re: Will there ever be another dominant American in mens tennis?

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Wow what an incredibly loaded field for a USTA junior tournament

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Semis are set:

Tiafoe (played in French Open MD)v Paul (2015 French Open Jr. Champ).

and

Kozlov (2 time jr grand slam runner up) v. Fritz (#1 ITF junior in world)

Tiafoe v. Kozlov for a MD spot into the US Open:

Tale of the Tape

#1 Frances Tiafoe (6 '2" 170 lbs)
•17 years old (1/20/98)
•Right handed with a 2-hand backhand
•Best Previous Results at the Zoo
?2014: B18's - 5th Round (lost to Noah Rubin 6-3, 6-3)
?Won the back-draw def. Taylor Fritz 1-0(5) in 3rd
?2013: B16's - Semifinals (lost to Tommy Paul 2 & 4)
?Won 3rd place match def. Sameer Kumar 6-3 in 3rd
•Current ATP Ranking of 274 (also his high)
•# of Pro Singles Titles - 1 (2015 USA F10)
•High ITF Junior Ranking of 2
•Best Junior Grand Slam Results
?2014 US Open Semis (lost to Quentin Halys 7-6(6) in 3rd)
?2014 Wimbledon R16 (lost to Noah Rubin 6-3 in 3rd)
?2014 French Open R2 (lost to Jan Choinski 6-3 in 3rd)
•Other Junior Accolades
?2014 Easter Bowl Champion, 2014 USTA International Spring Champion, 2013 Orange Bowl Champion, 2013 Pan American ITF Champion
•2016 Tennis Recruiting.Net Blue Chip
•Born and Resides in College Park, Maryland
•Turned Professional in 2015
•Universal Tennis Rating 14.86

#3 Stefan Kozlov (6 '0" 170 lbs)
•17 years old (2/1/98)
•Right handed with a 2-hand backhand
•Previous Results at the Zoo
?2014: B18's - Quarterfinals (lost to Collin Altamirano 6-4, 6-2
?Won 3rd place match over Michael Mmoh via w/o
?2013: B18's - 3rd Round (lost to Sam Shropshire 6-4, 7-6
?Won the back-draw defeating Ronnie Schneider 6-3, 7-5
?2012: B18's - 5th Round (lost to Alexios Halebian 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
?Lost back-draw quarters to Mitchell Krueger 1-0(7) in 3rd
•Current ATP Ranking of 354 (also his high)
•# of Pro Singles Titles - 0; does have 2 doubles titles (2015 Maui Challenger with Jared Donaldson & 2013 USA F31 with Sekou Bangoura)
•High ITR Junior Ranking of 2
•Best Junior Grand Slam Results
?2014 Wimbledon Runner-Up (lost to Noah Rubin 6-3 in 3rd)
?2014 US Open Quarters (lost to Quentin Halys 3-1 ret.)
?2014 French Open Quarters (lost to Andrey Rublev 6-4 in 3rd)
?2014 Australian Open Runner-Up (lost to Alexander Zverev 6-3,6-0)
•Other Junior Accolades
?2014 Orange Bowl Champion
?2013 Orange Bowl Runner-Up
?2013 International Hard Court Runner-Up
?2013 USTA International Spring Champion
?2013 Copa Gerdau Runner-Up
?2012 International Spring Championships Runner-Up
•2016 Tennis Recruiting.Net Blue Chip
•Born in Skopje, Macedonia; Resides in Pembroke Pines, Florida
•Turned Professional in 2012
•Universal Tennis Rating 14.34




H2H:

2013 Orange Bowl Finals - Tiafoe def. Kozlov 7-6(3), 0-6, 6-3

2013 USTA International Spring Championships Semifinals - Kozlov def. Tiafoe 6-3, 6-4

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Tiafoe got his second Top 100 win yesterday in the Winston Salem qualifying. Plays Ryan Harrison in the next round.

No, I am not Donnie

Well, some would be Serena

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Tiafoe beat Ryan Harrison today to make it through qualies into the MD at the Winston Salem Open.

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Tiafoe lodged another top 100 win taking out James Duckworth in 3 sets to win his first ATP main draw match.

Last week, Taylor Fritz joined Tomic, Young, Kyrgios, Coric and Zverev as the only players aged 17 & under to win a Challenger title in the last decade.

This week, he won his second Challenger in a row. He is the 9th player aged 17 & under to win multiple Challenger titles - 7th active (Gasquet, DelPo, Djoker, Berdych, Nadal, Tomic).

Both Challenger final wins were over Dustin Brown - the guy who knocked out Nadal out of the 2015 Wimbledon.

Future of American tennis is very bright with Fritz, Tiafoe, Opelka, Donaldson, Paul, Kozlov & Mmoh.