Background
His father, Mario, is his coach.
His father, Mario, is his coach.
Fratangelo attended Saint John the Baptist School in Plum, Pennsylvania until the 8th grade when he moved to Naples, Florida for training reasons, and was an online student of Barron Collier High School.
Fratangelo resides in the Pittsburgh suburb of Plum, Pennsylvania but spends half his time in Naples, Florida. Juniors
Professional
Fratangelo has featured mainly on the International Tennis Federation Pro Circuit since 2009. He played sparsely in both 2009 and 2010, before featuring on a much more regular basis in 2011.
He made his first final in July 2011, in the United States of America F17 event in Pittsburgh, losing to Brian Baker in straight sets.
The following month, Fratangelo was given a wildcard for the 2011 United States Open qualifiers, losing 2–6, 2–6 to Fritz Wolmarans in the First Round of qualification. He reached another final on the International Tennis Federation Men"s Circuit in May 2012, but lost in straight sets to Tennys Sandgren on clay courts in Tampa, Florida.
The beginning of 2013 witnessed Fratangelo hit a rich vein of form. He made his second final in as many weeks when he faced De Greef once again, this time in Palm Coast, but lost 2–6, 3–6. titles
Singles (9).
Fratangelo was only the second American to win the event as a junior, following John McEnroe in 1977. Fratangelo began playing tennis at age three and is named after former tennis champion Björn Borg. Fratangelo won the boys" singles title at the 2011 French Open, beating Dominic Thiem in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6. The win propelled him to a career high of no.2 in the Junior rankings. He played in one further Junior championship, at the 2011 United States Open, losing to eventual champion Oliver Golding in three sets. After reaching the semi-final in the United States of America F2 event in Sunrise, losing to eventual champion Robby Ginepri, he proceeded to win his first professional title the following week — beating Arthur De Greef in the final in Weston, winning 6–3, 3–6, 6–0.
