Sekou Bangoura Jr. (born November 18, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking is world No. 213 achieved on October 31, 2016 and his career-high doubles ranking is world No. 147 achieved on November 7, 2016.
Bangoura partnered with Nathan Pasha to win the 2010 Kalamazoo Boys' Junior National Tennis Championship, defeating Jack Sock and Matthew Kandath 7âÂÂ5, 6âÂÂ3 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 3âÂÂ6, 1âÂÂ6.
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 7âÂÂ5, 3âÂÂ6, [10âÂÂ5]. Their run came to a stop in the quarterfinals where they lost to Sam Groth and Max Mirnyi 6âÂÂ7<sup>(5âÂÂ7)</sup>, 4âÂÂ6.
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.
Born in the United States, Bangoura is of Guinean descent. His father was Guinea's top tennis player in his youth.