Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Clichy | 27 March 2000
Height | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) |
Plays | Right-handed, (two-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Highest ranking | No. 463 (29 August 2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Jaimée Floyd Angele (born March 27, 2000) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of 463 achieved on 28 August 2022.[1]
Career
The Junior Champion of France in 2016, beating Hugo Gaston in straight sets in Dijon, he was coached by Cyril Brechbühl, the former coach of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.[2]
In March 2017, he won his debut game on the ATP Futures circuit winning his first ATP point, triumphing in 3 sets against Mateusz Terczynski in the first round of the Futures tournament in Villers-Les-Nancy.[3] In February 2018, although still a junior, he reached the semi final of the Sharm El Sheikh event on the Futures Tour.[4]
He was awarded a wildcard to the 2018 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying.[5] He won the first set against Thanasi Kokkinakis before eventually losing in the first round.[6]
He was runner-up at the Rancho Santa Fe M15 Tournament, part of the SoCal Pro Series in June 2023, falling to Northern Mariana Islander Colin Sinclair in the final.[7]
Personal life
The son of a Venezuelan father, and a Belgian mother, he was raised in Paris, in Blanc-Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis). At 18 years of age he was over 2 metres tall (2.07m) with only Ivo Karlovic taller on the tennis circuit at the time. He has a European shoe size of 49.5. A keen football fan, he is a supporter of Paris Saint Germain.[8][9] He received funding as part of Generation 2024 a government funded programme to help potential medalists for the 2024 Olympic Games, which is to be held in Paris.[10]
References
- ^ "Jaimee Floyd Angele". atp. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Dobremez, Nastassia (August 23, 2016). "FFT - Jaimee Floyd Angel French champion for 15-16 year olds". tennis.actu.net. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Nancy (ITF) - Jaimee Floyd Angel wins his 1st ATP point". Actutennis.
- ^ Herode, Jules (February 16, 2018). "Sharm El Sheikh (FUT) - Jomby and Angele reach the semis". actutennis. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "#RG18: wild-cards announced ! - Roland-Garros - The 2018 French Open official site". rolandgarros.com. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ "French Open: Bernard Tomic, Thanasi Kokkinakis". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ Rabago, Mark (June 15, 2023). "Colin Sinclair wins third ITF Tour singles title". Saipantribune.com. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Tejerina, Roxane (5 March 2018). "Toulouse (FUT) - Angele and Mayot at the start in the pink city". Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Corby, Stephane (21 May 2018). "Roland-Garros: Jaimee Floyd Angele, 2.07m and a great future". Le Parisien. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ http://m.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/saint-denis-la-generation-2-024-est-en-marche-15-01-2018-7502460