Richard Fromberg

Richard Fromberg
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Born	28 April 1970 (age 53); Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$2,605,740
Singles
Career record	256–287
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 24 (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
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 159 (2 February 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1991, 1993)
Wimbledon	Q3 (1992)
US Open	1R (1991)
	Last updated on: 12 June 2022.

Last updated December 29, 2023

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.^[2] 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.

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	May 1990	Singapore, Singapore	World Series	Hard	Kelly Jones	4–6, 6–2, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	1–1	May 1990	Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	Marc Rosset	4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	2–1	Jul 1990	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Magnus Larsson	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	3–1	Jan 1991	Wellington, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	Lars Jönsson	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–2	May 1993	Tampa, United States	World Series	Clay	Jaime Yzaga	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–3	Jun 1994	Florence, Italy	World Series	Clay	Marcelo Filippini	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–4	Aug 1994	Hilversum, Netherlands	World Series	Clay	Karel Nováček	5–7, 4–6, 6–7^(7–9)
Loss	3–5	Jan 1995	Sydney, Australia	World Series	Hard	Patrick McEnroe	2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	4–5	Sep 1997	Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	6–1, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	4–6	Jan 1998	Auckland, New Zealand	World Series	Hard	Marcelo Ríos	6–4, 4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	4–7	Aug 1998	Amsterdam, Netherlands	International Series	Clay	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	Aug 1990	Schenectady, United States	World Series	Hard	Brad Pearce	Brian Garrow Sven Salumaa	6–2, 3–6, 7–6
Win	2–0	Jul 1997	Kitzbühel, Austria	World Series	Clay	Wayne Arthurs	Thomas Buchmayer 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	Nov 1989	Ilheus, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2–0	Mar 1992	Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	6–4, 6–1
Win	3–0	Nov 1992	Manila, Philippines	Challenger	Hard	Neil Borwick	7–6, 6–4
Win	4–0	Nov 1992	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Carpet	David Nainkin	6–1, 6–3
Win	5–0	Jun 1993	Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Horacio de la Peña	6–1, 7–6
Win	6–0	Sep 1996	Oporto, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Galo Blanco	6–3, 7–6
Win	7–0	Dec 1996	Perth, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Steven Downs	6–0, 6–3
Win	8–0	Sep 1997	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Lapentti	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win	9–0	Jun 1998	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Andrew Ilie	6–2, 6–2
Win	10–0	Jun 1999	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	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	Apr 1989	Martinique, Martinique	Challenger	Hard	Johan Anderson	David Wheaton Todd Woodbridge	not played
Win	1–0	Nov 1992	Manila, Philippines	Challenger	Hard	Steve Guy	Massimo Ardinghi Mario Visconti	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	Nov 1992	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Carpet	Patrick Rafter	Nick Brown Andrew Foster	7–5, 7–6
Win	3–0	Apr 2005	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Clay	Chris Guccione	Werner Eschauer 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	Johan Anderson	Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q1	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	4R	2R	2R	1R	2R	4R	A	3R	1R	1R	0 / 14	13–14	48%
French Open	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	Q1	A	0 / 12	6–12	33%
Wimbledon	A	Q2	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	Q1	A	0 / 10	4–10	29%
US Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	3R	3R	A	A	2R	1R	3R	3R	Q1	A	0 / 9	11–9	55%
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	43%
National Representation
Summer Olympics	NH	A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held		0 / 1	0–1	0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q2	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Miami	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	0 / 4	3–4	43%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	3R	A	Q1	1R	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 4	3–4	43%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	1R	A	2R	2R	Q1	2R	A	A	0 / 6	3–6	33%
Rome	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	2R	3R	A	Q1	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 5	6–5	55%
Canada	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	QF	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	NMS	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Paris	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	Q2	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
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	41%

Doubles

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	0 / 11	2–11	67%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	Q3	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
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	14%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canada	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
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	40%

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References

↑ "Richard Fromberg | Overview".
↑ AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Richard Fromberg at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Richard Fromberg at the International Tennis Federation
Richard Fromberg at the Davis Cup
Richard Fromberg at Tennis Australia

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[1] "Richard Fromberg | Overview".

[2] AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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