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Who Is Frances Tiafoe? Everything About The Parents & Brother Of The Professional Tennis Player

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Lily Fisher

Published Feb 12, 2026

Frances Tiafoe is a professional American tennis player currently ranked 50th in the ATP World Rankings. Let’s learn more about him and his story growing up in the article below.

Frances is 23 years old. He has a twin brother, Franklin Tiafoe, who is also a tennis player.

He was born in Hyattsville, Maryland to immigrant parents, Constant Tiafoe Sr. and Alphina Tiafoe.

His parents fled from Sierra Leone after the civil war and came searching for a new life in the United States.

ATP: Frances Tiafoe Parents

Frances Tiafoe was born on January 20, 1998, to parents Constant Tiafoe Sr. and Alphina Tiafoe.

His father was a former politician in Sierra Leone and he came from a wealthy family. But he had to leave the country in 1993 when the civil war began.

Likewise, his mother also came from a big and wealthy family in Sierra. She had visited America several times before winning the U.S Green Card lottery. Later, she moved permanently to America in 1996 to escape the civil war.

Frances Tiafoe Mother Alphina And Father Constant Tiafoe

Frances Tiafoe’s father Constant and mother Alphina Tiafoe met in College Park, Maryland around 1996 and started a family together.

After coming to America, he received a construction contract to build a new tennis facility and he was also promoted to Head of Maintenance later on.

Frances and his twin brother Franklin grew up in a tennis facility in Maryland where their father worked and they used to play tennis all the time.

Their mother, Alphina worked as a licensed practical nurse, and Frances and his brother would occasionally live with her when she was not working on night shifts.

Frances Tiafoe Brother Franklin Tiafoe

Frances Tiafoe has a twin brother named Franklin Tiafoe who is also a tennis player.

When their father worked in the Junior Tennis Champions Center as Head of Maintenance, Frances and his brother used to play as kids.

They developed a talent and ability very quickly after being around tennis so much. Their genuine love of the game made their first official coach, Misha Kuznetsov, believe that they would go very far in professional tennis.

While Franklin trained alone, his brother Frances used to train with coaches and gradually improved making a name for himself at a young age.

Franklin does not play professionally but he believes he can eventually make it.

Frances Tiafoe Net Worth And Instagram

Frances started his career very young and when he was 15, he became the youngest player to win the Orange Bowl.

With his successful professional career in tennis, he reached no 2. on the ITF Junior list.

We estimate that he had accumulated a net worth value of at least $1 million as per his career of more than a few years.

However, his exact net value is yet to surface on the web.