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

Sekou Bangoura
Full nameSekou Bangoura Jr.
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceBradenton, Florida, United States
Born (1991-11-18) November 18, 1991 (age 32)
Bradenton, Florida, United States
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2011
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$311,184
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 213 (October 31, 2016)
Current rankingNo. 577 (June 13, 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2017)
US OpenQ3 (2016)
Doubles
Career record1-3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 147 (November 7, 2016)
Current rankingNo. 631 (November 14, 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open1R (2010)
Last updated on: November 18, 2022.

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

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Singles: 20 (10–10)

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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)

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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]
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