Richard Fromberg

Country	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of birth	28 April 1970 (1970-04-28) (age 39)
Place of birth	Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	88 kg (190 lb; 13.9 st)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$2,605,740
Singles
Career record	256–287
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 24 (13 August 1990)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4R (1993, 1998)
French Open	3R (1993)
Wimbledon	3R (1994)
US Open	3R (1992–94, 1999, 2000)
Doubles
Career record	30–53
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 159 (2 February 1998)
Last updated on: 21 March 2008.

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

Fromberg began playing tennis at the age of 10. 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 has 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 has 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.

Contents 1 Singles finals 1.1 Singles Titles (4) 1.2 Runner-ups (7) 2 Doubles finals 2.1 Wins (2) 3 External links

[edit] Singles finals

[edit] Singles Titles (4)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	28 May 1990	Bologna	Clay	Marc Rosset	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
2.	16 July 1990	Båstad	Clay	Magnus Larsson	6–2, 7–6
3.	5 January 1991	Wellington	Hard	Lars Jonsson	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
4.	29 September 1997	Bucharest	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	6–1, 7–6(2)

[edit] Runner-ups (7)

• 1990: Singapore, lost to Kelly Jones, 4–6, 6–2, 6–7
• 1993: Tampa, United States, lost to Jaime Yzaga, 6–4, 6–2
• 1994: Florence, Italy, lost to Marcelo Filippini, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
• 1994: Hilversum, the Netherlands, lost to Karel Nováček, 7–5, 6–4, 7–6(7)
• 1995: Sydney Outdoor, Australia, lost to Patrick McEnroe, 6–2, 7–6(4)
• 1998: Auckland, New Zealand, lost to Marcelo Ríos, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(3)
• 1998: Amsterdam, the Netherlands, lost to Magnus Norman, 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4

[edit] Doubles finals

[edit] Wins (2)

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

[edit] External links

• Richard Fromberg at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Richard Fromberg at the International Tennis Federation
• Richard Fromberg at Davis Cup
• tenniscorner.net profile