Jaimee Floyd Angele
Country (sports) France
Born (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 23)
Clichy
Height2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed, (two-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (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 September 2022.[1][2]

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.[3]

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.[4] In February 2018, although still a junior, he reached the semi final of the Sharm El Sheikh event on the Futures Tour.[5]

He was awarded a wildcard to the 2018 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying.[6] He won the first set against Thanasi Kokkinakis before eventually losing in the first round.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9][10] 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.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Jaimee Floyd Angel | Overview | ATP World Tour | Tennis". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  2. ^ "Jaimee Floyd Angele". atp. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  3. ^ Dobremez, Nastassia (August 23, 2016). "FFT - Jaimee Floyd Angel French champion for 15-16 year olds". tennis.actu.net. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Nancy (ITF) - Jaimee Floyd Angel wins his 1st ATP point". Actutennis.
  5. ^ Herode, Jules (February 16, 2018). "Sharm El Sheikh (FUT) - Jomby and Angele reach the semis". actutennis. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  6. ^ "#RG18: wild-cards announced ! - Roland-Garros - The 2018 French Open official site". rolandgarros.com. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  7. ^ "French Open: Bernard Tomic, Thanasi Kokkinakis". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  8. ^ Rabago, Mark (June 15, 2023). "Colin Sinclair wins third ITF Tour singles title". Saipantribune.com. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  9. ^ Tejerina, Roxane (5 March 2018). "Toulouse (FUT) - Angele and Mayot at the start in the pink city". Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  10. ^ Corby, Stephane (21 May 2018). "Roland-Garros: Jaimee Floyd Angele, 2.07m and a great future". Le Parisien. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  11. ^ http://m.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/saint-denis-la-generation-2-024-est-en-marche-15-01-2018-7502460