Richard Fromberg

Richard Fromberg

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Victoria
Born	(1970-04-28) 28 April 1970 Ulverstone, Tasmania
Height
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$2,605,740
Singles
Career record	256–287 (Grand Slam, ATP, Grand Prix, WCT and Davis Cup)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 23 (13 August 1990)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1993, 1998)
French Open	3R (1993)
Wimbledon	3R (1994)
US Open	3R (1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1992)
Doubles
Career record	30–53 (Grand Slam, ATP, Grand Prix, WCT and Davis Cup)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 159 (2 February 1998)

Richard James Fromberg (born 28 April 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Tennis career

Fromberg began playing tennis at the age of 10. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. In 1987, he reached the Australian Open Junior finals in both singles and doubles. He turned professional in 1988. In 1990, he won his first top-level singles title in at Bologna, and his first tour doubles title in Schenectady, New York.

Fromberg played for Australia in two Davis Cup finals during his career. In 1990 he was part of the team which lost 3–2 in the final to the United States (winning one singles rubber against Michael Chang, and losing another in five sets to Andre Agassi). In 1993 he was on the team which lost 4–1 in the final to Germany (winning one singles match-up against Marc-Kevin Goellner, and losing the other to Michael Stich). He had an 11–4 career Davis Cup record (10–4 in singles and 1–0 in doubles).

Fromberg's best performances at Grand Slam events came in reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open in 1993 and 1998.

During his career, Fromberg won four singles titles and two doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 24 (in 1990). His career prize money totalled US$2,605,740.

Career finals

Singles finals: 11 (4 titles – 7 runner-ups)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 May 1990	Singapore	Hard	Kelly Jones	4–6, 6–2, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	1.	28 May 1990	Bologna	Clay	Marc Rosset	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	2.	16 July 1990	Båstad	Clay	Magnus Larsson	6–2, 7–6
Winner	3.	5 January 1991	Wellington	Hard	Lars Jonsson	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	9 May 1993	Tampa	Clay	Jaime Yzaga	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	12 June 1994	Florence	Clay	Marcelo Filippini	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	1 August 1994	Hilversum	Clay	Karel Nováček	5–7, 4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Runner-up	5.	15 January 1995	Sydney Outdoor	Hard	Patrick McEnroe	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	4.	29 September 1997	Bucharest	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	6.	18 January 1998	Auckland	Hard	Marcelo Ríos	6–4, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	7.	9 August 1998	Amsterdam	Clay	Magnus Norman	3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 4–6

Doubles finals: 2 (2 titles – 0 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	27 August 1990	Schenectady, United States	Hard	Brad Pearce	Brian Garrow Sven Salumaa	6–2, 3–6, 7–6
Winner	2.	28 July 1997	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Wayne Arthurs	Thomas Buchmayer Thomas Strengberger	6–4, 6–3

External links

• Richard Fromberg at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Richard Fromberg at the Davis Cup