Frances Tiafoe was once on the verge of making the US Open final. He was playing Carlos Alcaraz at the 2022 US Open and had a real shot at reaching the final. He didn’t, but after the match Tiafoe made a pretty famous statement that he was going to win it eventually . Since then it’s been three years, and not only hasn’t Tiafoe taken that next step, he’s largely regressed as a player.

He hasn’t regressed in the sense that he’s out of the Top 100, but he’s on the verge of holding the lowest ranking he’s had since then, having already withdrawn from the remaining tournaments of 2025. So what exactly went wrong for Frances Tiafoe? Let’s start at the beginning.

Tiafoe has always been a rather streaky player. Some of the best tennis he’s ever played came at the event in Vienna in 2021, wh

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