The American is into the final in Melbourne, with husband Bjorn Fratangelo as her coach. This is how the married couple work it out
Fratangelo, a Pittsburgh native, reached his career-high ATP ranking of World No. 99 in 2016. In 2011, he claimed the boys' singles title at the French Open, becoming the first American to achieve this milestone since John McEnroe in the late 1970s.
Tennis couples led by Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils stole the show in the first week of the 2025 Australian Open.
Madison Keys' coach and husband, Bjorn Fratangelo, celebrated the 2025 Australian Open champion with a heartfelt two-word reaction.
Madison Keys is set to play in her first Australian Open finals. Cheering her on—and coaching her—is her husband, fellow American tennis player Bjorn Fratengelo. Keys, 29, and Fratengelo, 31 ...
Let's just go for it and be open to change.'" The quote above tells you all you need to know about Madison Keys' approach to tennis right now.
In gaining her first victory in a Grand Slam tennis event, Madison Keys becomes the third Black woman, behind Evonne Goolagong-Cawley and Serena Williams, to win the Australian Open women’s singles title. She is also the first woman since Serena Williams to beat the number one and two seeds on her way to the winner’s trophy.
Perhaps they remember her from Junior Orange Bowl tournaments at Salvadore Park and Biltmore Tennis Center in Coral Gables, or from the Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, where 5-foot-10 Keys dazzled spectators with her 114 mph serve as a 14-year-old in the Orange Bowl Under-18s division.
Those were the mantras Madison Keys turned to as she confronted the most significant points of her tennis career, trapped in the cauldron of a third set that was tied at 5-all, 30-all in the Australian Open final against two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday.
The Madison Keys who will play two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka for the title at the Australian Open on Saturday night is not the same Madison Keys who was the runner-up at the U.S. Open back in 2017,
Days after her first Slam title, the tennis star shares what stoked her confidence, how she tweaked her game, and why representation matters on the court.
Madison Keys and her husband and coach Bjorn Fratengelo, shed tears of joy after her breakthrough Australian Open triumph.