- Richard Fromberg
Infobox Tennis player
playername = Richard Fromberg
nickname =
country = AUS
residence =Melbourne , Victoria, Australia
datebirth = birth date and age|1970|4|28
placebirth = Ulverstone,Tasmania , Australia
height = height|m=1.95
weight = convert|88|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro = 1988
retired = 2005
plays = Right-handed
careerprizemoney = US$2,605,740
singlesrecord = 256–287
singlestitles = 4
highestsinglesranking = No. 24 (August 13 ,1990 )
AustralianOpenresult = 4R (1993, 1998)
FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1993)
Wimbledonresult = 3R (1994)
USOpenresult = 3R (1992–94, 1999, 2000)
doublesrecord = 30–53
doublestitles = 2
highestdoublesranking = No. 159 (February 2 ,1998 )
updated =March 21 ,2008 Richard James Fromberg (born
April 28 ,1970 , in Ulverstone,Australia ) is a former professionaltennis 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 atBologna , and his first tour doubles title inSchenectady, 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 againstMichael Chang , and losing another in five sets toAndre Agassi ). In 1993 he was on the team which lost 4–1 in the final to Germany (winning one singles match-up againstMarc-Kevin Goellner , and losing the other toMichael 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.
ingles finals
ingles Titles (4)
External links
*ATP|id=F164
*ITF male profile|number=10000485
*DavisCupplayerlink|id=10000485
* [http://www.tenniscorner.net/index.php?corner=M&action=players&playerid=FRR001 tenniscorner.net profile]
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