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Richard Fromberg
Australian tennis player
Australian tennis player
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Richard Fromberg |
| country | Australia |
| residence | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia |
| height | |
| turnedpro | 1988 |
| retired | 2005 |
| plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| careerprizemoney | |
| singlesrecord | 256–287 |
| singlestitles | 4 |
| highestsinglesranking | No. 24 (13 August 1990) |
| AustralianOpenresult | 4R (1993, 1998) |
| FrenchOpenresult | 3R (1993) |
| Wimbledonresult | 3R (1994) |
| USOpenresult | 3R (1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000) |
| Othertournaments | yes |
| Olympicsresult | 1R (1992) |
| doublesrecord | 30–53 |
| doublestitles | 2 |
| highestdoublesranking | No. 159 (2 February 1998) |
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult | 2R (1991, 1993) |
| WimbledonDoublesresult | Q3 (1992) |
| USOpenDoublesresult | 1R (1991) |
| updated | 12 June 2022 |
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 .
ATP career finals
Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) |
| ATP Championship Series (0–0) |
| ATP World Series (0–1) |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–3) |
| Clay (3–4) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|
| Finals by setting |
|---|
| Outdoors (4–7) |
| Indoors (0–0) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | [](singapore-open-men-s-tennis) | Singapore, Singapore | World Series | Hard | USA Kelly Jones | 4–6, 6–2, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 1–1 | [](bologna-outdoor) | Bologna, Italy | World Series | Clay | SUI Marc Rosset | 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 2–1 | [](1990-swedish-open-men-s-singles) | Båstad, Sweden | World Series | Clay | SWE Magnus Larsson | 6–2, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 3–1 | [](1991-bp-national-championships) | Wellington, New Zealand | World Series | Hard | SWE Lars Jönsson | 6–1, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–2 | [](usta-men-s-clay-courts-of-tampa) | Tampa, United States | World Series | Clay | PER Jaime Yzaga | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | [](atp-florence) | Florence, Italy | World Series | Clay | URU Marcelo Filippini | 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | [](1994-dutch-open-singles) | Hilversum, Netherlands | World Series | Clay | CZE Karel Nováček | 5–7, 4–6, 6–7(7–9) |
| Loss | 3–5 | [](1995-peters-international-men-s-singles) | Sydney, Australia | World Series | Hard | USA Patrick McEnroe | 2–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 4–5 | [](1997-romanian-open-singles) | Bucharest, Romania | World Series | Clay | ITA Andrea Gaudenzi | 6–1, 7–6(7–2) |
| Loss | 4–6 | [](1998-heineken-open-singles) | Auckland, New Zealand | World Series | Hard | CHI Marcelo Ríos | 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
| Loss | 4–7 | [](1998-dutch-open-singles) | Amsterdam, Netherlands | International Series | Clay | SWE Magnus Norman | 3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) |
| ATP Championship Series (0–0) |
| ATP World Series (2–0) |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–0) |
| Clay (1–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|
| Finals by setting |
|---|
| Outdoors (2–0) |
| Indoors (0–0) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | [](1990-otb-international-open-men-s-doubles) | Schenectady, United States | World Series | Hard | USA Brad Pearce | USA Brian Garrow | |
| USA Sven Salumaa | 6–2, 3–6, 7–6 | |||||||
| Win | 2–0 | [](1997-generali-open) | Kitzbühel, Austria | World Series | Clay | AUS Wayne Arthurs | AUT Thomas Buchmayer | |
| AUT Thomas Strengberger | 6–3, 6–3 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 10 (10–0)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (10–0) |
| ITF Futures (0–0) |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (4–0) |
| Clay (5–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (1–0) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Ilheus, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | FRA Jean-Philippe Fleurian | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Indian Wells, United States | Challenger | Hard | AUS Todd Woodbridge | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| Win | 3–0 | Manila, Philippines | Challenger | Hard | AUS Neil Borwick | 7–6, 6–4 | |
| Win | 4–0 | Launceston, Australia | Challenger | Carpet | RSA David Nainkin | 6–1, 6–3 | |
| Win | 5–0 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ARG Horacio de la Peña | 6–1, 7–6 | |
| Win | 6–0 | Oporto, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | ESP Galo Blanco | 6–3, 7–6 | |
| Win | 7–0 | Perth, Australia | Challenger | Hard | NZL Steven Downs | 6–0, 6–3 | |
| Win | 8–0 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | ECU Nicolás Lapentti | 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | 9–0 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | AUS Andrew Ilie | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| Win | 10–0 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero | 7–6, 5–7, 6–4 |
Doubles: 3 (3–0)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (3–0) |
| ITF Futures (0–0) |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–0) |
| Clay (1–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (1–0) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNP | 0–0 | Martinique, Martinique | Challenger | Hard | AUS Johan Anderson | USA David Wheaton | ||
| AUS Todd Woodbridge | not played | |||||||
| Win | 1–0 | Manila, Philippines | Challenger | Hard | NZL Steve Guy | ITA Massimo Ardinghi | ||
| ITA Mario Visconti | 6–3, 6–4 | |||||||
| Win | 2–0 | Launceston, Australia | Challenger | Carpet | AUS Patrick Rafter | GBR Nick Brown | ||
| GBR Andrew Foster | 7–5, 7–6 | |||||||
| Win | 3–0 | Canberra, Australia | Challenger | Clay | AUS Chris Guccione | AUT Werner Eschauer | ||
| GRE Vasilis Mazarakis | 6–1, 6–2 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1988 | Australian Open | Grass | AUS Johan Anderson | AUS Jason Stoltenberg | |
| AUS Todd Woodbridge | 3–6, 2–6 |
Performance timelines
Singles
| Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | SR | W–L | Win % | 0 / 14 | 13–14 | 0 / 12 | 6–12 | 0 / 10 | 4–10 | 0 / 9 | 11–9 | Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 6–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 45 | 34–45 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 27 | 19–27 |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 4R | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | Q2 | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 3R | A | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 3R | Q1 | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Representation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | A | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | A | Not Held | A | Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q2 | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | 3R | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | Q1 | 2R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rome | A | A | A | A | QF | A | A | 2R | 3R | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | QF | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stuttgart | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | NMS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | A |
Doubles
| Tournament | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | SR | W–L | Win % | 0 / 11 | 2–11 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 12 | 2–12 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | Q3 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A |
References
References
- "Richard Fromberg | Overview".
- [http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics AIS at the Olympics] {{webarchive. link. (6 June 2011)
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