Jaimee Floyd Angele
Jaimée Floyd Angele (born March 22, 2000[1]) is a French professional tennis player.
He was awarded a wildcard to the 2018 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying.[2] He won the first set against Thanasi Kokkinakis before eventually losing in the first round.[3]
He is coached by Cyril Brechbühl who is the former coach of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He was the Junior Champion of France in 2016.[4] In March 2017 he won his debut game on the ATP circuit, winning in 3 sets against Mateusz Terczynski in the first round of the Futures tournament in Villers-Les-Nancy. [5] In February 2018, although still a junior, he reached the semi-final of the Sharm El Sheikh event on the Futures Tour.[6]
He receives 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.[7]
Personal life
He has a Venezuelan father and a Flemish Belgian mother. Still only 18 but over 2 metres tall (2.07m), only Ivo Karlovic is taller on the tennis circuit. He has a European shoe size of 49.5.[8] A keen football fan, he is a supporter of Paris Saint Germain.[9]
References
- ↑ "Jaimee Floyd Angel | Overview | ATP World Tour | Tennis". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ↑ "#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.
- ↑ "FFT - Jaimee Floyd Angel champion de France des 15-16 ans". www.tennisactu.net.
- ↑ "Nancy (ITF) - Jaimee Floyd Angel remporte son 1er point ATP". www.tennisactu.net.
- ↑ "Sharm El Sheikh (FUT) - Jomby et Angele atteignent les demies". www.tennisactu.net.
- ↑ http://m.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/saint-denis-la-generation-2-024-est-en-marche-15-01-2018-7502460
- ↑ "Toulouse (FUT) - Angele et Mayot au départ dans la ville rose". www.tennisactu.net.
- ↑ "Roland-Garros : Jaimee Floyd Angele, 2,07 m et un grand avenir".
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