Mexico City, January 15, 2025.- ‘Big Foe’, as one of the greatest American talents of recent years is known, has American talent of recent years, returns to the Abierto Mexicano de Tennis presented by HSBC to enjoy one of his favorite destinations on the tour, Acapulco.
His parents emigrated from Sierra Leone in the 1990s and after fleeing the civil war eventually settled in Maryland. There the father of the family, Constant, also known as Frances Sr., found work in the construction department of the Junior Tennis Championship Center in College Park, where Junior Tennis Championship Center in College Park, MD and later took over the club’s maintenance.
His father has recalled that stage of life “When I started that job, it was a big problem because I couldn’t afford a babysitter, so I had to take the children to school. I couldn’t afford a babysitter, so I had to take the kids to work. It was an automatic thing, they had to play tennis because that’s all they saw, they had to be good.”
Frances has a twin brother named Franklin and along with him she started playing tennisfrom the age of three. But when Frances was nine, her father stopped taking on him, as he realized that his son’s level was already superior “I practically played with him until he was nine. And he was losing. So from then on I decided to let him be. His level was no longer for me. For us as a family, tennis has been a blessing. It’s beyond the ordinary what Frances is doing now.”
There is no doubt that Big Foe is going through the best years of her career, defeating Rafael Nadal en route to her first U.S. Open semifinals. Rafael Nadal en route to his first U.S. Open semifinals in 2023 to become the first American since Roddick in 2006 to do so. In the 2024 edition he repeated the same instance where he lost in five sets to fellow American Taylor Fritz.
His father also recalls “Believe it or not, the other kids’ parents would say to me. ‘Listen, your son is playing serious tennis'”.
Technical Details
Name: Frances Tiafoe
Age: 27 years old
Date and place of birth: January 20, 1998 in Maryland (USA)
Current ATP ranking: 17th (as of January 13, 2025)
Best ATP ranking: 10th (as of June 19, 2023)
Coach: David Witt, Jordi Arconada
ATP titles: 3 championships
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The Press Room will be operating from Saturday, February 22th from 11:00 a.m. until March 1st, 90 minutes after the end of the event.
Photographers’ and cameramen’s badges will be handed out in the press room.
There will be a website (www.abiertomexicanodetenis.com) for which both credited and non-credited media will have access to download content, graphic and audiovisual material before, during and after the event. The material available will be free of charge for all media.
ATTENTION
Organizing Committee
MEDIA OFFICER
América Jiménez
america@mextenis.com
The accreditation for national and international media must be done through the website from January 6th, 2025 until February 7th, 2025. It’s important to mention that under no circumstances will media applications be received after the closing date.
All applications for national and international media accreditation must comply with the following requirements established by Mextenis:
Once you have pre-registered online, you will receive a confirmation email with the information (address, date & time) and details to pick up your accreditation. You will need to present an official ID.
Pre-registration does not guarantee that your application will be accepted.
1. Websites
Websites that are associated with any other print, television or radio media that have previously applied for accreditation may be credited proven they meet the necessary requirements.
A maximum of one (1) web journalist without a photographer may be credited. A website (imagenshop.com) will be available for downloading graphic and audiovisual content during and after the event. This material can be downloaded free of charge and will be available to all.
The applicant must submit audited traffic data of the last two years (expressed as unique IP addresses per year).
2. Radio
Only one (1) reporter will be credited.
3. Television
A maximum of one (1) reporter, one (1) cameraman and one (1) editor may be credited.
Television networks wishing to be credited must comply with the following regulations:
4. Printed Media
(1) reporter and (1) photographer shall be credited.
5. Agencies
(1) reporter and (1) photographer will be credited.
NOTIFICATION LETTER
Once the registration is correctly completed, you will receive an email notification confirming that the data was received correctly and that the application is in the process of approval.
Each application is handled on a personal basis, so there is no estimated response time for each application.
If your application is approved, you will receive an e-mail with an ONLINE PRE-REGISTRATION CODE (this code is personal and non-transferable, since it has particular accesses and must match the name of the application or applicant).
This code must be entered in a link that you will receive with your confirmation email to complete the registration process and receive your accreditation letter, which will indicate the date, place and time you will have to pick up your accreditation.
Accreditations will not be issued after the date indicated.
La acreditación de medios nacionales e internacionales deberá realizarse a través de la página de internet a partir del 6 de Enero de 2025 hasta el 7 de Febrero de 2025. Es importante mencionar que bajo ninguna circunstancia se recibirán aplicaciones de medios después de la fecha de cierre.
Todas las solicitudes de acreditación para medios nacionales e internacionales deben cumplir con los siguientes requisitos establecidos por Mextenis:
Una vez realizado el pre-registro en línea, recibirás un correo electrónico de confirmación con la información (dirección, horarios y días) y datos para recoger tu acreditación. Deberás presentar una identificación oficial.
El realizar el pre-registro no garantiza que la solicitud sea aceptada.
1. Websites
Los sitios web que estén asociados con algún otro medio impreso, televisivo o radiofónico que haya solicitado acreditación previamente, podrán ser acreditados siempre y cuando cumplan con los requisitos necesarios.
Se podrá acreditar como máximo un (1) periodista web sin fotógrafo. Se contará con un sitio web (imagenshop.com) donde podrán tener acceso para descargar contenido gráfico y audiovisual, durante y posterior al evento. Este material se podrá descargar sin costo y estará disponible para todos.
El solicitante debe presentar las cifras de tráfico auditadas de los últimos dos años (expresadas como direcciones IP únicas por año).
2. Radio
Se acreditará únicamente a (1) reportero.
3. Televisión
Se podrá acreditar como maximo un (1) reportero, un (1) camarografo y un (1) editor
Las televisoras que deseen acreditarse deben contemplar el siguiente reglamento:
4. Medios impresos
Se acreditará (1) reportero y (1) fotógrafo.
5. Agencias
Se acreditará (1) reportero y (1) fotógrafo.
CARTA DE NOTIFICACIÓN
Una vez completado el registro de forma correcta, recibirás un correo de notificación la cual confirma que se recibieron correctamente los datos y que la solicitud está en proceso de aprobación.
Cada solicitud se atiende de forma personal, por lo que no se tiene un tiempo estimado para la respuesta a cada una de ellas.
Si tu solicitud es aprobada, recibirás un correo electrónico con un CODIGO DE PRE-REGISTRO EN LINEA (este código es personal e intransferible, ya que tiene accesos particulares y debe coincidir con el nombre de la solicitud).
Este código deberá ser ingresado en un link que a su vez recibirás en tu correo de confirmación para finalizar el proceso de registro y así recibir tu carta de acreditación, la cual indicará la fecha, lugar y horario en la que tendrás que recoger tu acreditación.
No se entregarán acreditaciones fuera de la fecha que se indica.