Richard James Fromberg (born 28 April 1970) is a former professional

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player from Australia.

Tennis career

Fromberg began playing tennis at the age of 10. He was an

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scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics
In 1987, he reached the

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Junior finals in both singles and doubles. He turned professional in 1988. In 1990, he won his first top-level singles title in at

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, and his first tour doubles title in

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. Fromberg played for

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in two

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finals during his career. In 1990 he was part of the team which lost 3–2 in the final to the

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(winning one singles rubber against

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, and losing another in five sets to

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). In 1993 he was on the team which lost 4–1 in the final to

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(winning one singles match-up against

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, and losing the other to

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). He had an 11–4 career Davis Cup record (10–4 in singles and 1–0 in doubles). Fromberg's best performances at

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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)

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (10–0)

Doubles: 3 (3–0)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fromberg, Richard Australian male tennis players Hopman Cup competitors Olympic tennis players of Australia People from Ulverstone, Tasmania Tennis people from Tasmania Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1970 births Living people Australian people of German descent Australian Institute of Sport tennis players