5 things you should know about Frances Tiafoe

#2 He’s broken the top 100

Tiafoe reached a career-high rank of 86 this month and can no doubt return to the top 100; he is at 101

Poised at #101, Tiafoe is now looking to claw his way back into the top 100 ranked ATP players. Earlier this month, however, the teen hit his career high of 86^th on the back of a stellar run at this year’s Australian Open. Starting out as a qualifier, Tiafoe went through three rounds of qualifying to eventually see his run ended by Alexander Zverev.

Although most of his wins in the interim had been against lower-ranked players, Tiafoe’s newest battles against Juan Martin del Potro and Roger Federer – taking them both to the brink, have proved that the young player is back in the ascendency and raring to go.

Last year, Tiafoe displayed the best performance of his career so far against John Isner at the 2016 US Open, where he took the iconic American server to five tight sets – two of them tiebreaks, and had his much higher-ranked rival teetering on the edge of defeat.

Another couple of good performances could quickly send him right back into the top field – and perhaps a main draw soon enough!