackenzie McDonald	3–6, 4–6
Loss	14–22	Jun 2017	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	14–23	Aug 2017	Floridablanca, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Evan King	Sergio Galdós Nicolás Jarry	3–6, 7–5, [1–10]
Loss	14–24	Feb 2018	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Nathan Pasha	Alex Bolt Bradley Mousley	6–7^(6–8), 0-6
Win	15–24	Apr 2018	Italy F9, Santa Margherita	Futures	Clay	Szymon Walków	Vasile Antonescu Patrick Grigoriu	6–4, 6–4
Win	16–24	May 2018	Poland F3, Ustroń	Futures	Clay	Szymon Walków	Vít Kopřiva David Poljak	0–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss	16–25	Jul 2018	Netherlands F3, Amstelveen	Futures	Clay	Vasile Antonescu	Michiel De Krom Ryan Nijboer	7–6^(7–0), 3–6, [5–10]
Win	17–25	Mar 2019	M25 Calabasas, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Boris Arias	Jack Findel-Hawkins Ryan Peniston	6–2, 6–2
Loss	17–26	May 2019	M25 Vero Beach, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Boris Arias	Lorenzo Frigerio Adelchi Virgili	4–6, 3–6
Win	18–26	Sep 2019	Cary, United States	Challenger	Hard	Michael Mmoh	Treat Huey John-Patrick Smith	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	19–26	Oct 2019	M25 Norman, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Lloyd Glasspool	Yates Johnson Hunter Johnson	7–6^(11–9), 6–2
Loss	19–27	Nov 2019	Charlottesville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Blaž Kavčič	Mitchell Krueger Blaž Rola	4–6, 1–6
Loss	19–28	Jan 2020	M25 Rancho Santa Fe, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Boris Arias	Lloyd Glasspool Alex Lawson	1–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Loss	19−29	Apr 2021	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Clay	Donald Young	Orlando Luz Rafael Matos	6–7^(2–7), 2-6
Loss	19–30	Sep 2021	M15 Fayetteville, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Abraham Asaba	Alexandre Reco Nicolas Rousset	3–6, 6–3, [6−10]
Win	20–30	Oct 2021	M15 Lubbock, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Gijs Brouwer	Constantin Frantzen Sven Lah	6–4, 4–6, [10−5]
Win	21–30	Apr 2022	M15 Orange Park, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Abraham Asaba	Aidan Mayo Govind Nanda	7–6⁽²⁻⁷⁾, 3–6, [11−9]
Loss	21–31	Jun 2022	M25 East Lansing, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Noah Schachter	Shunsuke Mitsui James Trotter	5–7, 3–6
Loss	21–32	Jun 2022	M25 Wichita, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Abraham Asaba	Hsu Yu Hsiou Yuta Shimizu	4–6, 6–2, [5−10]
Loss	21–33	Jul 2022	M15 Fountain Valley, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Abraham Asaba	Ethan Quinn Adolfo Daniel Vallejo	0–6, 6–3, [8−10]
Loss	21–34	Jan 2023	M25 Wesley Chapel, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Roy Stepanov	Roberto Cid Subervi Alfredo Perez	3–6, 2–6
Loss	21–35	Mar 2023	M25 Bakersfield, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Blu Baker	Vasil Kirkov Christian Langmo	5–7, 6–7^(2–7)
Win	22–35	Apr 2023	M15 Sunrise, United States	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Blu Baker	Jared Thompkins Leonardo Vega	6–3, 6–1
Loss	22–36	May 2023	M25 Pensacola, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Roy Stepanov	Vasil Kirkov Benjamin Sigouin	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]

External links edit

Sekou Bangoura at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Sekou Bangoura at the International Tennis Federation